aches and pains!

[Isle of Lewis]

so i suppose i have to ask as we're fencing all week, does anyone else get cramp in their ankle!? any other aches pains? back? and how do you cope to get on with the job?

[Frontrowfencing]

Hi there,

I get plent of aches and pains, to many to list. Think a lot are old rugby injuries catching up. I have always suffered with cramp in my hamstrin.

 

I find the aches and pains worst on damp days usually for me, cold is not so bad. I have knee pads in my trousers to stop knees getting cold on the floor when kneeling. I also sometimes wear base layer to keep warm especially when sweating. Can get so cold when been busy and stop for lunch.

 

As for how I cope? A nice hot bath at the end of the day and thinking of the invoice i will send when done.

[premnayloon]

The usual aches and pains but must say I always arrive home tired and hungry, I always have lots of bruises I think caused by using my legs to hold tensioners half on while joining wires.

[Robbell]

knees, feet, back, right wrist, neck & shoulder, on a possessive note my hips are fine, well i say my hips, they are the ones i had fitted when the original ones got too painful lol

 

as the saying goes, "hard work never killed anyone, it just makes them a funny shape"

[JamieMac]

Only bothers me if my sleepingbag gets wet if Im camping on the line I use some of those heat pad things to get going the next mroning

[tepapa]

I use a heavy hammer for driving in gate hooks and after a full day hanging gates, I'll get tennis and golfers elbow (ones the tendon on top of your elbow, the other  below apparently). Doctor recommend anti-inflammatories and rest, but it doesn't seem to work. I also shear sheep and after a few days shearing or crutching the pain is gone but it can be painful when you first start.

[Frontrowfencing]

A lad that used to work for me got golfers elbow and he bought a strap for it.it was like an elastic aged band, but it had something in it at a certain point that pressed on the skin I think, and he swore by it. Reckoned it helped no end.