Comments on: Foot Care for Barefoot Runners

By: redrocksbluesky

redrocksbluesky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:18 +0000

Ok, you are the second dude that has suggested this. My feet are so cracked right now that I have not been able to run for almost two weeks. So I found some lotion with UREA in it and in two days I have seen a dramatic change.

Regards,

Michael Carroll

By: Chris from Dallas

Chris from Dallas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:03:27 +0000

I usually pee on my feet in the shower in the morning or at night and that seems to do the trick.

By: redrocksbluesky

redrocksbluesky — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:56:49 +0000

Wow, I have had a relative tell me to drink urine, but I dismissed the remark as a crack. So this is interesting and will have to ponder this. Why not just put pure ammonia on the foot?

Regards,

Michael Carroll

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:05 +0000

Hi Mike,

One of the best healing agent for your skin either short dips or longer foot bath is using your own mid-stream urine. It may takes awhile. I got my feet to baby-butt-smoothness in about three months with daily application at least once.

There are three approaches:

– collecting your urine, fresh from your middle stream of your pee, not the beginning and end of pee

– mixture of fresh and old urine, same mid-stream collection applies

– old, and sometimes real old urine. You will have a separation of the pure ammonia agent from the urine sediment

For short dips you can leave the urine on the feet as you can applying old urine and let it dry in. This will not stink when applying fresh urine. Or you can rinse with water quickly but not wash it off completely.

Remember urine is a disinfectant the first 15-20 minutes of fresh use. So you get a free disinfection treatment of your cracks and little cuts as well.

Cheers.

By: redrocksbluesky

redrocksbluesky — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:48:08 +0000

Larry,

You just gotta love So. Cal. It is one of my favorite places to run. Before St. George I was living in the Temecula Valley (Wildomar). St. George can be incredibly dry so I believe it is what exacerbates things. If you read my post on the St. George Marathon, I believe that my untreated feat (no lotion) was a significant factor to it being so brutal. What are you using for lotion?

Thanks for the comment, Michael Carroll

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:22:03 +0000

Hi Michael,

I am from the barefoot running group and saw your post which got my interest. I too have dry feet issues but only during the winter months in here in Southern California. I live more inland than Ken so the humidity is lower. I too, apply lotion to my feet after washing when its dry out. I find that the dry are affects the integity of the skin itself and makes the feet much more sensitive to various surfaces. It can make such a difference that I will avoid some trails that are a bit r0ugh, which are no problem at all in the spring and summer. In spring and summer I don’t use lotion, the air moisturizes the feet with the higher humidity.
I just thought I would post here because the responses to my views didn’t seem to resonate with the others. Your views do. My point overall is that skin integrity matters, the healthier the skin, the more tolerant it is to rougher surfaces.
Larry