 Poster: A snowHead
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One of my foot is offset by 10-15 degrees compared to the other - can I get a ski binding to compensate?
I had a motorbike accident 15 years ago in which I broke my Fibula and Tibia just above the ankle. I had to have a metal plate to hold everything together while the bones repaired. When the surgeon was re attaching my foot it appears that they do so with my foot slightly rotated 10-15 degrees outwards.
When I stand with my legs and knees in a neutral position - one foot is rotated outwards by 10-15 degrees more than the other.
I'm an intermediate snowboarder and this issue has never been a problem as one can rotate the bindings on a snowboard so I can avoid straining my knees / hips by having my 'bad' foot in an unnatural position - my question is does anyone know if a ski binding may exist that will enable me to do the same ie to have my foot point out about 10-15 degrees from the centre line of the ski?
Asking as I'm interested to also learn to ski but from an initial lesson at an indoor slope I can sense that to force my feet to be parallel is going to put a strain on my knee (even worse when snow-ploughing of course).
It's a hard thing to google for as all the hits I get are for adjusting how bindings release which isn't what I'm asking.
Thanks in advance 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Some of the boot manufacturers experimented with abducted stance boots a few years ago but I'm not sure whether it caught on. I don't think any of them went further than c. 6 degrees of offset, though, so not the range you are looking for but possibly worth investigating further. Nordica and Fischer were the main manufacturers doing this iirc.
Regarding bindings, I don't think there's any reason why you could not simply mount a binding on a ski with 15 degrees of offset, provided that the screws were within the mounting area of the binding. I guess the question is whether you should and whether the forces generated during skiing with that sort of setup would be likely to cause joint injury. Doesn't sound fantastic for the knee joints but then I'm not a professional.
CEM at solutions for feet in Bicester is v. strong on this sort of stuff.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It would need to be quite a wide ski to offset by 15 degrees.
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@happysailingdude, I’m sort of in the same position, but I was born with a club left foot rotated inwards, so I have to rotate outwards by a similar 10-15 degrees to the outside. However since I was born like that my muscles and bones developed so that although my foot rotates inwards when I walk, it is straight when it hits the ground.
When I first bought my own skis, I considered angled bindings, but in those days a wide ski was 80mm, so it wasn’t an option. You would need something in the 100mm wide range minimum, as skis have specific material under the mounting points, and by angling the binding, you may be onsite that strengthened area. You may be able to get around that by mounting a plate on the ski, then the binding on top of that.
Spyderjon from The Piste Office will know what may be possible.
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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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Thank you all for your replies and apologies for my slow response (didn't see a notification email).
There are some useful leads and some intelligent information for me to factor in here - thank you all very much, really appreciate your help.
What @gorilla said about "the question is whether you should and whether the forces generated during skiing with that sort of setup would be likely to cause joint injury. Doesn't sound fantastic for the knee joints" is a real consideration.
Also thank you @snowrider you are right - plus I'm a UK 11.5 (EU 46) so this is a real consideration.
I will reach out to The Piste Office as you suggested - thanks @PowderAdict.
If anyone else reads this and knows of someone who skis with a foot that is offset (rotated from the norm - perhaps from a bad break) I'd be hugely grateful to hear from them regarding possible strain on knee joints in the longer term.
I was hoping skiing might be a good option for as I get older (snowboarding does involve quite a lot of time sat on one's behind / falling over) but I don't want to harm my knee / ankle and be able to do neither sport!
Thanks again for your replies - really appreciate it
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| gorilla wrote: |
...CEM at solutions for feet in Bicester is v. strong on this sort of stuff. |
This sounds like s good call as well.
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Following this thread with interest. After my slight mishap a couple of years ago my left footpoints very slightly inwards. Will I constantly be doing a slight snowplough turn to the right when I finally get on the snow again ?
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@sequoiaborg, talk to a podiatrist and a boot fitter. Ron McCulloch in Lewisham is very good on sports podiatry issues. The aforementioned CEM in Bicester is also very good.
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