Blisters on toes, heels and feet from hiking, bushwalking or thru hiking can be prevented. We share many different, expert ideas for blister prevention and treatment on the trail.
We welcome Injinji Australia as a sponsor of Our Hiking Blog.
Sue has been wearing their fantastic socks for the last three or four years to help prevent blisters and swears by them. They have stopped her getting very nasty blisters from rubbing between her toes on many occasions.
She was so impressed how well they worked, she wrote up two posts about them:
Blisters? – Not this time, Sue tries Injinji hiking socks with success
and
Blisters, sore feet? These socks really work!
We had a lot of blogging plans this long weekend.
Some great plans and new topics to add.
Then there was the severe case of gastro that hit Frank on Thursday night, and Friday, and Saturday and Sunday. Now (late Monday) with a belly full of antibiotics, he can at least type…
Don’t you hate wasting all that time being sick? Just really glad we were not hiking or camping somewhere. (In addition, we had about 65mm (2″ plus) of most welcome rainfall, it would NOT have been much fun)
Three things of the 20 we wanted to do.
A pre-announcement is that Injinji are now sponsors of Our Hiking Blog (see the logo to the right)
Have you got problems with blisters from hiking?
What are the best hiking socks for backpacking?
How can your reduce sore feet and red spots using socks that don’t rub?
Cursed with blister and sore feet when hiking , Sue is very happy to report on a blister free trip. On her recent Overland Track hike in Tasmania, Sue wore Injinji socks for the entire trip. Her feet were fantastic, no blisters, no hot spots.
Sue’s feet in her Injinji Outdoor Series tetratsok’s
Sue’s story:
One of the downsides of walking for me in the past has been sore feet and blistered toes – really, really sore feet.
I consulted a podiatrist hoping he would provide a magic solution. I …
Blisters, hot spots and sore feet?
Looking for socks that help reduce blisters on your feet?
Have trouble hiking or bushwalking because of bisters?
What are the best hiking socks?
Ever since we have been hiking together Sue’s feet have caused her problems. She has an odd shaped little toe that curls under her fourth toe and she always gets blistering and severe pain. Following one long walk, the skin on one little toe “de-gloved” to her dismay, and it took several weeks to heal. She has tried many solutions to prevent this problem including visiting a podiatrist, taping, padding, vaseline and bandaids. She has also replaced her boots twice to see if different styles might help. These have been …
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