Comments on: Foot Care on the Camino http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/foot-care-on-the-camino/ To Santiago de Compostella and Beyond Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: c.m. http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-98 c.m. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:43:48 +0000 http://caminodesantiago.me.uk/2008/04/03/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-98 I have done the Camino twice now. The first I had no idea what I was in for. I'd get pains on my feet and push on with blisters spreading the entire width of my feet. At one albergue 2.5 weeks into it, a kindly hospitalero tended to my feet and showed me how to care for them. The second time, I used worn in tennis shoes for walking, had my pack positioned correctly (important for posture and where the weight hits your feet) and I carried a blister kit. As was mentioned, the needle and thread are awesome tools. In addition, I carried bentadine (betadina in Spanish) and a needle. After "threading" my blisters, I'd inject the bentadine into the blisters (which burns like nuts) but by the next morning, the bentadine would dry out the blisters completely and the pain almost always leaves. Good luck all, they say if you don't get at least one blister on the camino, you didn't really experience it! I have done the Camino twice now. The first I had no idea what I was in for. I’d get pains on my feet and push on with blisters spreading the entire width of my feet. At one albergue 2.5 weeks into it, a kindly hospitalero tended to my feet and showed me how to care for them. The second time, I used worn in tennis shoes for walking, had my pack positioned correctly (important for posture and where the weight hits your feet) and I carried a blister kit. As was mentioned, the needle and thread are awesome tools. In addition, I carried bentadine (betadina in Spanish) and a needle. After “threading” my blisters, I’d inject the bentadine into the blisters (which burns like nuts) but by the next morning, the bentadine would dry out the blisters completely and the pain almost always leaves. Good luck all, they say if you don’t get at least one blister on the camino, you didn’t really experience it!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-96 Leslie Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:15:56 +0000 http://caminodesantiago.me.uk/2008/04/03/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-96 I admire your courage - and spelling - so much better than my Czech... How is the writing coming along? Good, I hope. Talk soon. I admire your courage – and spelling – so much better than my Czech…

How is the writing coming along? Good, I hope. Talk soon.

]]> By: Nora http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-97 Nora Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:09:09 +0000 http://caminodesantiago.me.uk/2008/04/03/foot-care-on-the-camino/#comment-97 Well, I had just two blisters on my feet because I'm very practical women. I had good shoes and good socks and I tried my shoes and socks before camino. But even I had a heavy backpack (I never weighed it) I forgot to take elastic bandage and some cream for tired feet. And my soles hurt first two weeks - I felt like a Little Mermaid, I felt knifes in my soles each step I made. Second shoes helped - I walked two days (almost 60 km) in sandals. And than I got problems with swollen tendons of Achilles. I put some cream with ibuprofenum on it and tendons just changed their minds after 10 days. ;-) And I don't want to speak about my knees! Thanks to God that somebody invented walking sticks! Leslie, sorry for my English but I hope you enjoy my courage! Well, I had just two blisters on my feet because I’m very practical women. I had good shoes and good socks and I tried my shoes and socks before camino. But even I had a heavy backpack (I never weighed it) I forgot to take elastic bandage and some cream for tired feet. And my soles hurt first two weeks – I felt like a Little Mermaid, I felt knifes in my soles each step I made. Second shoes helped – I walked two days (almost 60 km) in sandals. And than I got problems with swollen tendons of Achilles. I put some cream with ibuprofenum on it and tendons just changed their minds after 10 days. ;-)
And I don’t want to speak about my knees! Thanks to God that somebody invented walking sticks!
Leslie, sorry for my English but I hope you enjoy my courage!

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