- Time of past OR future Camino
- Portuguese Way September 2017.
French Way May 2018.
Planning some sort of camino for Sep 2019..
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I can’t help you identify a podiatrist, but I would suggest that you stop into a pharmacy. In my experience in both Spain and Portugal, pharmacists are very knowledgeable when it comes to maladies suffered by pilgrims. On my first Camino, I was significantly helped by a pharmacist with my blister problem. If you need further assistance, that person could probably send you in the right direction. Good luck.Hi all, walking from Porto and heading into A Guarda tomorrow and wondering if anyone knows of a good chiropodist or podiatrist there or if not there when’s the next one coming up?.. have some very bad open blisters that need attending to asap.. also what’s next place I might find a hiking or camping shop for better sock? thanks in advance for any advice!Bom Camino!
I was significantly helped by a pharmacist with my blister problem. If you need further assistance, that person could probably send you in the right direction.
Also, after Caminha there are few shops or services.Hi all, walking from Porto and heading into A Guarda tomorrow and wondering if anyone knows of a good chiropodist or podiatrist there or if not there when’s the next one coming up?.. have some very bad open blisters that need attending to asap.. also what’s next place I might find a hiking or camping shop for better sock? thanks in advance for any advice!Bom Camino!
Thanks, I’ll be stopping at the next pharmacy, I stopped at one in the last little place and they gave me tape but couldn’t use that now on open blisters. Thanks for the advice!I can’t help you identify a podiatrist, but I would suggest that you stop into a pharmacy. In my experience in both Spain and Portugal, pharmacists are very knowledgeable when it comes to maladies suffered by pilgrims. On my first Camino, I was significantly helped by a pharmacist with my blister problem. If you need further assistance, that person could probably send you in the right direction. Good luck.
Thanks best of luck and maybe see you on the path then!Island dressinh and stretch fixomull from paharmacie. If broken, compeed. Compeed noe male a stick for hot spots befpre thr blister develops.
I took a day off walking to let my blister dry in the sun.
I also saw a woman put 2 back to back sanitary pads in her shoes to help.absprb moisture.
Stop during the day and take off your shoes and socks.
I am on your route too
The shoes are a perfect fit actually, unfortunately it’s the heat and a bad choice of socks the first few days (don’t know what I was thinking..) so lesson learned!I had horrible blisters that got infected my first time walking. Yes, go to the pharmacist. Yes, wear sandals! And get a new bigger pair of shoes! The shoes are rubbing on your feet. One woman I met told me that she always gets blisters even at home. I told her, that even at home, I suspect her shoes are too small.
There is lots of advice on the forum here on blister care. Taking a day off and letting them heal is a good thing to do.
I wish you healing and a buen camino!
Get some hiking sandals - instant ventilation!The shoes are a perfect fit actually, unfortunately it’s the heat and a bad choice of socks the first few days (don’t know what I was thinking..) so lesson learned!thanks to the advice, might have to take a day off alright.
Thanks so much for that, all really helpful - I’m on a mission now to get to a Decathalon today and a podiatrist, preferably both! Yeah they’re very open so will be dressing very carefully.. again thanks for the help!I totally agree that sandals are the only way to go, especially when your feet are hot and sweaty. At this time of year shoe stores and Decathlon stock adventure sandals (adjustable at heel, ankle and toes) and they are perfect for continuing on with bad blisters.
If your blisters are unburst DO NOT put compeed style dressings on them as it will rip the tops off the blisters, risking infection.
If the tops are already gone, disinfect, trim up loose skin and apply a clean compeeds style dressing large enough to cover the blister adequately and leave on for as long as the dressing will hold. Open blisters need this to heal, if they are left dry they take forever to repair. Get some type of padded dressing/material (I used the fabric from the disposable room slippers that are supplied in Turkey) and tape over the top of the dressed area to keep any straps from placing pressure and wear socks to hold in place.
My husband suffered from regular blisters, until he finally purchased a pair of hiking sandals on the Portuguese at Tomar. He won't wear anything else now, even on winter Camino walking. I scored a nasty blister in March 2 days into the Lycian Way and swapped out to my hiking sandals with double socking and kept wearing them all the way to Antalya. They were so comfortable and secure and my blister healed without any disruption or discomfort on the most difficult terrain I have walked. I now have gone to the dark side and won't wear anything else for long distance walking. Look after yourself and enjoy the rest of your Camino.
This has been my experience as well on both of my Caminos - the Farmacia was very helpful!I can’t help you identify a podiatrist, but I would suggest that you stop into a pharmacy. In my experience in both Spain and Portugal, pharmacists are very knowledgeable when it comes to maladies suffered by pilgrims. On my first Camino, I was significantly helped by a pharmacist with my blister problem. If you need further assistance, that person could probably send you in the right direction. Good luck.
Also change socks during the day so your feet stay drier.The shoes are a perfect fit actually, unfortunately it’s the heat and a bad choice of socks the first few days (don’t know what I was thinking..) so lesson learned!thanks to the advice, might have to take a day off alright.
Agree. Avoid compeed. They only pull skin off moreI totally agree that sandals are the only way to go, especially when your feet are hot and sweaty. At this time of year shoe stores and Decathlon stock adventure sandals (adjustable at heel, ankle and toes) and they are perfect for continuing on with bad blisters.
If your blisters are unburst DO NOT put compeed style dressings on them as it will rip the tops off the blisters, risking infection.
If the tops are already gone, disinfect, trim up loose skin and apply a clean compeeds style dressing large enough to cover the blister adequately and leave on for as long as the dressing will hold. Open blisters need this to heal, if they are left dry they take forever to repair. Get some type of padded dressing/material (I used the fabric from the disposable room slippers that are supplied in Turkey) and tape over the top of the dressed area to keep any straps from placing pressure and wear socks to hold in place.
My husband suffered from regular blisters, until he finally purchased a pair of hiking sandals on the Portuguese at Tomar. He won't wear anything else now, even on winter Camino walking. I scored a nasty blister in March 2 days into the Lycian Way and swapped out to my hiking sandals with double socking and kept wearing them all the way to Antalya. They were so comfortable and secure and my blister healed without any disruption or discomfort on the most difficult terrain I have walked. I now have gone to the dark side and won't wear anything else for long distance walking. Look after yourself and enjoy the rest of your Camino.
Compeed is entirely appropriate for blisters without a roof. Problems with skin tearing occur when it's used on blisters that are still covered by skin. It is a good idea to cover the Compeed with a large piece of tape with rounded corners to avoid the Compeed from being pulled off with a sock.Agree. Avoid compeed. They only pull skin off more
Thank you so much for the adviceHere is a preventive "post-blister" advice. Once you will take care of the issue - get a Compeed roll-on stick. Looks just like a small deodorant - Compeed Anti-Blister Stick
Im attaching an Amazon link but thats for a visual purpose only; I've seem plenty in Spanish Farmacias
Not cheap (IIRC ran me about E10 in '22) but it made a world of difference to me. Just "swipe" the bad part of the foot in the morning and any time you stop for a break. Does not take much of a product and effort but you'll be one happy Peregrina
Good luck and Buen Camino!
Good vibes!Thanks all, just to update - got to A Guarda and a brilliant podiatrist yesterday and got bandaged up and given dressing for the next day, was told not to walk a big distance. However, in a stroke of v bad luck, both myself and my friend were struck down with food poisoning last night and have been in bits ever since, a very very bad dose.. we’ve had to stay in our accommodation and not even sure if we’ll be good to walk tomorrow.. so fingers crossed prayers and good vibes please!
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