Questions tagged [blisters]
Questions about preventing, treating, and coping with blisters.
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Should you pop a blister?
When I'm home running or on a day hike, I prefer to pierce the skin as soon as a blister forms and drain all fluid from a blister to reduce the pain and further irritation/inflammation. In this case, ...
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How to harden feet to avoid blisters on long hikes
I've enjoyed hiking my entire life but I have one huge problem. The skin on my feet is extremely soft and sensitive. I wear good wool socks with properly fitting boots and change socks during long ...
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How do I treat hot spots and blisters when I have no moleskin?
A few times I've been out walking or backpacking and have no moleskin with me. Sure enough, my boots start giving me blisters. How can I prevent or treat hotspots and blisters without using moleskin?...
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Hiking boots vs trail shoes
I have two sets of shoes that I wear while hiking. My favorite by far are my light weight trail running shoes. I have worn them on 9 mile hikes without any break-in, and went blister free. From a ...
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What do you risk when you ignore blisters and carry on walking?
The blisters can be very painful. If you walk further, you should expect it won't be easy and pleasant. And the blisters may get worse.
But what do you risk, except from pain and getting more ...
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How to apply duct tape and mole skin to prevent blisters?
In response to a question that was asked regarding preventing/treating blisters, a reputed and a respectable climber (DavidR) said:
"Having 'duct tape', 'mole skin', or other adhesive products, and
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How do I treat a blister? How can I prevent getting them in the first place?
When hiking with a new pair of boots or if I haven't been hiking in a while, my feet might get blisters.
How can I treat a blister and keep hiking? Are there things I can do to prevent getting ...
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Preventing hand blisters while paddling
I went kayaking for the first time this weekend, and it was a blast! Unfortunately, I also ended up with some abraded skin on my hands, where the paddle shaft had chaffed the skin. I've done other ...
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Will barefoot walking harden the skin and help prevent blisters when trekking in heavy shoes?
Blisters are usually happening if you walk much more than you are used to, or the shoes are much harder than those you usually wear. For example on multi-day trekkings in heavy trekking shoes. The ...
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Sliding Insoles: does this need to be resolved?
I put some used Superfeet insoles in my new Danners and they slipped just a little on the downhill part of a hike (1/4in to 1/2in) but they're very prominent insoles. Is this a huge problem as far as ...
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Sports tape to prevent blisters while backpacking?
My doctor just used sports tape on me for a hip injury. I had never used sports tape before and realized that it might work well for blister prevention on my feet while backpacking. It seems very ...
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How does zinc oxide work?
I am a big fan of zinc oxide products for minor outdoor injuries, e.g. zinc oxide tape for blisters on feet, or products like Sudocrem for sunburn and so on. They certainly seem to help the healing ...
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Blisters on small of back
I went hiking with a friend a few years ago who had adjusted his new 90 liter pack to sit pretty high up on him.
As a result he managed to create two very large blisters right above his buttocks. ...
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Should I pop my blister before a hike? [duplicate]
Several weeks ago (on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May, I believe) I did the practise weekend for an expedition with school - the practise weekend was a two day hike, covering about 25km-30km total ...
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Post-hike Care and Pain Relief for Blisters and Hot Spots
There are many, many articles and web sites that will tell you what to do if you develop a hot spot or blister while on the trail, and need to perform some field treatment to allow you to get back in ...
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Blister Prevention/ Heel hardening [duplicate]
I work in the outdoor industry and I had never had any issues with blisters whilst hiking for years.
Then one weekend I wore a pair of high heels out for a wedding and got blisters on my heels. Now I ...
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How do I prevent blisters in ski boots? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I treat hot spots and blisters when I have no moleskin?
How do I treat a blister? How can I prevent getting them in the first place?
I often get blisters in my ski ...
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How to minimize limitation/pain from blisters caused before a camping trip? [duplicate]
I have a short camping trip coming up. This week, from using a wooden tool, I got blisters on my hands at the base of some fingers. In the future, ideally, I would take precaution to not get blisters ...
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