hydropel Archives - Fixing Your Feet

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 If you have the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition - you are out of date.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 …

Sep 24, 2005 · by John · In: Footcare, Footwear, Health, Sports Tagged: blisters, blistershield, body glide, calluses, Foot Care, foot powder, Footcare, friction, friction zone, gold bond, hot spots, hydropel, lubricants, sportslick, vaseline

Many athletes have been raised on the common belief that one of the best ways to prevent blisters is to use a lubricant. The use of a lubricant has been proven to reduce friction which causes hot spots, blisters, and after prolonged friction, calluses. Vaseline has been used for years but is no longer the best choice. It’s greasy, can cake up on socks, and tends to attract grit particles that can become an irritant and themselves cause blisters. Better choices are newer …

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