Diagnosis & Treatment

Browse the archives and discover how to stop painful foot blisters from ruining your favourite pursuits.

heel lock lacing technique

Shoe-Fit Is Important, But It's Not Everything

Shoe-fit is a basic prevention strategy you have to get right (or as close as possible to it) to make things easy for yourself. But it's not everything.

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are callouses protective of blisters

Do Callouses Protect Against Blisters?

Some people swear callouses keep them blister-free and build them with pride. Others get them shaved off. So, do callouses protect against blisters?

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Deroofed Blister back of heel

Deroofed Blisters: Here's What You Need To Know

Deroofed blisters are simply blisters whose roof has rubbed right off and is probably somewhere in your sock. It's the worst type of blister you can have.

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blister threading to drain a blister

How To Drain A Blister By Blister-Threading

There's more that one way to skin a cat, they say. Learn how to drain a blister with the blister-threading technique, including the pros and cons.

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drill a hole in your nail with electrocautery - nail trephination

How To Drill A Hole In Your Toenail

Pain relief will be immediate when you drill a hole in your toenail, thanks to the release of pressure. Find out how the experts do it and how you can DIY.

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Where do you get blisters?

What’s The Most Common Blister Location?

There were a total of 1,136 responses with 940 indicating their single worst blister location. What do you think was the most common blister location?

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maceration treatment

Maceration Part 2: Maceration Treatment

What does successful skin maceration treatment look like? Once waterlogged, how can you dry your feet out super-quickly so you can keep running?

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