engo blister prevention patches Archives

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 …

Nov 5, 2019 · by jvonhof · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: engo, engo blister prevention patches, modifying shoes

Recently I was asked the following question: “I lace up shoes in various ways to minimize ankle movement in shoes but still wear down the material at the top of the back end shoes (especially laterally) in all brands but more noticeably in Topo shoes. See photo attached with Ultraventure with 450 miles on the pair (but notice this starting at 100 miles). Any suggestions as to how to prep this area with a durable so shoe fits better and does not wear down? I am currently using duct tape to push …

Nov 12, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, General, Health, Sports Tagged: blister prevention, engo blister prevention patches, Foot Care, preventing blisters

This is Part IV in a series of posts about blisters, their formation, causes, and prevention. In this post we look at the 13 components of blister prevention - five major and 8 minor components. They all play a role and are important to understand. Blister prevention takes place through a combination of 13 components. Five are the most major components: fit, socks, ENGO patches, lubricants, and powders. Eight others are minor but still important components: skin toughening agents, taping, …

Oct 25, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: Blister Formation, engo, engo blister prevention patches, engo patches, shear

This is part II of a series on blister formation and prevention. If you've missed the first post, I encourage yo to go back and read it to get a foundation on blisters. Here the link: Blister Formation. In this part II, we'll look at shear. For years we didn't understand the concept of shear and its effect on blister formation. So let's start with a story. In Fixing Your Feet I tell the story of a runner at Badwater whose feet I patched. In short, he had run 90 miles of the 135-mile race, on …

Aug 11, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products, Health, Sports Tagged: ball of the foot blister, blister, engo blister prevention patches, Foot Blister, Marin Cilic, Wimbledon

You may have seen the news articles either in your newspaper, or on Facebook, or on TV. Let me paint you a word picture of some of the headlines and quotes: Blister sparked tears "I got a really bad blister." "My mind was 'blocked with pain' of a blister." Pain and tears Blister caused meltdown Marin Cilic let the tears come midway through the second set after calling for medical attention for a nasty blister on his left foot. The former US Tennis Open champion had tried to play …

Jan 10, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products, Health Tagged: engo blister prevention patches, overlapping toes, toe separators, underlapping toes

This second version of a toe separator is a more complicated to make and apply. It uses a large or small ENGO oval, depending on the size of the toes. The idea is to pinch the patch into an upside down T where the base of the T goes between the two problem toes. The patch is stuck to your insole in a position where it keeps the two toes apart. The slippery surface of the ENGO patch will prevent rubbing and the upward base of the upside down T will keep one toe from going under the other …

Jan 3, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Health Tagged: engo blister prevention patches, engo patches, overlapping toes, underlapping toes, zombierunner

This is part one of a two-part blog post. Over the past few years, I have seen many athletes with a common toe problem – overlapping toes. Some people may call then underlapping toes or call them some other name. When a pinky toe goes under the 4th toe, both toes can be negatively affected. Skin is pinched. Hot spots and then blisters form. Often callus develops as the skin is constantly under pressure from the overlapping toe. While most common to the 4th toe and pinky toe, overlapping toes …

Dec 12, 2015 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: blister prevention, Blister Treatment, engo, engo blister prevention patches, j marty carlson, tamarack

Today’s post will cover a great way to prevent blisters using ENGO Blister Prevention Patches. It's a repeat of a post from mid-2013. Tamarack Habilitation Technologies is well known for providing healthcare professionals and clients with innovative, value-added orthotic-prosthetic componentry and materials. Their ShearBan product is similar to the ENGO Blister Prevention Patches reviewed in this article. ShearBan is used in the orthopaedic and prosthetic industry on prostheses at amputation …

Feb 7, 2014 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: blister control, Blister Formation, blister prevention, engo, engo blister prevention patches, heel bumps, heel counter holes, rebecca rushton, shear, tamarack habilitation technologies

Occasionally I see runner’s shoes that have wear holes in the material in the heel counter. This picture from Dan shows his shoes with holes to the outside of center on both heels. I emailed the following suggestion. I’d try an ENGO Back of Heel Patch. They are made to shape to the curve of the back of the heel counter. Put them in when the shoe is dry. Rub them a bit in a curving motion to help them form to the shape of the shoe. Then peel off the paper backing and apply from the center …

Dec 27, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products, Sports, toenails Tagged: engo blister prevention patches, Foot Care, jungle marathon amazon

Several months ago I had the good fortune to work on the medical team at the Jungle Marathon Amazon. My specific role was foot care of the 78 runners and to work with the others on the medical team to teach them good foot care techniques. I learned some things that I am calling, Your Event Homework…” By that I mean, your homework is to consider these five things that, if you learn them, can help you be more successful in the event. Over seven days, I got to know most of the runners. The race …

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