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Vaseline on feet?

I just put it on my heels and all the way up past the top of my socks. No blisters and my feet did really well. there are also some body glide types of sticks which we used also the same way. Good luck!
- Holly West
- Post #36
- Aug 5, 2019
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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Foot pain before Camino - advice needed

Try going to a medical massage person. You may just have a bone out of place or something from the sandals if they had an odd metatarsal footprint that is different from your normal insoles. Also, there are foot rollers you can try as well that might help shift things back to normal in there...
- Holly West
- Post #19
- Aug 5, 2019
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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New foot injury -requesting advice - do I cancel my Camino?

My daughter and I just finished the Portuguese camino last week. I also had an ankle injury a year ago and went to physical therapy for months to get the mobility back in my foot. I can't imagine doing that walk with foot pain. The camino in Portugal is lots of cobblestones and many times they...
- Holly West
- Post #21
- May 25, 2019
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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Help!? Just broken my ankle- no camino this May for me :(

I broke my ankle and really messed up a tendon on the side of the foot in December before we walked the Camino last year. We did not walk the whole way though; just from Sarria to Santiago. I did a lot of physical therapy, acupuncture, etc. from December to June and took some Motrin along the...
- Holly West
- Post #19
- Apr 14, 2019
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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A camino cancelled? Seizures? (Please, send good energy)

Best of luck to him. So sorry this happened and hopefully he will recover and you will both be able to do your walk then. It will all be there still waiting for you.
- Holly West
- Post #48
- Apr 14, 2019
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics