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Blister on toe from workout

yirara
yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Great. I have no idea what I'm doing, but after every workout I have a wound/blister on the top of my middle toe. I'm doing interval workouts:variations of pushups, lunges, squats and some more cardio oriented intervals like side lunge jumps, fast variations of romanian deadlifts, high kicks, step ups, etc. I have no *kitten* idea where this would comes from. It's such an odd place to have a wound.

No idea why I'm posting this. Just puzzled.

EDIT: I'm working out barefoot, and I guess I would feel it if I chafed the top of my toe

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  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    I'm no expert, but I'm guessing it's your shoes. How old are they? Might be time for a new pair.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    becky10rp wrote: »
    I'm no expert, but I'm guessing it's your shoes. How old are they? Might be time for a new pair.

    Barefoot. And I guess I'd feel if I scratched the top of my middle toe over my carpet or workout mat, or step.
  • CourtneyUT
    CourtneyUT Posts: 48 Member
    My guess would be the shoes too.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    Added above: I'm workout out barefoot.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    It probably comes from when you do wear shoes, and maybe it collects a little extra fluid during the workout.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    edited February 2018
    yirara wrote: »
    becky10rp wrote: »
    I'm no expert, but I'm guessing it's your shoes. How old are they? Might be time for a new pair.

    Barefoot. And I guess I'd feel if I scratched the top of my middle toe over my carpet or workout mat, or step.

    You would feel a scratch, but not necessarily a continuous gentle-ish rub that would cause a blister.

    Does that toe have a slightly elevated joint?
    Try putting a small band aid or toe sleeve over it.

    I have a slightly, barely visible, larger joint on my second to baby toe on my left foot that rubs to a blister on one pair of shoes- no others.

    Cheers, h.

    ETA: I did note you were bare foot, I just gave my shoe example to illustrate how small a difference in how the toe lays, or knuckle size, can cause a blister.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    It probably comes from when you do wear shoes, and maybe it collects a little extra fluid during the workout.

    I doubt it as wearing the shoes I've been wearing the past few days I didn't notice it, and the wound manage to heal again.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    becky10rp wrote: »
    I'm no expert, but I'm guessing it's your shoes. How old are they? Might be time for a new pair.

    Barefoot. And I guess I'd feel if I scratched the top of my middle toe over my carpet or workout mat, or step.

    You would feel a scratch, but not necessarily a continuous gentle-ish rub that would cause a blister.

    Does that toe have a slightly elevated joint?
    Try putting a small band aid or toe sleeve over it.

    I have a slightly, barely visible, larger joint on my second to baby toe on my left foot that rubs to a blister on one pair of shoes- no others.

    Cheers, h.

    No elevated joint. But I'll put a bandaid over it again *sigh* this evening I was thinking that my toe finally looked good again. And end of workout: there's a new blister.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Is it a wound or a water-filled blister?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,143 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Is it a wound or a water-filled blister?

    A water-filled blister. I was originally surprised where it came from and wondered if I had a grain of sand in my sock. But as I now for the third time noticed it had 'flared up' again after a workout and was fine before it must be related to it.
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