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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowman, firstly cut toenails short so that they do not project foward of the soft fleshy part of the toe, next check how well your ankle is held in the boot, toenails break when your fin thoot slides foward which is often due to the ankle not being properly retained, the neoprene socklets might help a little but in the end it may be easier to find a good bootfitter in the resort and explain the problem to him
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snowman, If you can fit the neoprene 'toe warmers' in your boots then your boots are too big...
If you're determined to get these boots to fit then there are a couple of options that I can suggest, SZK might have more.
Describe the rest of the fit of the boot please. Is there any areas that have room? Do you have any discomfort. Can you feel how the toe nail is being put under pressure.
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snowman, do they take that long to drop off? I made the mistake of playing touch rugby the other week in boots I bought when I was 17 (which is a while ago) and now have four lovely shiney balck toe nails.
I can cope with them through the winter inside my atomics, but us Brighton boys do like to wear our Birkenstocks in the summer.
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black toenails? going for the gothic look? hell yeah!
LOL
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The boots are Lange Banshees, the stock liners were replaced with the ZipFit liners at the time of purchase (Footworks in Chamonix).
They are a good fit, my feet do not move inside the boot, except for the toes as described above. it is def not a question of long nails and them hitting the front of the boot ( I always cut them before I go skiing).
I am pretty sure that I get the black toenails whilst recovering from the backseat postion, then I put a lot of upwards pressure on the forefoot and the nails bang against the top of the bootshell.
Steve Sparks, I got it back in early February. this year it took longer (normally it's about 6 months) b/c I tried to save the nail (and relieve the pain) by piercing a little hole into the nail and draining the blood....great entertainment for the other chalet guests! You need to do this asap after the bruising happened in order to save the nail.
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snowman, this happened to me last season in Whistler. I've had many problems with my right foot and been diagnosed by a podiatrist with Morton's Neuroma (an inflammation of the metatarsils) Anyway, I found that without any linings I didn't get the cramp in my foot from that. However, I did find that I sat back quite a lot (I think I do quite a lot anyway). So because my boot was much looser the toes were pushed up and this gave me bruising of my big toenail. The nail had grown in quite a lot until it dropped off about a month ago and I got through the summer with my toenails intact and nicely painted!! So it sounds like your toes have a bit too much freedom.
I'm working my way up to getting new boots this season but I'm not looking forward to it as I know it's going to be a long haul.
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have them removed ? best thing I ever done.......... apart from the 6 weeks or so of changing the dressings
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Timberwolf wrote: |
have them removed ? best thing I ever done.......... apart from the 6 weeks or so of changing the dressings |
Indeed, I have had this done because of continual problems with my big toe nails, so I've had them whipped off!!
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Timberwolf, SammyQ,
Yes, I heard about permanent nail removal....could you please give more info. how much does it cost? I take it that the NHS is not providing this service?
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snowman, removal of the toenail with ablation of the nail bed tends to be used for recurrent ingrowing toe nails, rather than poor fitting boots.
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You know it makes sense.
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snowman, I was seeing a Chiropodist for a while through my own choice ( who worked for the NHS part-time ) and she referred me to the local practice where she worked. The procedure itself didn't cost a penny. As I said, it's a bit of a faff for the first few weeks, changing dressings etc but now............ oh, the painfree bliss
FYI, I suffered with permanently bruised nails on my big toes from sporting injuries ( resulting in a 'thickening' of the nail ) so they just whipped them off
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snowman, they do but it's the cut-price procedure using lots of cheap whisky and some long nose pliers
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Poster: A snowHead
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I can't believe your boots can be fitting properly as I have incredibly sensitive feet, ski hard but yet have never had blisters or black toenails!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I used to get black nails, which was due to my skis and boots outskiing me, and part of my attempt to control was to lift my toes. By softening my boots, and getting more appropriate skis, I haven't had the problem since.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Wear The Fox Hat,
Thanks for that - It probably explains why I had bruised toenails two years ago, and then less so last year. Maybe this year I'll catch up with my kit. (well I can live in hope!).
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Wear The Fox Hat, Interesting theory - I also get just one bruised toenail and I bet bet my boots and skis grumble to each other every night that they are wonderful at skiing and its just me that holds them back!
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Wear The Fox Hat, Dumb question alert. When you say 'soften your boots' are you talking about the flex?
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By a curious coincidence there is an identical thread on T tips. Must be a start of the seaason thing.
Some other solutions here
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tippex.
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geetee, Yeah, my bootfitter (Bud Heismann from Reno) skiied with me, and he then "modified" my cuffs so I could flex them forward easier.
For "modified" read "took an angle grinder to them".
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Wear The Fox Hat, hmmm interesting. A guy at Profeet removed the thingy that controls hard/soft flex from my boot so they're completely soft but I also had the shells blown out by George McC in Whistler when I first bought them as they were like vices on my feet (Rossignol Free Rides - the black and white ones) I think the combination of all that plus removing the footbed has made them far too soft and loose. I think because of that it's encouraging me to fall into my toilet stance and so pushing my toes up. However, I didn't get foot cramp once, just a black toenail. I'm in Whistler this season so I'm psyching myself up to starting from scratch and getting new boots. Wish me luck!
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Wear The Fox Hat, I've done that to people's boots (and mine) on a number of occasions. Works well - but most people don't like the idea one little bit!
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geetee, my boots still fit me very snugly indeed (ask any of my friends who I sometimes have to recruit to help remove them at the end of the day), but by being able to flex forward more, I can use my feet and legs to work the ski, instead of curling up my toes.
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easiski, you know it's a bad day when YOU are doing the same thing as ME!
As for getting modifications like that done to your boots, well, put it like this: people drill holes in the walls of their houses and put up shelves, etc to get the right feel/look in the house. Why not do the same with a pair of boots that cost 1/1000th of the price!
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