Foot Care Products Archives - Page 10 of 12

Nov 6, 2010 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Health Tagged: Fixing Your Feet calendar

Yesterday I received an email from a specialty calendar company. As I thought about it, I had an idea - a Fixing Your Feet calendar. What do you think? I spent some of today exploring websites of companies that make custom calendars. I am thinking a wall calendar that opens with photos on the top and the calendar on the bottom. I found that most allow only one image on the top. I want several images. I found a website that offers exactly what I want. If I get enough interest, I will start …

Oct 15, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: big toe blisters, blisters, bunion blisters, bunions, engo blister patches

I have seen a lot of bunions over 13 years of patching feet. Some are minor while others are more pronounced. Any of them can cause problems. I'd say that until you have had bunions, you don't realize the problems they can cause. This post is about bunions and the blisters caused on one runner's feet. Today I received an email asking for help. Not unusual. I get a lot of these. This one came from Andrea. She lives in Tampa and wrote: I am an ultrarunner and completed my first two 100 milers …

Sep 23, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: blisters, foot maceration, maceration, maceration and blisters

Tonya Olson and I met at Western States this summer. She worked with the medical team and was really interested in learning foot care. A few weeks ago she asked for advice on how to manage foot care and supplies at the new Pine to Palm 100 last weekend. Here is her report. The inaugural Pine to Palm 100 mile endurance race in Ashland, OR this weekend exhibited some rather atypical weather for the runners. It rained for 30 hours straight. Not so many blisters to address but plenty of macerated …

Jun 20, 2010 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear Products Tagged: 4 desert gaiter, gaiters, mesh, racing the planet, running shoes

Footwear made with mesh is lightweight and many trail shoes use it liberally. Your shoes may be lighter and cooler, but the mesh allows junk to get inside the shoe. It then can increase friction. Whether or not you wear gaiters, if you are running trails a lot, try to use shoes that don't have too much mesh. The mesh allows trail dust, grit, sand and other debris to get inside your shoes where it gets under your insoles, into your socks, and onto your feet. This "trail junk," along with the …

May 29, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: elastikon, foot taping, kinesio tex, leukotape, taping feet

I have made an observation when taping feet and seeing athletes' injured feet - and this affects the way I tape. I like smooth. It reduces friction. Some tapes are smoother than others. Duct tape is smooth but does not breathe or conform to the curves of the foot. Elastikon is coarse as well as thick. Kinesio Tex, Leukotape and Endurotape are smooth. Allow me to paint you a picture of why tape smoothness matters. Picture the following: your skin's outer layer typically moves against the inner …

May 1, 2010 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products, Health, Sports Tagged: cushioned insoles, insoles, Sorbothane insoles

I often look for products to review. Sometimes I contact a company and get a sample, other times the company sends me a sample. A while back I was sent some new insoles from Sorbothane. I gave one pair to Will, a friend who has been battling plantar fasciitis. He still wears them and likes them. He told me they were, "Soft and cushy with good support. I haven't seen a nicer insole." He also said he liked them because they don't soak up water and sweat. Another pair went to Denise Jones. She …

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Jan 31, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: bag balm, Dairy Association, Foot Care, lubricant

If you have been a runner for long, odds are you have heard of Bag Balm. I used Bag Balm in my first ultras, after tiring of the greasy, stickiness of Vaseline. Bag Balm worked on my feet. Lyndonville, Vermont is a long way from almost everything. Tucked in the northern corner of Vermont, is a one-room "plant" by the family owned Dairy Association Co., Inc. - six employees, two officers and no sales force - operating in a cluster of converted railroad buildings in this small (pop. 1,215) …

Jan 26, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: blisters, Foot Care, gaiters, home-made gaiters, Lisa de Speville, toe blisters

Lisa de Speville, an adventure racer and ultrarunner from Johannesburg, South Africa, and a friend, sends me updates every so often. I value her input because she is good at thinking through problems. I received this in an email in December and decided to share it with you because it is a great example of how to critically think through the cause of your blisters. Lisa wrote: Here's a delicious picture of a common blister. Nice and big and hadn't popped yet ;) - on my teammate's little toe. …

Jan 15, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: compound of benzoin, tape adherent, tincture of benzoin

When it comes to patching feet and applying tape, most athletes use a tape adherent - and the most common is Tincture of Benzoin (ToB). I recently received an email from Dr. Murray, an MD pointing out that for fans of ToB, clarification was needed. Dr.Murray points out that I have ofter referred to "tincture of benzoin" and can confuse people. Here's what he said: Tincture of Benzoin (ToB) is a respiratory inhalant and has no adherent properties. Compound Tincture of Benzoin (CToB), is a …

Dec 20, 2009 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear Products Tagged: Drymax socks, Injinji socks, socks, thorlo socks, wigwam socks, wright socks

Sock loyalty - is there such a thing? Is there really more than one 'good' running sock? Why are many people are loyal to their favorite socks? It started with a simple email to one of the ultrarunnng forums: "I'm so VERY disappointed today. My loyalty to a running sock company is unfortunately coming to an end given their recent business practices and unprofessionalism... it might be time for a change. So I'm hoping some of you could recommend a good running sock for me. I am NOT at all …

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