 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Really difficult on the info provided.
First thoughts are is it only present in boots? Or do you get at at any other time.
If it is only in boots , its is your setup>
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Only in ski boots
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Revolutionrock,
If only when leaning back in your ski boots; don't lean back!
Why are you leaning back when skiing?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sometimes you just get in the backseat, after a landing or a bump etc..
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Unless you have a structural problem (which would require a scan to find out) it's most likely a muscle that's tight or has some form of chronic damage following an earlier injury. If it's as suggested in the picture it's not a muscle that's used all too much or easy to stretch, so it could just be that the actions you make skiing are different and it's not used in the same way at any other time of the year. If so then copying the same actions throughout the year could help loosen it, though it'd probably be more effective to use a roller - it'll hurt but will make it more flexible.
When I got my boots fitted they also gave me a couple of exercises, one for my big toe and one for the back of my calf, as they were both very tight. It was only a week or two before my first trip that year so didn't get much improvement in flexibility. The boots were a huge improvement (i.e. first ones that ever fitted) but didn't fully remove all pain. The next trip I did 6 weeks later was virtually painless following the exercises. Not that my problems were the same as yours, but the way it came on after a day or two and hurt only when used or when pressure was applied seem similar.
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Revolutionrock,
How much preparation are you doing before you ski?
It is very common to get quite significant pain in the soleus muscle if you aren't used to using it.
This muscle has to work very hard when skiing so it may be that you are just getting delayed onset muscle soreness.
It will also be quite tender for a few days.
It should improve as you ski more.
If it is always present when you ski/put boots on regardless of how much you have prepared /skied then i suspect it is a boot setup/fit problem.
Jonathan Bell
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Revolutionrock, any symptoms away from the painful area? tingling? cramps?etc
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Just pain when applying pressure, and sometimes pain when rising from a squat like position.
I'm starting to think this is a nerve issue, and that I have ignored the symptoms for to long (~7 years  ) and damage something, because I'm too lazy to get it checked out by a professional. maybe it's time...
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