Providing Foot Care for Athletes
Providing foot care for athletes at ultramarathons and multi-day events is a huge responsibility. Their feet are what keep them going, and if you are known for providing foot care, the athletes will be appreciative of whatever you can do. If you are simply helping one runner, you might be a bit more casual. But […]
A Pep Talk on the 6P’s of Foot Care
A month ago I wrote a blog post about two multi-day races in Europe that are implementing a triage system for medical care at aid station – the outcome of their being overwhelmed by the amount of treatment and time that their participant’s blistered feet were requiring. Here a link to that post about Providing Foot […]
12 Foot Care Tips for Success at 100’s
Next week is the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run and all the fun and hoopla that goes with it. I ran the race from 1985 – 1989 with a best time of 24:32. It was a challenge but I had fun every year. Ever since then I have been associated with the run in […]
Fixing Your Feet 6th Edition Available
After 14 months of revising and updating, editing and then editing again, and issues with the cover, the 6th edition of Fixing Your Feet is available. While it has been available for pre-order in Amazon, they now have the print version in stock and ready to ship. Amazon currently has the 6th edition priced at $13.64, well below […]
Miles on Your Feet
I have worked medical and provided foot care at hundreds of ultramarathons, adventure races, walks, and multiday races and have seen the same thing over and over—runners who do not have a good training base. Of course there is not a set number of miles you need to run to do well at a race. […]
Feet at Western States
On June 12 I wrote a blog post Running a Wet 100 Mile Trail Run. On June 24, I found out many runners ignored my advice, to their detriment. Maybe they didn’t read it, or didn’t see it, or simply read it and ignored it. A typical year at WS has our foot care team at […]
Doc on the Run
I recently attended a conference where I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Christopher Segler. He’s an award winning foot and ankle surgeon and podiatrist who is a runner and 15-time Ironman finisher. His practice is in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley in California. His focus in on helping runners, triathletes, and athletes to […]
The Components of Prevention
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. […]
What Were You Thinking?
Last week was the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race. Two days before the start, Tonya Olson and I gave a presentation to the runners about foot care preparation and foot care during the race. At least we gave it to those who stuck around after three other talks. Among other things, we stressed the […]
Mandatory Gear for Foot Care?
This post is an editorial about foot care at races – and more importantly, the lack of it. Over the years I have worked many multi-day multi-sport adventure races and multi-day running races. Most of these are six or seven-day events. Adventure races are races where the clock doesn’t stop until the team gets to […]