Foot Care Products Archives - Fixing Your Feet

Nov 21, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, General, Health Tagged: disinfecting shoes, foot odor, stinky shoes

Many of us have shoes or boots that stink. It’s a fact that many of us go for a run or hike and then put them back in the closet when we get home. I’d even bet that a high percentage of us never think about really cleaning our footwear. Wearing socks can help reduce the odors that are inside our inside our shoes. When you don’t wear socks, the odors can get worse even faster. To save your shoes from faster than normal deterioration from the excess moisture, here are a few tips. Stuff …

Nov 8, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, General, Health Tagged: plantar fasciitis, Tuli's Medi-Dyne, Tuli's Plantar Fasciitis Insoles

Plantar Fasciitis (PF) is an issue for many athletes. Some are able to work through it is a few months. For other it’s a recurring issue. I always keep my eyes open for new products for those suffering from PF. Today I read about a new insole from Tuli’s, a brand of Medi-Dyne. They are introducing a new insole specifically for PF. Tuli’s is a long-time and respected brand in footwear products. Here’s the text from the product’s webpage. Tuli’s Plantar Fasciitis Insoles are a full-length …

Oct 13, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear Products, Taping, toenails Tagged: gripping toes, taping toes, toe caps, toe pain, toe problems, toenail trimming

Here’s another series of emails that are great at showing how I worked with a runner to try and solve his problems. April 18, 2020 - David, a runner from Ireland sent me an email: I picked up your 6th edition Fixing your Feet last week on Amazon. I've never taped but I'm practicing taping on myself and my wife already. I'm running a marathon this Wednesday doing 2.5 mile laps of the area around my home. I always run in 1000 Mile fusion socks. They work fine for me as a blister-on-the …

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Aug 2, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare Tagged: foot care kit, jeremy palmer

One of the chapters in Fixing Your Feet is Foot-Care Kits. I like the chapter because it’s important for athletes to have a good kit, in whatever form they need. It could be a basic home kit, a small fanny pack kit, or an event kit. I even describe a 2-ounce kit that fits into a small Baggie. Every kit should have supplies that are important to the athlete himself or herself. A larger kit can have supplies for others. A kit is only as good as the knowledge the athlete has of how to use the …

Jul 7, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear Tagged: engo, engo blister prevention patches

I want to share a question I received about painful hot spots and how to prevent them. Mike wrote: “I have a pair of Merrell Moab's, which have been incredible for many months. When I wear shorts, I only use Merrell's ankle-length hiking socks and when I wear long pants, I use the Merrell socks and I put a pair of regular white socks over them. “I tend to get painful hot spots on the balls on my feet. I don't get them all the time though. I had a really bad one before I bought the …

May 30, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: insoles, replacement insoles, sports insoles

There are two kinds of athletes when it comes to insoles. Those that buy new shoes and never change the stock insoles, even when they become paper-thin. And those that use the stock insoles for a bit, or even right from the start, and then purchase new insoles. I think stock insoles have gotten better, but many are simply a cardboard style insole that may have some sort of pressed form around the heel or arch. They may work okay for a while, but over miles and miles of wear, they lose what …

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May 18, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products, General, Taping Tagged: taping feet, taping for flip-flops, taping for sandals

There are times when an athlete may switch from wearing shoes to sandals. This happened in the 2019 Six Days in the Dome when runners were trying to get as many miles as possible in six days. A runner was having issues with his shoes. His feet were hurting and he decided to try wearing sandals. The design of his sandals was a strap running from between the large and second toe where it then split to attach to either side of the sandal mid-foot—just like on flip-flops. After making the …

Apr 26, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Taping Tagged: blister taping, cover roll tape, joint taping kinesiology tape, taping, toe taping

I want to share a tip on taping a blister in a toe joint. It can be used on any toe joints and even on finger joints. Blisters in the crease of the toe joints are quite common. Occasionally, an athlete develops a hot spot or blister at the base of a toe—right in the joint or crease where it flexes and bends. It can be hard to patch this kind of bister. Start by cleaning the whole area to be taped with an alcohol wipe, draining the blister, and applying a small dab of antibiotic ointment …

Apr 13, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Travel Tagged: blisters, Foot Care, proactive foot care, racing the planet

Today is National Storytelling Day. When I saw this in an email this morning, I thought of the perfect blog post. This story was first told in the 5th edition of Fixing Your Feet back in 2010—and it’s in the 6th edition too. Right in the front of the book. This is a story about being proactive. I hope you’ll take the time to read it. Here’s the story. I received an e-mail from Nathan, who lives in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia. The week before, he had finished the seven-day, …

Apr 1, 2020 · by jvonhof · In: Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear Products, Health Tagged: Foot Care, virus

Most of us, in today’s new world of COVID-19, no matter where we live, are using social-distancing techniques. I pray all of you are well. I also hope you are able to get out a bit for a run, hike, or bike—while also being careful to avoid exposure to someone who might be a COVID-19 carrier. Since most don’t know they might carry the virus, we need to exercise caution at all levels. So here’s my post for today in the new world of social distancing. I know some readers are working at their …

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