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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Mike,
Two words: duck tape. (quack, quack) Our indoor pool has very sharpe lane lines, and my first season I kept rubbing raw the same patch on my right wrist. I just wrapped a length of duct tape over it (enough tape so that it wraps onto itself, this was crucial to it sticking together, and loose enough so that circulation to my hand was fine), and it stayed on all practice. During the outdoor season, I had some big, ole snorkling fins that used to rub my small toe raw at the base. Same thing, duck tape around the bottom of my foot, and no problems.
I would recommend wrapping around the bottom of your whole foot, rather than trying to just do the big toe. The wider the tape, and more area it can stick to itself (and secure itself to your foot), the better. And duck tape is a lot easier to find than special athletic tape.
Matt
Mike,
Two words: duck tape. (quack, quack) Our indoor pool has very sharpe lane lines, and my first season I kept rubbing raw the same patch on my right wrist. I just wrapped a length of duct tape over it (enough tape so that it wraps onto itself, this was crucial to it sticking together, and loose enough so that circulation to my hand was fine), and it stayed on all practice. During the outdoor season, I had some big, ole snorkling fins that used to rub my small toe raw at the base. Same thing, duck tape around the bottom of my foot, and no problems.
I would recommend wrapping around the bottom of your whole foot, rather than trying to just do the big toe. The wider the tape, and more area it can stick to itself (and secure itself to your foot), the better. And duck tape is a lot easier to find than special athletic tape.
Matt
