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Fixing Your Feet provides resources, foot care tips and techniques, and foot care products to help you - runners, adventure racers, hikers, thru-hikers, fastpackers, walkers - in short, anyone using their feet. Whatever your activity or sport, FixingYourFeet.com can help you with foot care tips for happy healthy feet.

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The book Fixing Your Feet, the 'bible' of foot care for extreme (and everyday) athletes.

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This web site features a blog, pages of articles about a variety of foot care issues, foot care products, foot care links, and related books. My 14 plus years of research on different aspects of foot care, product testing, putting my research into print on paper and the Web, patching thousands of feet at walks, marathons, ultramarathons, and adventure races has established my credibility as a foot care expert. To learn more about me, check out the About Me page.

The Fixing Your Feet Blog on this website now incorporates the former weekly Happy Feet Blog and the monthly Fixing Your Feet E-zine that were located on a different blogging website. All posts from July 2005 through December 2008 are archived here.

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John Vonhof

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Insole Quandary

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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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Taping for Wearing Sandals

· by · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products, General, Taping Tagged: , ,

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 …

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What Went Wrong with These Toes?

· by · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, Health, Sports, Taping, toenails Tagged: , , ,

Every so often you capture one of those pictures that are perfect for a teaching opportunity. This is one of those pictures. There are actually two pictures, both from the same runner. These are from last July’s Badwater race in Death Valley. In the first picture, the first thing you notice is the blisters. Three of them. All are fluid-filled. The middle one appears to have a tinge of blood in it. The one on the large toes is just starting to drain—notice the drop of fluid going down the …

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Blister Taping in the Toe Joint

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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 …

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The Power of Nathan’s Story

· by · In: blister care, Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Travel Tagged: , , ,

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, …

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