A friend has major callouses on his palms from wheeling. He says gloves are too much of a pain. I wondered though what happens to your palms after years of allowing the rough callous to develop. Does the callous eventually grow inward into the palm causing damage inside your hand? How about when the same callous is on the elbow?

Any insight would be appreciated.

I scrub mine with a foot file, then I lotion, probably about once a week.

I could use it more often, but I'm a bit lazy. I think a callous isn't a bad thing, as it helps my hands from getting wheel-burn.

Callous on the palms. Wot exactly is he doing? I push a reasonable amount of distance and I haven't got them on my palms

I think it is just like the thicker skin that forms on the soles of your feet. After years of manual labour I got them on both my hands. After my injury my hands went back to baby butt skin again and the thickened skin all peeled off my feet. It is just the body protecting us from blisters. When I work on building things on my home I often get them back but they pass off again once I start back on my cushy desk job again.

He just wheels. He is a quad and is very independent aside from being able to put on gloves. A major hassle I presume.

Just wondering what happens internally to your hands and elbows with the callous. Any nurses out there with insight regarding this would be appreciated.

Califanna

I've been wheeling without gloves for 32 years and have some nice callouses. I don't have any pain or problems with them. The worst part is having the dirt ground in so much that there are places that don't come clean no matter how much you scrub them.