My poor feet!

Nick Pedley said:

Would gratefully appreciate any feedback you lot can give
regarding my blisters....

After years of trial and error I hardly ever get friction
blisters from socks and boots rubbing on my feet (Yay!) but
I do find my little toes get blisters from where the
adjacent toes put pressure on the fleshy pads. :-0 What
could I do to stop my little toes from slipping under and
getting pressured like this? Taping the toes up does not
help. I can spread my toes out inside my boots. I saw some
toe spreader thingys in the chemists which look interesting
but am not sure. Any advice?

I used to get inter-toe blisters (I just made that
expression up, in case you wonder). Microporous tape was a
fiddle, but did work to some extent. What worked much better
was changing to a single, wicking sock which kept my feet
much drier. I also liberally sprinkle talcum powder over my
feet before putting my walking socks on. Don't think I've
had a blister since, and my heaviest boots are on the tight
side. (Damn feet have spread about half a size.) However, I
don't walk for more than about 5-6 hours nor cover more than
10-12 miles on average.

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What could I do to stop my little toes from slipping under
and getting pressured like this?

I took the extreme way out of this problem last summer, and
had surgery to straighten the two smallest toes on my right
foot. I think I'm glad I had it done; however I'm not in
any hurry to repeat the procedure with the left foot. My
best advice would be to see a podiatrist and see if you can
get some purpose made pads that will mould themselves to
the shape of your gaps between the affected toes. Try those
for a while to see if they help to make things easier, and
see if the podiatrist recommends orthoses in your walking
boots as well.
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I had/have the same problem. I use Pro Foot Softgel toe
protectors, sold through Lloyd Pharmacies at £1.99 each. I
had bisters on both little toes over Easter doing the SWCP
but only had one protector!

Pop on the protector and the pain disapears straight away -
the blister actually got smaller over the next 50 miles!
Same effect when I got hold of one for the other foot. You
need to check them every couple of hours or so but I now
plan to but them on before I start.

They are still OK after over 70 miles - take them off and
wash them and re-use.

Mike

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What could I do to stop my little toes from slipping
under and getting pressured like this?

I took the extreme way out of this problem last summer,
and had surgery to straighten the two smallest toes on my
right foot. I think I'm glad I had it done; however I'm
not in any hurry to repeat the procedure with the left
foot. My best advice would be to see a podiatrist and see
if you can get some purpose made pads that will mould
themselves to the shape of your gaps between the affected
toes. Try those for a while to see if they help to make
things easier, and see if the podiatrist recommends
orthoses in your walking boots as well.
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Fran If you need my email address please ask.