Blisters – Prevention & Treatment
As part of our everyday lives in our front-country worlds, blisters on our feet are not that big of a deal. That’s because you probably rarely get them, and, if you do, they are usually easy to remedy and protect. In fact, they are likely little more than an inconvenience.
However, in a backcountry setting, you will definitely view blisters from a completely different perspective. To write that they are “painful,” as many of you would likely agree, is more than an understatement. Not only can they can easily ruin an otherwise wonderful day of hiking, but at worst, they can be truly debilitating.
So, rather than risk letting the time, effort, and money that you spent preparing for your much anticipated hike go to waste, I thought that I would share with you two related articles from Wilderness Medicine magazine which is published by the Wilderness Medical Society. After all, I believe that the real value in having wilderness first aid training isn’t so much to fix a problem, but rather to prevent it.
As Benjamin Franklin best phrased it, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
These two articles are part of a two-part series:
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