kinesio-tex tape Archives - Fixing Your Feet

Dec 6, 2012 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear Products Tagged: Barefoot Style, Better Time, blisters, blistershield powder, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Ideas, Drying Solutions, Drymax socks, engo, Favorite Things, Fiber Technology, First Aid Kit, Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, Injinji socks, insoles, Jock Itch, kinesio-tex tape, leukotape, lubricant, Micro Fiber, natural running, Skin Care Product, Skin Conditions, Skin Rash, sportslick, stuffitts, Support Athletes, toenails, Toesocks, zombierunner

What better time of the year to pamper your feet than Christmas. Our feet are encased in heavy socks and footwear. We take them for granted. Here’s a look at my favorite things for your feet this year. My suggestion is to check out these items at Zombierunner.com. Don and Gillian support athletes with great service. You can click on their link and at their website, click on Foot Care or any other items. Zombierunner has everyone of these items, except a callus file. Engo Footwear Patches – …

Mar 25, 2012 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: Alcohol, Bad Today, Baggies, Foot Care, hot spots, kinesio tex, kinesio-tex tape, leukotape, marathon, Medical Aid, Patches, Runners, Short Time, Stickiness, sticky tape, taping feet

Today I worked the medical aid station at mile 20 of the Oakland Marathon. Saturday I restocked my foot care box, adding supplies that I had depleted during the past events. I also cleaned up my Baggies of patches, and other small items. One of the things I noticed I was short was tape. I added a roll of Leukotape and some Kinesio Tex. The Leukotape was out of a box off my shelf. I knew it had been on the shelf for while, but was unsure how long. A short time into the race, I had several …

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Nov 15, 2010 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: blister patching, blister taping, foot blisters, kinesio-tex tape, toe blister

I have written a lot about patching blisters. Many of these patch jobs are what I would call routine. But every so often I get to try something new. Today's post is about one of those times. At the TransRockies six-day stage race this past August, a runner came in with a blister in the crease of skin at the base of the big toe. The photos show my patch job from two angles. After draining the blister and prepping the skin, I started with a two-inch strip of Kinesio Tex tape. I cut the tape …

Nov 30, 2009 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Health Tagged: blister kits, blister prevention, blisters, engo, heel patches, kinesio-tex tape

I have been a fan of ENGO blister prevention products since I first learned about them, more than two years ago. Their Blister Prevention Patches work on insoles, over the edges of insoles to the inside of the shoe, in the heel counter - anywhere there is friction. By reducing friction, they reduce pain associated rubbing that causes hot spots and blisters. Until now, they only offered Blister Prevention Patches in small and large ovals and rectangles. I am glad that ENGO has several new …

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 …

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