Diagnosis & Treatment

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

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.

All Blisters
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?

All Blisters
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?

Forefoot
matt at the Adelaide 6-day ultramarathon 2014

Matt's Blister Treatment Example

After enduring a scorching bitumen surface for 135km, I had two 20 cent coin-sized blisters under my right forefoot. Read Matt's blister treatment case study.

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edge blisters

Edge Blisters: What, Where, Why & How To Treat

An edge blister appears sort of on the bottom of the foot, but a bit on the side, too. Watch this video that shows why they occur and how to prevent them.

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