As an athlete, you know the importance of practice and maintaining a consistent schedule of training. Whether you are competing or simply working on your overall fitness, anything that gets in the way of you being able to work out at full capacity is more than just a small nuisance. Getting a rip (when skin is removed from the palm of the hands or around the wrists) inhibits you from being able to train or practice as you normally would. So prevention and treatment of rips should be taken seriously. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation out there on the subject. Below is RIP`s roundup of some popular myths concerning hand care and rip treatment. Use this information to take.