Blisters

Anyone know a good treatment for blisters? Got a couple of biguns on my hands from rowing today, could do with something to reduce swelling/whatever.

Reply 1

Hev456

my dads swears by germolene, for just about anything like blisters or cuts. its anti-bacterial and takes down swelling.

Reply 2

lil one

Compeed!

Reply 3

Juno

Surgical spirit

Reply 4

Shéamais

I find prevention better than cure, good old zinc oxide tape works.

Reply 5

Misogynist

When you're rowing you're bound to get blisters so curing them is not really the way to go, prevention on the other hand is. For the blisters on your hands you can get 'Party feet' gel blister tapes which will cover them up (and they're invisible so thats good aswell) and for prevention either use duct tape, or zinc oxide tape. (or just get your rowing club to buy some good smoothies)

Reply 6

Shéamais

Why

...and for prevention either use duct tape,

Do you know what duck tape is? I think you mean insulation tape, I always used to use that for rowing.

Reply 7

Misogynist

Man With No Name

Do you know what duck tape is? I think you mean insulation tape, I always used to use that for rowing.

Yes I do, and it's better than insulation tape for rowing because insulation tape has a really low stick strength.

Reply 8

FadeToBlackout

Hmm, it doesn't really stick and would fall off the moment it gets wet.

Perhaps you could try not to get the blade handle wet, maybe by buying some pogies if it's raining, so it won't rub your hands so much.

I've got rowing friends who swear by Zinc Oxide, but have never yet seen anyone using duct/duck/gaffer tape. I suppose it's good, though, because it sticks and has the fabric strings in it so it won't abrade easily.

When I row, I use my sailing gloves, which are tight fitting, so that the skin can't move around and get rubbed directly.

Helenia also rows (rowed, maybe) at the same boat club and so will probably have lots of good advice. *drops her in it*.

Of course, the best way to avoid blisters is to cox rather than row :wink:

Reply 9

Juno

The best thing to use is surgical spirit, as it hardens your skin! And how many blisters do you have? If it's any less than 11 on each hand it's not worth moaning about.

Reply 10

Shéamais

Why

Yes I do, and it's better than insulation tape for rowing because insulation tape has a really low stick strength.

I'm looking at my army issue black nasty and I wouldn't be putting that on my hands to avoid blisters. Insulation tape is definitely a better bet.

Reply 11

Helenia

Juno

The best thing to use is surgical spirit, as it hardens your skin! And how many blisters do you have? If it's any less than 11 on each hand it's not worth moaning about.

Yes, but then sometimes all the skin comes off and that's not pretty.

In my boat club there were basically two schools of thought - the surgical spirit till your hands turn to rock one, and mine, which involves preventing them with zinc oxide tape where possible. When they do happen, if they have fluid in them, I drain them with a sterile needle and put either antiseptic cream or vaseline on them to keep them soft. That makes them heal better, but if you do this you MUST keep them covered if you go rowing again otherwise they'll tear.

Reply 12

Eblis_O'_Shaughnessy

If you're going to be rowing regularly, you might be better off letting the calluses build up on your palms so you get a permanently better grip.

Reply 13

Helenia

Eblis_O'_Shaughnessy

If you're going to be rowing regularly, you might be better off letting the calluses build up on your palms so you get a permanently better grip.

Not all calluses do that though. And if you leave blisters untreated/uncovered it means people shift their grip so there's less pressure on the painful areas, which results in crappy grip and poor technique.

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