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After all the walking at the MSB my toes got a hammering in my boots, my toes are stll slightly numb which is a bit worrying. This together with losing a big toe nail every year sort of indicates that they are a bit small.  The toe box has been stretched out which has helped a little, and i know that whole boot stretches can be done, but how much, does it stretch the whole boot so the boot is actually longer? so rather than 284mm sole they will be longer, or does it just stretch the area where your foot is?
They are 24.5 Salomon Performa Equipe team, so there is not really much to play with as 24.5 is the largest size for the shell. The liner has packed out as i have done about 90 days on them. There is also a footbed from le skilab in winter park.
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Well I'm no expert but it sounds like you ought to get a bigger size before you do yourself any more damage...
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carroz, a boot strtch will normally just push out the part of the shell that is causing pressure not lengthen the whole boot. If you remove the liner and tough your toes against the front of the shell how much room (in mm) do you have between the back of your heel and the shell?
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Its about a fingers width, so about 15mm or a little less. Skiing they are ok (ish) i have to undo them most chairlifts etc, but walking anywhere is not good.
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If you have 15mm shell gap I'd say they are probably a bit too long for you, so maybe your foot is sliding forwards and banging against the shell? If you're losing a toenail each year I'd say you have to visit a good bootfitter to see what the problem is.
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carroz, I had the dreaed black toe nails (followed by a fungal infection which took months and months to lose). The problem was not the boot size but the flex; I wasn't flexing the boots enough to shift my toes back so they were pushing against the front of the boots. They were notably stiff boots. Could that be the problem?
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They are quite stiff, Le ski lab in Winter park said that the shell fit was a race fit, i.e. very tight and that the boot was a junior race boot, it does have quite a forward lean in the cuff. I do seem to always do the nail damage right at the start of the season. It just this time my toes feel numb still, similar happened in zermatt 2 years ago with all the walking there. Maybe i need to walk more on my heels (i use the cat track things). I don't think my feet are moving about in the boot.
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there could be a load of things going on from the footbed not doing its job properly to your calf muscle pushing you forward in the boot, you need to get to a good boot fitter , but from the size you are saying you have in the boot they are not too small
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my similar problem disappeared this year from having a footbed that supported my high arches. now really comfy. See a bootfitter before you condemn the boots
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should clarify as you asked the question you can stretch different areas of the boot differing amounts width [with care] easily 8-10mm length in toes 3-4mm without too much trouble, also grinding the heel pocket will allow the liner to move back giving more toe space, but oy need to find out why it is happening in the first place
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Thank you for the reponses, I will try to get to a boot fitter with them, problem is i live on a small island, and there are no bootfitters here! The footbed has a huge arch support, (i have very high arches) and the problems only seem to occur in places where i walk alot. Having a good look at the boots this morning, there is a rivet in the shell right above my big toe, i wonder if that is bruising my toe?
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unlikely to be the rivet although it could be pressure from above rather than length which is causing the problem, if so the fix is really simple and should take a bootfitter no more than a couple of minutes to either shave the footbed or the zeppa down a little to give more height
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Numb toes/feet might be from over tightening the boot. I had this - overtightened and crushed the nerve which runs down into your foot from your calf. It took almost six months to get any feeling back in my foot. I now keep the third buckle a lot less tight.
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