All posts tagged: small vein rupture

My #Just5Minutes Parting Gift

While walking on the treadmill last night, I felt the top of my hand get tighter and tighter. I also felt a hot stinging-like pain. I finally stopped walking (I wasn’t walking super fast either), tried to open and close my hand, but it hurt a lot more than I was expecting. I hadn’t actually looked at my hand until that moment, and I suddenly realized why it hurt more than usual – I had a small vein rupture, sometimes referred to as a hematoma. It was more swollen than other small ruptures I’ve had before. I iced it, and the pain slowly subsided, but I can’t say it looked much better afterward.   For the record, my “just 5 minutes” was way more than just 5 minutes, despite my annoying issue. My at home workout today: – 30 mins on indoor spinning bike – 30 mins walk on treadmill (3.0-3.3mph) – 25 mins PIYO Buns workout – 30 mins PT/Strength exercises Pics of my hand that will take forever to heal now: Reference for …

Small Vein Rupture and Colder Weather = Blue Hands

When it gets colder, and your hands go from red and swollen to blue and shriveled (AKA – aged appearance of the hands more commonly associated with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos, but can also be a seen with other types of EDS/Hypermobility Syndromes). Oh and you also notice a small vein rupture that apparently happened either last night or sometime this morning. The featured picture is of my left hand, but small vein rupture is on my right hand.