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Just under 3 weeks from Camino and starting to get a hot spot on my wee toe during training walks
Nothing previously???
Any tips at this late stage folks wrap it in a plaster pre walking?
Yeah, I get it too if my boots/shoes are too narrow. Some people recommend wearing 2 pairs of socks to prevent blisters, but when I tried that once I started getting that hot spot on my little toe. I removed one pair of socks and everything was fine again. I just make sure I have a wide enough shoe box now.Any tips at this late stage
Just under 3 weeks from Camino and starting to get a hot spot on my wee toe during training walks
Nothing previously???
Any tips at this late stage folks wrap it in a plaster pre walking?
Get some Hikers Wool. It is weightless and absolutely fantastic to stuff into your sock where the hotspot is. I bought mine online but some stores stock it. Google it and have a look. The other good thing to take with you is the toe tube thing you buy at a pharmacy. Just cut a piece off and poke your toe into it so there is no rubbing. (You need wide toed shoes to accommodate bandages etc)Just under 3 weeks from Camino and starting to get a hot spot on my wee toe during training walks
Nothing previously???
Any tips at this late stage folks wrap it in a plaster pre walking?
Do whatever Davebugg tells you to do. No one on earth knows more about feet and shoes and blisters and toes then Dave.Just under 3 weeks from Camino and starting to get a hot spot on my wee toe during training walks
Nothing previously???
Any tips at this late stage folks wrap it in a plaster pre walking?
Wear Injinji toe ‘under socks’ - but get the pure wool ones. Then your walking socks (merino wool best) over them. And, put some Omnifix tape on before walking - under the socks of course!!!Just under 3 weeks from Camino and starting to get a hot spot on my wee toe during training walks
Nothing previously???
Any tips at this late stage folks wrap it in a plaster pre walking?
This also reminds me that to give the toe box more space it works to remove the laces and then replace them - omitting the first set of grommets. Three basic but awesome tips - including this one - is at: https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/lacing-hiking-boots.htmlI wrap my little toe in hikers wool also. No tape needed. Also just lately, I’ve started loosening my boot laces just a bit at the bottom toe box area while still tightening as usual farther up. My boots are possibly a little too narrow now as compared to when I bought them a few years ago; my feet have no doubt spread a bit. Hikers wool is the best though and as others have said, weighs nothing.