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Lower leg compartment syndrome - choosing boots to accommodate?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

The season is coming to an end for me and i'm sat here with a broken fibula wondering about what to do to amuse myself Puzzled so thought may be a good time to muse over my boot situation again! Laughing Only 4 weeks till I can ski again up in Whistler, so better get cracking.

The other week I had a chat with my physio and we got talking about what I perceived to be my ongoing shin splint problem. After much banter and playing with my legs she came to the conclusion that i've never suffered shin splints but instead am suffering from lower leg compartment syndrome caused by me over tightening my upper buckles, trapping the blood from getting to my lower leg muscles and causing a pressure build up which is in turn causing muscle damage Sad

Skiing 5 days a week for the whole season, and every day I ski I have to do my buckles up ever sooooo tight to get the control I want over my fat skis. This combined with a '3 elastic' booster strap tightened till I can tighten no more is great for control but is killing off my legs slowly but surely.

Currently i'm shod with a pair of Tecnica Diablo Flames (grey ones) with foamed liners. I have a pair of Diablo Fires (orange ones) waiting to be used, but if need be will get a new pair of boots Laughing if it will help me to be able to gain the control I crave without causing the compartment syndrome problem.

If any other snowheads suffer from this problem and would like to share their experience in solving this would love to hear from you, or if any of the bootfitters that frequent here can offer any thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers,

RR
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18-20mm lift. Cool Twisted Evil
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comprex, On the nose, depandant on foot length.
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comprex, I have skied my Gotamas with a pair of Fritschi Freeride bindings on for lift - eugh! never again Sad The feeling of skiing as if shod with a pair of high heeled shoes felt damn dangerous when on really steep stuff making short radius turns and the thought of straightlining bumpy terrain makes me cringe with such a setup. Lift is out of the question.

SMALLZOOKEEPER, You never had a punter in your shop with this problem?
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rockyrobin, for once Shocked I actually meant -in- the boot to give your foot room to expand.
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rockyrobin, Of course, it's tricky and requires a bit of refitting but so far we get it nailed. Little Angel
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comprex, Hehe, I was wondering how lifter plates would help my legs Laughing
I already have heel lifts in both my boots to correct my fore aft alignment, though they're only about 10mm. I'm curious how this would help allowing my foot to expand? The muscles that are getting damaged are in my lower leg between boot top and ankle. Puzzled
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, I wish I could pop into your shop and get some help from you, but sadly i'll be in North America for the next 2 years so am looking for some pointers to take with me to various bootfitters on this side of the pond till I find one that's up to snuff Smile

Can you offer any advice on how to get a pair of boots to offer the support and control without having to throttle your leg to death with the upper buckles and booster strap?
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