Email Archives - Fixing Your Feet

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 …

Jan 4, 2013 · by John · In: blister care Tagged: Adventure Racers, Athletic Tape, bad blisters, Band Aid, blister care, blister testers, blister volunteers, blisters, Blog, Email, friction, Hikers, Pho, Poor Success, Prevention, Raw Skin, Runners, Second Skin, Tape Job, Volunteers, Walkers, zinc oxide

For years blister care has been fairly standard. Many athletes use Second Skin over the top of a blister and then apply tape to hold that in place. Some still use Vaseline. Others will drain the blister and cover with a Band-Aid or athletic tape. And some will use zinc oxide under tape. All can work – but some work better than others. I’ve seen many runners who have tried one of the above with poor success. Sometimes the lack of blister patching success happens because of a poor tape job. …

Nov 17, 2012 · by John · In: Foot Care, Health, Sports, toenails Tagged: Decade, Email, Foot Care, foot care prevention, Insulting Words, Johannesburg South Africa, Lisa de Speville, Prevention, Proactive, Reply, Running Training, Silly Things, Six Months, Sympathy, Time And Money, toenails, trail running, trimming toenails

Last week I wrote about prevention and being proactive. I emphasized that you are the key to prevention. I want to share an email I received from a friend that is a great example of this in action. Lisa told me about her friend and gave me permission to share the story: My friend ran a 50km x 2 (100km total, over two days) race a few weeks ago. Over the past six months he has put a lot of work into his running training and has been running beautifully. I was away so when I got back I dropped …

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Oct 6, 2012 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health Tagged: Asia, Athens, badwater, Battle Of Marathon, Big Toe, blister, Blood Blister, death valley, Email, feet, Few Days, Foot Guy, Footsteps, Furnace Creek, Greece, Persians, Photo, running, shoes, Sparta, Spartathlon, toe blister

Several years ago I met Gregg at Badwater in Death Valley. We were in line to check in at Furnace Creek and I heard the last name. It was the same as an aunt of mine. Turns out we are related. At Badwater he ran well and finished near the top. Later that year, he and his wife moved to Asia and I had not heard from him – until the other day. He sent an email about running the Spartathlon in Greece. It’s a 246-kilometer (153 mile) race between Athens and Sparta. The Spartathlon aims to trace the …

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Aug 22, 2012 · by John · In: Foot Care, Health Tagged: Bleomycin, Blistering, Cms, Communal Areas, Communal Showers, Depression, duct tape, Email, excised wart, foot infections, going barefoot, Incision, Mms, Patches, podiatrist, Salicylic Acid, sandals, Satellites, Signs, Volleyball, Wart, Wart Picture, warts, Zorries

I'd bet most of us think we are immune to warts. Or we simply never think about them. But we can pick them up in communal showers at the gym, the local pool, or anywhere where people go barefoot.I found an email where the sender told the story of his wart - and included a picture. Here is Brad's story. I used to be that guy who didn't wear shoes. I played volleyball barefoot. Went around the house/yard barefoot. Took showers at the gym barefoot. I'm not sure where it happened, but …

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Jul 29, 2012 · by John · In: Uncategorized Tagged: Arch Supports, Bandage, blister, blister care, blister donut, blister kits, Camp Staff, Donut Shape, Email, feet, First Night, Foot Care, Gauze, Hole In The Middle, Next Morning, Old School, Patch Job, patching blisters, Playing Tennis, School Patch, Severe Pain, Silver Dollar, Tennis Camp

One of my goals is to educate athletes about good foot care techniques. You may recall blog posts where I stress the importance of knowing how to do foot care and importantly, to know what’s best for your feet. I recently received an email from Rob, asking for some advice. Here’s Rob’s email: I have been running a modest 30 miles a week for a few years. Last weekend we attended a tennis camp and during the first night of drills during ball pick up (not during a drill or competitive play) …

Dec 18, 2011 · by John · In: Foot Care Tagged: Email, Feet Foot, Few Minutes, fixing your feet video, Foot Care, foot care video, Foot Video, One Of Those Things, Thanks For Your Help, Video Content, Video Show, Video Wonder

In the coming months, I will be producing a foot care video. I have a fairly detailed outline of what I would like to see in the video, but wonder what you would like to see. The project is a video that will show tips and techniques about foot care – things that are hard to describe in a book. Taping is one of those things. How about others? What would you like to see in pictures? This is an opportunity to describe for me what you’d like to see in a foot care video. If you can spare a few …

Dec 8, 2011 · by John · In: Books Tagged: Amazon, Amp, Email, feet, Love, Magazines, Nd Edition, Previous Editions, Publisher, Rodale Books, Six Months, Subscribers, Th Edition

I first wrote Fixing Your Feet back in 1996, self-publishing it in 1997. Then came the 2nd edition in 2000, a 3rd in 2004, 4th in 2006, and finally the 5th edition earlier this year. That alone makes it a very successful book. Do you have a copy? I have talked to some athletes who have an old edition. As much as I love every edition, I am especially proud of the 5th edition. It is the best of them all. Each edition has built on previous editions. After all these years, the book remains …

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