OK, I know this is weird, but since I've started swimming seriously I've come across the following problem. The skin on the bottom of my big toes rips off. I think its from the bottom of the pool and from pushing off from the turn. It wouldn't be a prob if it didn't all come off on one spot. The skin rips off down to the "quick" and gets very red and painful.
I've tried band-aids (fall off; even the "waterproof" ones) and first aid tape (same prob).
Has anyone else had this prob? What did you do about it? i refuse to give up swimming, so I gotta find some way to keep my skin!!!
Thanks,
Mike
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;) Hey, talk about good timing! I've just started developing the same thing, after having started swimming after a lay off of a couple months... I would agree with the previous poster- i came to the conclusion that it must have something to do with 'turning', somewhere along the line, as I developed a similar problem when i was doing various martial arts. I would suggest getting a roll of sports tape (the white, really sticky kind). If you can't get it at a sports store, try going to a chemist and asking them. I used to use it for kickboxing and I would have to cut the darn stuff off after training, so it should stay on in the water. Good luck!
peace...
;) Hey, talk about good timing! I've just started developing the same thing, after having started swimming after a lay off of a couple months... I would agree with the previous poster- i came to the conclusion that it must have something to do with 'turning', somewhere along the line, as I developed a similar problem when i was doing various martial arts. I would suggest getting a roll of sports tape (the white, really sticky kind). If you can't get it at a sports store, try going to a chemist and asking them. I used to use it for kickboxing and I would have to cut the darn stuff off after training, so it should stay on in the water. Good luck!
peace...
