Question about wrist wrapping for exercise

aliencheesecake

I have been having some sort of crazy immune response (I think) as seasonal allergies. At any rate, I break into hives multiple times a day and they usually go away within the hour, but anything that irritates my skin (like a bug bite or jewelry or even pressure for two long, like opening a can with a hand can opener) will set the hives off. I have some that recur on my wrists. I'm supposed to play volleyball tonight for the first time in a while but I'm worried the ball slapping on my wrists will aggravate the hives... But sweating can set them off too. Would I be better off wrapping or not do you think? Which would be worse, the volleyball or the sweating under the wraps?

callsitlikeiseeit

probably the only way to find out would be to try it both ways....

ninerbuff

How about wearing a dry fit long sleeve? I get hives the same way you do (with the exception of sweat). Lol, if I hit a ball on my forearms, you may see the indentation lines as raised hives.

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aliencheesecake

ninerbuff wrote: »

How about wearing a dry fit long sleeve? I get hives the same way you do (with the exception of sweat). Lol, if I hit a ball on my forearms, you may see the indentation lines as raised hives.

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Well, I don't actually own one at the mo', and I leave for vball literally in lie 25 minutes. lol But I get overheated easily so I am not really sure.
Thanks for the idea though.

joepratt503

Just wrap em...and here I thought this was a question about actual wrist wraps for lifting

aliencheesecake

joepratt503 wrote: »

Just wrap em...and here I thought this was a question about actual wrist wraps for lifting

Is my question less valid because it's not (about weight lifting)? DO you have any reason for saying to wrap them?
Well, at any rate I am out of time to figure it out. Thanks anyway.

aliencheesecake

Well, if anyone is still following this, I tried it both ways. The wraps protected the skin and seemed to keep the hives subdued, but irritated me in their own right after a while. Once they were off, the hives got horrible, and , dang did my arms ache the next day, in more than just a "haven't played volleyball in a while" way. Moral of the story (and my 'duh' moment), avoid hard blows with a rocketing ball when you are having an excessive inflammatory response.

rileyes

Have you tried taking Benadryl or Allegra? Is it Urticaria?-- an allergic skin reaction?