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We have a short video about treating blisters,Promised to take my daughter with me when doing the GSB on the Swiss/Italian border. She has been doing a lot of walking in preparation but now has terrible blisters.
Searching the threads here suggests she should try apply specialist cream (Nok) then concentrate on getting suitable merino wool socks with silk liners.
Any other advice?
Just to illustrate the uniqueness of each person's blisters, I do not like merino wool socks for long walks, although I wear them most days at home. They are softer and move on my foot, sometimes causing blisters. I prefer a thin, fairly tight synthetic sock for the Camino.
She needs to experiment with socks, shoes and the different prevention methods.
I have use vasaline, since I was a young person in football boots and now as a much older person I have used it on many Caminos. Apply liberally on areas around heel and between and on toes. Good luckPromised to take my daughter with me when doing the GSB on the Swiss/Italian border. She has been doing a lot of walking in preparation but now has terrible blisters.
Searching the threads here suggests she should try apply specialist cream (Nok) then concentrate on getting suitable merino wool socks with silk liners.
Any other advice?
Just don’t try to remove compeed until it’s been on a few days and then only when soaking for a while as you can pull your skin off. Best remedy when you get a hotspot is to apply Moleskin, it’s very cheap in Spain compared to the UK at least and it creates padding and comes off more easily. Better still you can cut it out to any shape you need.I got a few blisters - used “compeed” ( it’s an adhesive pad similar to bandaids, found at pharmacies) - it padded and protected the blisters. Pure heaven… the blisters went away in three or four days, stopped using compeed after about a week, didn’t get any more blisters for the remainder of the Camino.
I’m incredibly blister prone, no matter what I do so I e just learned to be preventative. I wear merino socks, air my feet out at every break, and carry a large roll of leukotape. Every time I even get an itch of a hot spot I tape it up. By the end of the thru hike, I am usually wearing “leukotape sandals”, but those are a heck of a lot better than feet full of blisters!Promised to take my daughter with me when doing the GSB on the Swiss/Italian border. She has been doing a lot of walking in preparation but now has terrible blisters.
Searching the threads here suggests she should try apply specialist cream (Nok) then concentrate on getting suitable merino wool socks with silk liners.
Any other advice?
On the Camino I used some kind of ointment (i.e. Vaseline or SportSalil) as well as roll-on (like deodorant type) Compeed on the blister proper and Injiinji/Darn Tough socks combo.Searching the threads here suggests she should try apply specialist cream (Nok) then concentrate on getting suitable merino wool socks with silk liners.
Any other advice?
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