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blisters
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:29 pm
by jhesch
anyone know what forms them? is it friction, pressure, or both?from lookin at them it seems like a pocket of pus between two layers of skin, maybe a result of friction and pressure separating two layers.
what do you do to prevent them? (on rope drills, high bar, etc.) gloves? plenty of chalk? calluses? how do you treat them? tape? liquid skin? super-glue? do you pop them? i dont want to start this season off with the monster blisters i got today (including one blood blister) so im lookin for ways to keep them away. got advice?
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:43 pm
by vaultinggoat16
If you pop them they will hurt like hell and sting for a few days when you goto grip stuff.....gloves suck for rope drill because of the lose of grip...Chalk helps me on high bar stuff....
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:52 pm
by ashcraftpv
athletic tape fixes everything!
just pop them, slap a band-aid over it, then some athletic tape.
blisters are just part of the territory so get used to them. work through it and eventually they'll turn into callouses. once they are callouses, you'l never have to worry about them again.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:55 pm
by mcminkz05
ashcraftpv wrote:athletic tape fixes everything!
just pop them, slap a band-aid over it, then some athletic tape.
blisters are just part of the territory so get used to them. work through it and eventually they'll turn into callouses. once they are callouses, you'l never have to worry about them again.
exactely!
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:41 pm
by Robert schmitt
until you rip a callous off doing high bar or rings.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:22 pm
by opalkak
SUPER GLUE!!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:47 pm
by dbulick
The worst is when you are doing high bar stuff, and your callouses pinch together when your hand is closed. Then when you open your hand you feel them ripping apart. Man I hate it when that happens.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:00 pm
by vaultinggoat16
Callouses do not make it easier they rip and tear and fold and hurt......All my callouses are torn loose from highbar, axe etc.That is a good point...I buy like 4 rolls of atheletic tape every 2 weeks...
-B
"the Glove"
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:18 pm
by xtremevaulter
Someone a few years ago showed me a good way to prevent blisters and calousus(sp?) that form and the base of your fingures from bothering you while vaulting. You wrap tape once around then take three small strips and put them between your fingures. repeat the frist twice more and then second one once more and it seems to help a little bit hope i have helped
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:18 pm
by mcminkz05
vaultinggoat16 wrote:Callouses do not make it easier they rip and tear and fold and hurt......All my callouses are torn loose from highbar, axe etc.That is a good point...I buy like 4 rolls of atheletic tape every 2 weeks...
-B
BUY athletic tape?? of course you can always just wait until the training room door at school is accidentaly left open..
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:32 pm
by vaultinggoat16
Yeah last time my trainer caught me boosting..err...evacuating the atheletic tape as a precaution agianst dust...she was like RARR and my school is cheap as hell...
0-B
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:18 am
by dbulick
Really, they give it to us if we ask.