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I would skip the salt and watch my wine intake lolI have issues with swelling feet when I eat too much salt or drink red wine (I know, right? The injustice!). So on the Camino, I pretty much skipped the red wine and watched my salt intake - and then if my feet still swelled, I did all the other stuff like elevating feet and soaking my feet.
..., try increasing water intake.
@yates; to your point:
It might be prudent, yes, to cut down the salt intake but by lowering the NaCl level.
I bring electrolyte drops for this, when I out of the blue feel "funny" and have a possible depletion of said electrolytes..
They have low or no NaCl (cooking salt)
I have done this often, but I feel it works better if you do it when you first arrive at your accommodation - I lie on the bed backwards and put my feet as high as I can up on the wall. If you do this for 20 minutes or so you'll feel an achy coldness overcoming your feet, as the fluid drains off back into the body.My swelling feet remedy was to lie on my bed after dinner with my feet up on the wall while I read or reviewed my maps for the next day. I call it extreme elevation
Without enough salt,drinking too much water would actually dilute the amount of salt in our systems which can be dangerous?And your salt intake ;-) without sufficient salt (and you lose plenty when sweating in the heat) the water doesn't do you much good. Buen Camino, SY
It's Aquarius.Without enough salt,drinking too much water would actually dilute the amount of salt in our systems which can be dangerous?
Do I have that right?
I'm going to try and stick with Gatorade or actually the Spanish equivalent of Powerade. Don't know the Spanish brand name off the top of my head. But I'm pretty sure it's made by Coca-Cola co.
I never had any, but it seemed to be everywhere.Aquarius. Yes. That's it. Thanks
I would think I can find it in almost any store that sells water?
I just want to back you up on the salt, it worked wonders for me, it is cheap (about .45 euro 1 kilo) if you are lucky enough to find a tub. It cures the blisters and overall foot health,plus kills any fungus nasties and bacteria. of course ocean water is best too.Look if the albergue you are staying in has a plastic tub labeled pies/feet or similar. Put a handful (at least) of salt into it and fill with warm water, put feet in it for 20min at least BUT only if you don't have any open wounds/blisters. Put something/anything under the end of your mattress to elevate your feet at night. Put feet up during the day as much as possible. Hope that helps, Buen camino, SY
Swollen feet can happen for a number of reasons, from just walking, especially in the heat, to kindey, liver or heart not working properly.
I know my feet swell in summer and always carry compression socks to wear at night if it gets bad and diurretics. I also sleep with my feet elevated when that happens. But that's me, and I know what the cause is.
You may want to stop by a medical center when you get the chance, and of it's nothing serious, then think about compression socks from a farmacia.
For those still at home whose feet at known to swell, there are merino compression trail socks on the market. Expensive, but ... I can't stand them as they are too think, and I do carry my diurretics.
https://www.gearhunder.com/best-compression-socks-for-men/