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I was working out pretty hard during karate training tonight, and I somehow managed to blister both my big toes. It's painful to walk now, and I was wondering if anyone here knew what to do about blisters.

Pic related to what I was doing when it happened.
>> Anonymous
>>397748
Fuck, that's dangerous. My teachers said that if you're hurt in some way or recovering from an injury, let someone know. If it's really bad, stop training completely until you're better.

>>397750
Great. I don't think I have any tape. Will large band-aids work as a substitute?
>> Anonymous
lol McDojo

You can either tape them so they don't pop, or drain, medicate, and bandage them.

I drain them, cut off the blistered skin, medicate, and bandage. Heals quicker.
>> Anonymous
>>397746
I'm assuming the bottoms of the toes?
Just give it time and the callouses/scar tissue will form over the bottoms of your feet and you'll be practically immune to further incident.
In the meantime, just try not to run any marathons and make sure you're wearing well-fitting shoes and good socks, unless you can go bare-foot.
>> Anonymous
don't fucking pop them. you dumbshit.
>> Anonymous
>>397754
OP here. When I said "pic related" I meant that it was a picture of karate in general.

Also, the room in the pic is where I trained tonight, and the floor is as hard as fuck. The cracks between the boards are worse.
>> Anonymous
>>397792
Padded floors would be a good start.
>> Anonymous
>> 397757

Here.
If you do go the draining route consider >> 397765

However, I would not cut the skin off. One method is to lance (making a hole on either side) so that fluid can drain and then injecting neosporin into the blister.

The skin will provide protection and the neosporin will help to heal and desensitize the underlying.

The skin will eventually fall off, but you might as well keep it on there for now. No reason to speed up the inevitable.
>> Anonymous
Wood floors? Psssh. Pansies. try tile sometime.
Seriously, though, Op might want to just take a day or three off to heal.
>> Anonymous
>>397797
The martial arts room at my university is padded, but way too small for my club's needs. Thus we used the dance room.
>> Anonymous
KICK! PUNCH! ITS ALL IN THE MIND!
>> Anonymous
OP here. I drained and medicated the first blister. Good god, that feels so much better.
>> Anonymous
is this in santa cruz?
>> Anonymous
wait this has to be in santa cruz, because the martial arts room is next door.. are you the Shoto kan group?
>> Anonymous
>>397834
Yeah, I'm in Santa Cruz and in the Shotokan group. What group are you in?
>> Anonymous
hahaha, thats pretty funny.. Yeah the padded martial arts room kind of sucks. way to small and too much padding. the real world does not have padding
>> Anonymous
our competition. Shorinji Kempo
>> Anonymous
also dont take a break unless your break something or sprain something really bad. blister sare your friend... it gets easier if you let it callus. just dont keep off of it too long or it cames backk way to soft, and you ll get even more of them
>> Anonymous
>>397843
The real world does not have cleaned wooden floors either. It's no less an artificial environment than a room with padded floors.
>> Anonymous
>>397848
Yeah, I do want it to callus so this doesn't happen again. I have already drained the second blister, cut off the blistered skin, medicated and covered it up. Hopefully it will heal where it's not painful, and allows for a callus.
>> Anonymous
I recommend dropping shotokan and taking up a martial art that isn't just a bunch of kata. Then blisters will be the least of your worries.
>> Anonymous
OP
I called my father the hardass and asked him what he did about blisters when he used to play baseball.

He said if you remove the skin and medicate you should try to find some powdered sulfur.

The sulfur will help the skin to dry up heal faster.
He said it helps the tissue become less vascular at the site of injury, knocking out the nerves and drying it up.

You might be able to find some at your drug store pharmacy.

He said this is the absolute best method he knows, and the guy is a fucking hardass. lol
>> Anonymous
I heard from an acquaintance in the army that the liquid bandage stuff works really well over open blisters.
>> Anonymous
397873 Here

>>397882's suggestion sounds better than the sulfur as it will provide water proof barrier.
>> OriginalContentGuy@gmail.com
>>397746
Oh lawd, terrible form is terrible.
>> Anonymous
Equipment:
Clean needle, clean cotton thread, disinfectant
Procedure:
1.) Thread needle.
2.) Disinfect blister and surrounding area.
3.) Push needle through both sides of blister longways, and pull the thread through.
4.) Let thread absorb fluid from blister
5.) Remove thread.
6.) (optional) Cover dead skin with some kind of protectant if you wish.

This was suggested to me by a dude who trained Muay Thai in Thailand for a year or so. It works fine, and I get back to normal activities pretty much right away. Seems to speed recovery a bit as well (since the dead skin layer remains to protect the open flesh below).
>> Anonymous
>>397991
I can see that working, but for me I think it may be a bad idea keeping the dead skin there, since the blister is literally on the bottom of the toe and I walk a lot, so that skin is going to rub around painfully.
>> Anonymous
>>397868
I don't see Shotokan as a bunch of kata. Not only do I get a really good workout from it, I also learned a lot of self-defensive moves. My favorite is the roundhouse kick and the "knife-hand".
>> Anonymous
>>398075
Cutting a blister open and have a raw, unprotected open wound hurts a lot more. Without the fluid pressure, there should be less pain. With the skin protecting it, you won't have an open wound. I think the idea would work well.