medical/injuries

What to avoid on the Camino? Especially when it gets hot? One year a friend I was with got food poisoning from a bad bocadillo. One year I got it from a cream puff. The doctor in Leon told me to avoid any pastry with dairy (I suppose, other than baked in butter). Does anyone have any thoughts?

After several months of training I am about to start my second Camino 9 days from today. I have been in Spain for a few weeks vacationing and also training (walking 8-12 miles a day). I felt 100% ready and then I hyperextended my toe during stair training on a castle walk in Alicante and I now...

I did the Camino de Santiago in May of 2015 and had to go to a clinic near Tricastela for a hurt ankle. I spent maybe 20 minutes with a doctor there who told me to go to the Pharmacia and get anti inflammatory medicine, a brace and Ibuprofen. Just a week ago I received a bill for $260.00 - 2...

Hi guys. I need help. I started the camino in León with my twin brother 6 days ago. We walked, roughly 30km per day, but yesterday on the way from Villafranca De Bierzo to O'Cebriero the speed at which I walked was unknowingly much quicker as I got so engrossed in conversation with a camino...

Hello, I started to have a stomach bug in Terradillos on the 26th. I felt really weak the following day and could only walk 10k to Sahagún were I rested that day and the following day. I was given diarrhea relief by a doctor in a small emergency clinic but that only temporarily worked. I did...

Hello all, I collapsed on the camino heading to Sahagún today. My walking buddy and I concluded it was dehydration related originally. I woke up this morning and had 2 cafe con leches (normally take just one) because I had low energy / bad sleep. After landing in Sahagún I grabbed some...

So with just my luck I somehow injured my foot right before I left for Spain. I currently am in Barcelona and waiting to start until Tuesday now to give my foot some more rest. The swelling has gone down already by resting it for two days, and I have been able to be mobile, with a tad pain...

I have been planning my Camino this July for months now, departing St Jean PdP alone on July 4 and returning to the US from Santiago on August 9. However, a generalized seizure weeks ago is threatening my trip. I have had epilepsy for many years but was weaned off my medication due to not having...

I have to take weekly injections and I would bring my supplies with me. Does anyone know how to dispose of needles/syringes on the camino once used? Thanks!

Hallo, I want to start my Camino from Vezelay in april 2017 (walked earlier from Holland to that place), do not walk very fast so it can take me about 3 months away from home. I have to use quite a lot of medicines and I do not want to take it for such a long time, moreover there will be also...

I had an excellent massage with a chiropractor / masseuse in León today and my Camino friend went to him a few days ago and also had a great experience so I want to share his details: Quiromasaje Gimenez Avda. Roma 13, León + 34 649 730 727 Javier@quiromasajegimenez.com His name is Javier and...

Dear fellow pilgrims. I decided to write this thread just to get some comfort words from the more experienced pilgrims. As some of you know, I'll be starting the aragones in 15 days and the Frances from puente la reina up to finisterra. Usually I come to my office walking ( 12 kms return...

After 18 days on Camino France's The Meseta in Sandals has done my Right foot, arch in bad shape. Where should I go for help? Am 66 yrs old from USA. Thanks for any recomendations for Hospital or Urgent Care in Leon.

Hello, This is purely meant as information for those with Sleep apnea and using a CPAP appliance looking for a hiking/portable sized machine . I just finished the Camino Primitivo, and dealing with sleep apnea had to lug a CPAP machine around. I used the Somnetics Transcend EZEX AutoCPAP...

Yesterday I had a really sore throat so I went to the farmacy to get some pills. I guess they aren't working on me, I just woke up with a closed throat unable to swallow anything so I guess it's time for some antibiotics. Does anyone know an English speaking doctor in Bilbao?

Hi, I'm on my first experience of the Camino. Everything was going fine until the stage from Burgos to Hornillos. About 3km from Hornillos, my left shin started heating up. I'm now resting in the lovely Albergue de Sol a Sol at the entrance to the town, but don't know what to do next. Back to...

I had the most spectacular bodywork treatment today in Astorga that I - literally - have ever had in my life. I don't have a single aching body part. I sent a friend who had a similar experience. And the cost was very reasonable: 30 euros for an hour (although he worked on me for 75 minutes and...

To all our forum friends out there right now, a heartfelt wish for cooler weather! Heat is not to be taken lightly: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/english-pilgrim-died-in-40-degrees-heat-near-almaden.43122/ This is a tragic and unnecessary death. For general information...

Hello, and thank you for letting me join this group. I am 63 and have a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease called Multiple System Atrophy that causes various symptoms involving the autonomic nervous system (blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, digestion, temperature control, etc.) and...

Hi. I am just back from my first aid mission on the Camino. This year, instead of staying to the first week from St Jean, I used Rabanal as my base, travelling east of Astorga and as far west as Ponferrada. I converted my little Citroen Berlingo into a micro camping car, very cute and...