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    Blister Prevention and Foot Care

    ...It is odorless, non-greasy. The second variety is BlisterShield powdered silicone to put into your socks to help prevent blisters. 4. SportSlick Think of it as high-tech petroleum jelly. It combines silicone, polymers, and petroleum jelly for long-lasting waterproof lubrication. Includes...
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    The Call to Walk but Unfit and Ill-prepared

    ...It is odorless, non-greasy. The second variety is BlisterShield powdered silicone to put into your socks to help prevent blisters. 4. SportSlick Think of it as high-tech petroleum jelly. It combines silicone, polymers, and petroleum jelly for long-lasting waterproof lubrication. Includes...
  3. annakappa

    Hiking Shoes, or Hiking Boots?

    Falcon just gave a very detailed list of possible ways to treat your feet. Giving the ingredients of Sportslick, you can see that Aloe is mentioned twice. When I got my one and only blister last year, 20 days into my walk (completely my own fault, as I mentioned in a previous message of mine on...
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    Hiking Shoes, or Hiking Boots?

    ...the first cooking oil that was promoted for its light taste, Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years. Sportslick was created by combining Petrolatum with Silicone for long lasting waterproof protection, then adding the leading antifungal agent, Tolnaftate with...
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    Ungüentos and vaseline

    ...base ointment have shown the silicone does work. It reduces friction and both the silicone and petroleum jelly (Vaseline) repel water. Sportslick http://www.sportslick.com/ and Hydropel http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin ... ropel.html (and the Compeed stick, active ingredient unknown...
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    Foot Care

    ...3-Cyclohexene carboxaldehyde. Available in pharmacies in Europe. In the U.S. look for Band Aid Brand Friction Block Stick. Sportslick was created by combining Petrolatum with Silicone for long lasting waterproof protection, then adding the leading antifungal agent, Tolnaftate with healing...
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    How to train for the Camino?

    ...shoes, but buy a D boot to accommodate socks and an anti-pronating inner sole). Use a silicone-type lubricant on clean feet each morning (Sportslick and Hydropel are two brands available in the U.S.; Amazon.com carries Sportslick). It waterproofs your skin. Moisture is the primary cause of...
  8. D

    Thigh chafing

    Sportslick and Hydropel are both excellent products that work to prevent blisters or thigh chafing. Remember, though, if you are getting a blister, the lubricant must be completely removed if you want Compeed or some other bandage to adhere.
  9. peregrina2000

    Petroleum jelly on the feet?

    Hi, Jane, I've always used a product called Sportslick, which I like very much. It's available in the US on Amazon (where it gets very good reviews) or at http://www.sportslick.com. I see that bodyglide is also available on Amazon.
  10. JustRob

    what's the best preparation for my feet?

    For foot preparations, see the products recommended at About.com http://walking.about.com/cs/blisterschafing/tp/blisterprep.htm. I like SportSlick because it also contains anti-bacterial & anti-fungal ingredients. They also have some good information about blister bandages...
  11. peregrina2000

    Blisters

    ...I had horrible blisters, and with bigger boots on the next Camino, I did much better. To avoid the so-called friction blisters, I put Sportslick ointment on my feet every morning and wear a liner sock under a smartwool sock. I change the liners once during the day. And one last thing. I...
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