If you're not wearing flip-flops in the gym locker room, you're doing it wrong.
study took 99 samples from various surfaces within a large university fitness center, none of the 10 staph-containing samples were the resistant kind. With that said, MRSA can. Like other dermatological infections, you’re most at risk if you have some sort of break in your skin.
MRSA skin infections can lead to skin boils that are tender, warm to the touch, filled with pus, and sometimes accompanied by a fever, thesays. It’s hugely important to note that you cannot tell if you have a staph infection simply by looking at a sore. If you have a cut or boil that seems infected, visit a doctor.
As Dr. Zampella points out, “Lots of people walk around barefoot all the time in the gym and don’t catch those things, right?” It does mean you’re assuming a certain level of risk, but a lot of this also comes down to luck, he says.After reading about all the grossness you might encounter in a gym locker room, you might wish you could actually trade your flip-flops for a pair of galoshes . Wearing flip-flops really does count as doing your due diligence here, Dr. Zampella says...
Tierno recommends using cheap flip-flops that you can completely submerge in a diluted bleach solution of around one part bleach and nine parts water for about 10 minutes after every use. If that feels a little too ambitious on top of, you know, actually working out, Tierno suggests spraying your flip-flops down with a disinfectant spray post-use. You can also periodically sprinkle your flip-flops with antifungal shoe or foot powder to be extra-cautious, Dr. Zampella says.
And if you forget your flip-flops and have to take a quick shower? Make sure to clean and dry your feet thoroughly afterward so that you minimize the opportunity for any type of infection to take root. “The easy answer is to just take your bag and shower at home” if you can, Dr. Zampella says. “But … if you’re willing to take the risk, then it’s probably fine to shower at the gym every once in a while without your flip-flops.
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