bodyglide Archives - Fixing Your Feet

Jun 25, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Sports Tagged: blister prevention, blisters, bodyglide, calluses, Cold Heat, Extreme Heat, feet problems, Finish Line, foot blisters, foot problems, heel blisters, insoles, Michigan Bluff, Mile Endurance Race, Problem Areas, Rough Edges, Rough Patches, Second Sunrise, Sierras, sore feet, Squaw Valley, toe blisters, Water Crossings, Western States, Western States 100

This weekend close to 400 runners will start at Squaw Valley and make the trek over the Sierras towards Auburn – 100 miles away. It’s the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race. I love the race, having completed it three times in the late 80’s. It’s tough and throws a lot at the runners. Cold, heat, extreme heat, streams running down the trail, rocks, dust and grit, water crossings, long ups and long down through numerous canyons – and for many runners, a second sunrise with renewed heat. I …

Mar 17, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Health, Sports Tagged: Athlete, blister, blisters, bodyglide, Cause And Effect, Coyote, Coyote Events, Email, Foot Care, foot care plan, foot care successes, Foot Feet, friction, hot spot, Intrigues, Jay Smith, leanhorse 100, Light Bulb, Mileage, Mutual Friends, new skin, racing the planet, Scott Jurek, Second Skin, smartwool, Success Story, Th Edition, toenails

Every so often I hear a foot care story from an athlete that intrigues me. It’s fun to read their story about their issues with their feet and then the steps they took to find answers. One of the best examples of this is Nathan’s story on page four in the 5th edition of Fixing Your Feet. He told the story of how he studied foot care techniques and learned hot to manage his feet – and successfully finished Racing the Planet’s Australia race. Then the other day I received an email from Karen. I …

Aug 4, 2012 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care Products, Health, Sports Tagged: Amp Skin, Backpacker Magazine, bag balm, bagbalm, blister prevention. lubricants, blisters, blistershield, bodyglide, Dirt, Disclosure, Endurance, friction, High Mileage, hot spots, hydropel, lubricants, Magazine Article, Mileage, Pain Balm, Pennies, runguard, skin care, Skin Lubricant, Slicker, Socks And Shoes, sportslick, Stickiness, vaseline

This post came about because of a Backpacker magazine article about skills. One of the items was about endurance and was for, “Blistered feet during a high-mileage trek.” The tip was to, “… protect against hot spots by applying a skin lubricant like Vaseline to high-friction areas…” I’m sorry, but I think Vaseline is a bad choice. When I ran my first ultra, back around 1982, there was not a huge choice in lubricants so Vaseline was commonly used. But I learned very quickly that its stickiness …

Apr 26, 2009 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: bodyglide, Foot Care, hydropel, lubricants, SportsShield, SportsSlick, vaseline

A few months ago, received an email asking if I could comment on the use of Vaseline or petroleum covered with powder. Cas Camara, of Florida, was going to run the Brazil 135 and was looking for feedback. I responded: "Vaseline is the old-time standard for a lubricant-but it has problems. The problem is that it is sticky and attracts grit, gust, sand, and whatever the athlete comes in contact with. It tends to also cake up over time and can almost harden over time on socks, shorts, or other …

Nov 24, 2006 · by John · In: Footcare, Footwear, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: blistershield, bodyglide, dirty girl gaiters, engo, engo performance patches, Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, Footcare, Happy Feet, hydropel, injinji tetrasocks, insoles, kinesio tape, kinesio-tex tape, shockdoctor insoles, smartwool socks, sofsole insoles, spenco blister pads, spenco quikstik, spenco sports pads, teco socks, toe socks, zeasorb powder, zombierunner

How about being nice to your feet this Christmas and giving them a gift. In fact, be nice to a freind and give them a gift for happy feet. Here are a few suggestions. These can easily be found through a Google search—but many of the items are available at ZombieRunner.com (marked with an *).A copy of the 4th edition of Fixing Your Feet: Prevention and Treatments for Athletes. If you have the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition - you are out of date. A copy of my Happy Feet booklet. A short 36 page …

Oct 2, 2005 · by John · In: Footcare, Footwear, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: bag balm, blister, blisters, bodyglide, Foot Care, foot powders, Footcare, friction, friction zone, hydropel, socks, sportslick

Blisters are very predictable. Take three elements, moisture, friction, and heat, common to your feet when you run, and the likelihood of a blister appearing is high. The longer these elements exist on the feet, unattended to, the greater the risk. So, what can we do to reduce one or more of these elements? Proactive or Reactive You have the option of being proactive or reactive in managing blisters. The proactive runner chooses to take steps to prevent blisters before they develop. The …

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