wet feet Archives - Fixing Your Feet

Jun 18, 2019 · by jvonhof · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products Tagged: blisters, maceration, wet feet

Here's a post from 2017, and it fits 2019 too. I encourage you to read it and be prepared. Next week is the running of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. I will be at the 55.7-mile Michigan Bluff aid station, along with Tonya Olson and others on the medical team. Our aim is to make sure you are healthy to continue on towards Placer High School and a good finish. For most of the past six years, the mountains have been dry and the trails dusty. Feet get caked with dirt. Blisters are …

Jul 2, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, General, Health Tagged: blisters, Foot Care, maceration, Western States, wet feet

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 Michigan Bluff lancing and patching a goodly number of blisters. On toes, heels, ball of the foot, arches, and more. Maybe 50 to 75 blisters. Maybe more. We really don't count. This year I lanced and patched one blister. Yes, …

Jun 12, 2017 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: blisters, Foot Care, maceration, Western States, wet feet

In less than two weeks is the running of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. I will be at the 55.7-mile Michigan Bluff aid station, along with Tonya Olson and others on the medical team. Our aim is to make sure you are healthy to continue on towards Placer High School and a good finish. For the past six years, the mountains have been dry and the trails dusty. Feet get caked with dirt. Blisters are caused by the dust and dirt as an irritant inside shoes and socks. 2011 was the last snow …

Jul 7, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: foot kinetics, maceration, run goo, wet feet

At Western States we saw a lot of negative results from wet feet. Even though we tried to spread the word, many runners did not protect their feet. Runners had poured water over their heads, which went into their shoes, and they sat in streams. Runners were complaining of blisters on the feet, mainly the balls of the feet but it was maceration. In reality, almost everyone had one or more skin folds common to their feet being wet for long periods of time. These might be in the center of the …

Nov 20, 2014 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: amy gasson, jungle marathon amazon, maceration, wet feet

In early October I had the unique opportunity to return to Brazil and provide foot care to runners at the 10th Annual Jungle Marathon Amazon. The race is more than a marathon. It's three races in one event set in a stage race format. Every day the race camp moves to a new location as the runners go through the jungle and along the beaches of the Amazon River. There's a seven day, six stage race and a four day race, that both start at the same time. Then on day four, the single day marathon stage …

Sep 14, 2014 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, Footwear, Health, toenails Tagged: callus care, foot care tips, jungle marathon, runners foot care, shoe fit, socks, toenail care, wet feet

Here are a few foot care tips I wrote to help runners at the Amazon Jungle Marathon. I'll be there in a few weeks to help with foot care on the medical team. The tips are valuable for anyone doing a 24 hour race, a multi-day event, an adventure race, or a long backpack. Remember, your feet will carry you day to day only if you take care of them. Start with good toenail care. Trim your nails short and then use a file over the front edge to remove any rough edges. File the tip of the nail so when …

Aug 10, 2014 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: badwater, maceration, Skin Folds, skin tears, water on feet, wet feet

Maceration in a Dry Race Two weeks ago I worked medical at Badwater. This year’s course had some serious uphills and downhills – but the course was dry. Unless one has feet that sweat heavily, there typically would not be any issues with wet feet. Yes, this post is going to talk more about maceration. I’ve done a number of posts this year on maceration, but the problem won’t go away, so there must be more to learn. So here’s how maceration happened in a dry year at Badwater and what you need …

Oct 15, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Sports Tagged: Amazon, jungle marathon, sandy feet, wet feet

I am writing this as I am flying home from the seven day Jungle Marathon Amazon stage race. Since 2002, I have helped at races like Death Valley's Badwater, BC Canada's Raid the North Extreme, Chile's Racing the Planet Atacama, California high Sierra's Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race, Costa Rica's Coastal Challenge, and the Primal Quest and Gold Rush Adventure Races - and each is unique and difficult in their own way. The Jungle Marathon topped most of them in difficulty. We had a …

Sep 22, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: Amazon, badwater ultramarathon, blister prevention, blisters, death valley, Denise Jones, dry feet, lubricants, macerated feet, Marathons, Medical Team, moist feet, Moisture Control, podiatrist, Prevention Report, Professional Journals, Race Director, Race Participants, rebecca rushton, Rushton, Shirley Thompson, Skin Moisture, the amazon marathon, the jungle marathon, Vicky, vicky kypta, wet feet

Back in May I posted an article about Training With Wet Feet. My being invited to work on the medical team at the Jungle Marathons in Vietnam and the Amazon prompted the article. While the Vietnam race had to be cancelled, the Amazon race is happening – in a bit over two weeks. As I wrote in that article, it was long felt the best way to manage your feet was to keep them as dry as possible. This was more and more evident as Denise Jones and I worked the Badwater Ultramarathon in the heat of …

Jul 7, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Sports Tagged: Auburn High School, blistered feet, blisters, Calm Afternoon, Creases, Finish Line, Foot Care, George Miller, Kiddy Pools, Last Saturday, macerated feet, maceration, Michigan Bluff, Mile Endurance, Parking Space, Saturday And Sunday, Skin Folds, Tonya, Washtub, Water And Ice, Western States 100, Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, wet feet

Last Saturday and Sunday I worked medical at the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. I spent Saturday at the Michigan Bluff aid station at mile 55. With the help of Tonya Olson, we patched a bunch of feet. Some had blisters, one needed shoe modification, one had severe heel blisters that had split, and lots of maceration. We saw more maceration than in many past years. After we closed our aid station at 9:45 pm, I went to Foresthill and talked to George Miller, who was doing foot care there. …

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