How to play with a blister on your palm

[TennisCanada1]

I have a blister that just popped on my palm on my playing hand.
Bandaids/Blister bandaids/Tape falls off, and if I try to wrap 3m tape around my entire hand, it 1) presses too hard on the blister and/or 2) constricts my hand movement if I wrap it too tight, which makes me unable to hold my racquet properly.

Newskin makes it absolutely burn and once that settles down, there still isn't enough protection.

Is there anything I can use to still play?

 

[jbot]

GROSS


i think rafa plays with bloody stigmata hand all the time, doesn't he? he uses some sort of tape. let's see if this picture attaches

 

[TennisCanada1]

It is below Nadal's main big one. Any ideas????

 

[LeeD]

Gloves and smaller gripsize.
If it's a buttcap causing the problem, either choke up or start using extended length racket that you choke up on.
Takes about 3 weeks for that skin to heal, by which time you have taken up a new sport.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

It is below Nadal's main big one. Any ideas????

You just kind of have to deal with it. It'll eventually turn into armor after a long a painful process.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

This is how I play with a blister on my palm...

 

[TennisCanada1]

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[mikeler]

I use the Advantage Tennis Glove when it gets really hot in the summer. I suppose you could give it a shot.

 

[tennytive]

Playing with leather grip only used to cause blisters for me too. Since using over grips I rarely have that issue anymore but have a racquetball glove in my bag just in case.

At the time I had to quit playing for a day or two. No remedy other than a glove that I can think of.

 

[movdqa]

I will usually cut it off with a pocketknife sometime before playing and hope that it heals enough by court time. You could try a pumice stone too. I use a flame or alcohol on the knife beforehand and will dress it if there's blood externally. You might ask LeeD on this as he said that it's a common problem with Pros.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

golf gloves.. but youll still have to suffer through the annoyance of playing with a glove..

 

[movdqa]

Never played with a glove but wouldn't it tear up the glove?

 

[LeeD]

Gloves work fine, if your grip change is exact.
Gloves make your grip seem much bigger....duh.
However, gloves allow you to play tennis with a big hole in your palm.
Good luck with finding your grip, using your wrist motion, and switching grips. Most leather grips are super grippy compared to barehands.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

playing with gloves suck..
the glove suggestion is a temp. fix while the blister heals.
but golf gloves are the thinest leather ive come across
agreed with menitoned above that it would provably be best to reduce grip size a bit to get closer to what your normally play with

 

[movdqa]

Anyone try something like this (without the blister remover)? Just the cushion.

 

[LeeD]

Miquel Loo tried those cushions.
They worked great for 3 hits, then started to crumble and tear off his palm.
Then he tried taping over the cushions, but the cushions still fell apart.
He uses a big grip change, and a REALLY big swing at the ball.

 

[movdqa]

Okay, they're too fragile.

How about taking a piece of scrap leather and cutting a hole in it and then using glue to attach it to your hand?

I used to have Plantars Fasciitis and made my own arch supports with scrap leather and a very sharp knife. I attached the leather pieces to each other and to the insole with special glue that works with leather. I used this approach for a few years. The nice thing was that I could modify them on the fly - if they were too big. If too small, I'd have to glue on additional material.

 

[LeeD]

You have the inventor's philosophy in life.
My older brother cut up cartons of milk, glued them together with contact cement, and made his own arch supports, some of which lasted for years. He swears they're the best cushion and springback option, and only takes labor to make.
I use Superfeet, Soles, SofSoles, PowerMax, Montrails, WalkFits, all to little avail.

 

[movdqa]

You have the inventor's philosophy in life.
My older brother cut up cartons of milk, glued them together with contact cement, and made his own arch supports, some of which lasted for years. He swears they're the best cushion and springback option, and only takes labor to make.
I use Superfeet, Soles, SofSoles, PowerMax, Montrails, WalkFits, all to little avail.

I use commercial insoles now from New Balance. For some things I'll just pay money. Back then, in the 1990s, your main option was to pay a podiatrist $200 per insole and you'd have to wait three weeks to get it made. I was in a lot of immediate pain and made something myself. Now there are all sorts of products out there that work quite well.

Sometimes there are no viable solutions and you think about how you'd build one yourself. At any rate, it might be an interesting project to make little leather doughnuts to protect blisters.

I got some callouses playing today. I need to decide what I should do with them. Vasilene Intensive Care might be enough. Dry skin is exacerbated by dry conditions in cold weather.

 

[LeeD]

I guess I'm lucky.
Not only retired, but can play tennis year round, so I can somewhat stay in tennis shape. However, the long season means a big lull right around mid summer.
Twas 71 degrees today, boy, my flat serves were going superb, when they went in.
And if I don't play tennis, I get to windsurf in the salt water, usually 4 days a week, which helps sooth the callous's from tennis, and create new ones from holding onto the boom.
I just wish I was a better tennis player.

 

[1HBHfanatic]

I forgot who it was that had a blister on their foot. A pro at a major. Saw it on tv. The medic there came on court and aplied the equivalent of the rings above, prior to wrapping the foot. I thought to myself that's a lot of tape for a blister. But anyway. This sponge thing around the blister. MeDical tape to hold down and a glove. Should get you through the match...
Ohh btw. You ever hit a slice while you had a blister in your hitting handà?.. Haha good Times.. Haha

 

[movdqa]

Murray I think.

Maybe the Australian Open.

 

[Fintft]

Gloves and smaller gripsize.
If it's a buttcap causing the problem, either choke up or start using extended length racket that you choke up on.
Takes about 3 weeks for that skin to heal, by which time you have taken up a new sport.

Yeah it could also be b/c I alternate with my XL racquets so that choking the normal one feels too much loss of a length...But I am using a glove for a bit. And I do have one of my Xls in a smaller grip size.