How to Avoid New Shoe Blisters on Your Feet
New shoes, mainly flats and running shoes, have the nasty tendency to rub your feet the wrong way. The best solution to this nasty problem is to try and wear your shoes in a little bit before you talk them out into public.
If you’re planning on wearing your brand new shoes for a few hours at a time, you are just asking for trouble. So, to avoid horrid, painful blisters, try wearing them around the house first to kind of soften them up and figure out where the shoes tend to rub on your foot. Once you figure that out, you can put a Band-Aid or blister patch on those areas. You may even want to try putting wax or Vaseline there. If not, here are some other tips you might want to look into:
- Wear socks or tights (if they go with your outfit, of course).
- Keep your feet dry with Talcum powder or foot spray to help prevent blisters.
- As a last resort, try out blister plasters. They’ll help your blister heal and keep it from chafing even more. You can even use them as a preventative measure if you know where your shoes will rub.
Don’t let sore spots on your feet ruin your day out. Avoid the problem before it starts by planning ahead. Those cute ballet flats are worth the extra effort to make sure they don’t cause you pain!
Getting Professional Treatment
It is always our express intent to recommend that you take no chances with foot pain, ankle or knee pain, or injuries. Professional treatment to relieve the pain is available from doctors such as Delray Beach’s Dr. Ian Goldbaum of Delray Beach Podiatry, who has provided us with this blog. If the pain continues, a podiatrist with Dr. Goldbaum’s experience should be consulted. You must get proper treatment to prevent permanent damage.
Our Staff writers are freelance writers with higher education related to, or experience researching and writing for, medical blogs; with education or experience equal to under graduate and graduate degrees in the fields of medicine.
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