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Treat open wound appropriately, cover with antiseptic dressing and then use hapihike as padding.
Pull out as much wool as you need from the roll. Remove sock and pack the sore area with wool.
The wool will stay in place but use tape if you want to secure it especially around the heels. The wool will compact and felt to the shape of the foot.
If hapihike is not doing the job, apply a bit more to make a thicker pad. Walk a few steps to see how it feels before lacing up boots properly.
For individual toes tease out wool and wrap round and round to the thickness needed. Not too tightly as the wool will shrink as it felts. For more than one sore toe weave in and out of affected toes. For soreness on ball of foot make a pad and replace sock carefully to keep pad in correct place. Use tape around the foot if needed to keep it in place while pulling on sock and boot.
Use it on sore heels at first sign of rubbing. We recommend that you do not use hapihike on open wounds. It is possible to keep it in place whilst pulling on sock but it is a bit more tricky. Use tape to hold in place if necessary.
Though we recommend hapihike is used only once here, it is possible to re-use it. It will stick naturally to the sock and be in the correct place when the socks are put back on.
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Other uses in extreme conditions...
Emergency use...
In case of injury could be used as a padding after appropriate treatment and covering of wound.
This was widely used by the Canadians in World War 1 when there was a shortage of bandages.
Can be washed and reused. |