 Poster: A snowHead
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Apologies if this has been covered before.
I asked a question last week regarding stance and I deduced that I need to get my weight further forward onto the balls of my feet and use the weight transition from big to little toe to help edge the skis ( amongst other things to work on)
I have green surefoot footbeds in my boots. My feet are narrow in the heel area but wide at the front and the footbeds were to lift my instep to narrow the front of my foot - that's what I was told. My weight feels mainly over my heels and insteps even when trying to shift the weight forwards onto the balls of my feet.
Messing around in my boots after last weeks question has made me realise I have a lot less feeling in the balls of my feet in my ski boots and suspect this is as a result of the footbeds over lifting the arches and in effect scrunching my forefoot inwards so I cannot put proper weight on it, or feel as if I am putting proper weight on it or allow it to spread in the boot as it would naturally.
So are there people who don't really need custom footbeds??
Have I just got the wrong ones ?
Or is what I'm feeling normal?
Am I making any sense 
I think I need to go see CEM.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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minx,
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I think you need to go and see CEM 
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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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minx, I would question the wisdom of using a footbed to narrow the forefoot. If you have effectively "scrunched up" the forefoot it cannot possibly function properly.
While I am a chiropodist I know absolutely nothing about fitting, which is a skill in itself (and that's just for shoes never mind ski boots!) I'm sure one of the specialist fitters will be able to tell you whether it would be possible to pad out the heel area instead.
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I have green surefoot footbeds in my boots. My feet are narrow in the heel area but wide at the front and the footbeds were to lift my instep to narrow the front of my foot - that's what I was told.
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this isn't accurate - depending on your foot type, footbeds can 'help' to reduce the foot elongating and twisting outwards (when a low arch/over pronated foot collaspes it elongates and twists laterally towards the little toe).
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I have a lot less feeling in the balls of my feet in my ski boots and suspect this is as a result of the footbeds over lifting the arches and in effect scrunching my forefoot inwards so I cannot put proper weight on it, or feel as if I am putting proper weight on it or allow it to spread in the boot as it would naturally.
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When a foot is 'over supported' it restricts blood supply and places additional forces onto the plantar surface causing pain. When you take your boots off or ride a chair lift, if you get pins and needles - then you probably have too higher arch.
I agree with minx - not a good idea. Your foot needs a good base of support to function.
How long have you been skiing? - have you managed to flex fore and aft before in the same or other boots?
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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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ickabodblue,
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minx, I would question the wisdom of using a footbed to narrow the forefoot.
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i think the terminology is being confused here again, when excessive pronation of the foot takes place the forefoot often abducts and spreads out, using a footbed will control an amount of this pronation therefore by default reduce the spread of he forefoot thus narrowing the foot, by the sounds of what is happening the off the peg insert is not supporting he foot in the correct places or there is a fore aft issue with the position inside the boot. this pressure on the heel and instep sounds a little like the forefoot is being crushed by the shell and the foot is compensating by trying to get pressure off the area
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