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Jul 7, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, General, Health, Sports, toenails Tagged: filing toenails, toenail blisters, toenail care, trimming toenails

I’m taking another opportunity to share a few pictures from the Western States 100 two weeks ago. The pictures were taken at the finish line. They are important because it’s very hard to get runners to learn how to manage their toenails. Maybe the two pictures will help. The first picture is taken looking down at the tops of the runner’s two great toes. Notice the apparent forward rough edge of the toenails. See the blood at the back of the nail, at the base of the nails? In this instance, the …

Jan 14, 2007 · by John · In: Footcare, Footwear, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: filing toenails, fitting shoes, Foot Care, Footcare, Happy Feet, healthy feet, shoe fit, socks, taking care of feet

Many of us take our feet for granted. We get up in the morning, wiggle our toes a bit, and slide on socks and shoes. For most of us, that’s it. Until we get ready for bed in the evening, we give them little more thought. If we change shoes and socks during the day, it may be for a workout, or for some kind of sport, or in the summer, to put on sandals. Unless we have some type of foot pain, we give our feet little thought. If we get an itch around our toes, we may check them …

Apr 12, 2006 · by John · In: Footcare, Health Tagged: filing toenails, Foot Care, Footcare, how to file toenails, toenails

I recently received the following email question. “I would like your input. I need to file down my thick toenails. I checked out a pedicure set online and it is battery operated. Looks good to me. Let me know your take.” The answer is fairly easy. Unless you have really thick nails and prefer the faster filing of a battery-operated unit, a regular file would fine. For thickened toenails however, a callus file is larger and files more nail at a time—and …

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Aug 11, 2005 · by John · In: Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: clippers, files, filing toenails, nippers, toenails, trimming toenails

How hard can it be to trim your toenails? I guess for a lot of folks, it’s a huge deal and something they never do. In all the years I have been patching feet, I have observed that untrimmed toenails are the number one cause of problems leading to toe blisters and black nails. Socks will catch on nails that are too long or that have rough edges. This puts pressure on the nail bed. Nails that are too long are also prone to pressure from a toe box that is too short or too low. …

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