 Poster: A snowHead
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I am 34, and have been skiing since I was a young child. For some reason, for the 6 or 7 years I have been swayed away from skiing because the bottom of my feet always ACHE in my boot. I have tried getting custom insoles, and a few different boots. Recently, I purchased the Nordica BEAST boots and the ski shop representative spent time w/ me making sure i was comfortable.....and I really was while walking around the store....but today I went out for a few hours with my son and after about 10 minutes my feet started to really ache...the bottoms of my feet were aching so badly I had to take off my boots and quit early.
This sucks.....I just want to enjoy skiing again....I love the outdoors and the mountains. Please help!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Heal fift 10mm, try it and see if it reduces the problem, bet it does.
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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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WESKIEAST, Welcome to snowheads 
I get that sometimes, it's normally within 15 mins of putting my boots on, by stopping taking my boots off, giving my feet a rub then putting them back on, they're fine for the rest of the day. Something to do with tension in the foot I've been told. regular Calf stretches really help too for me.
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WESKIEAST, I have been told by one of our resident experts, CEM, that calf stretches will help the aches and foot-sole 'burn' that I sometimes get. Sure enough, when I forget to stretch or don't do it properly, I get pain. Why don't you give that a try as well as SMALLZOOKEEPER, advice - he also knows his stuff.
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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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WESKIEAST, welcome to Snowheads. My OH had that problem. We found he had a number of severe "trigger points" in the calf muscles. Try getting someone to use a roller or similar on your calf muscles to identify any very painful spots - then keep at them. You might also find it useful (as well as the suggestions above, not instead of) to roll the underneath of your foot on one of those wooden massage things, before putting your boots on. Really press hard, slowly along the length of both feet.
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WESKIEAST, Would you happen to be a lady who wears mostly heels? This is the same issue I have. Wearing heels can shorten your calf muscles as well as harden the ball of your foot. Way i've dealt with it is with a custom footbed made in resort (with a kind of pocket that the sole of my foot fits into) and thin socks. Oh and try to wear flatties more often. The calf stretches will help too
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WESKIEAST, SMALLZOOKEEPER, is right a heel lift may well help, certainly does for me thogh I don't need one quite as large as the 10mm he suggests, I suffer with fairly flat feet (though bizarely a high instep) and the heel lift helps put me into a better skiing position with more control and a better balance on the ball of my feet
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| Eeyore wrote: |
| Would you happen to be a lady who wears mostly heels? |
Oops, seeing as one of your listed interest is 'being a dad' I'm guessing that's a no? Calf stretches it is then & lots of them!! 
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could it be cramp? I used to get it myself. i put it down to bad position and therefore i was trying to pull myself forward by gripping with my toes. Once I realised this the problem stopped. I still get a little of it esp at the start of the day until i relax, but it never gets as bad as it used to as i know now how to deal with it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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This may sound silly but are you fastening the clips from top to bottom.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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WESKIEAST..... one to consider, when getting the ache does it coincide with tensing up at all??? I was forced to go to a specialist fitter a few years ago after trying several boots and getting same problem as you. I was on the verge of quitting skiing completely and had tried calf stretches, removing boots for a bit, massaging feet et al.
After a lot of hassle they found that a lot of the time I was triggering the tendon in the sole of my foot in the instep area causing a lot of pain/cramp in my foot, which would build up over 10 to 15 mins till I was forced to stop and take my boots off (even finger pressure on the tendon can be painful, so body weight........). The solution they found was magic marker on the tendon to get a print onto my footbed for a template and then put couple of mm groove in the footbed that could accomodate the tendon when I triggered it. It cured it completely and haven't had a problem for last 3 or 4 years.
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Some helpful things on here for me:D. I've always had problems with boots so I bought myself a pair of head edge +10.2 last year fitted at chill factore snow and rock and in the shop felt brilliant but out on the mountains i still got pains and constantly had to stop at the side of slopes to undo my boots. most of the pain I get is the balls of my feet would heel lifts help in this instance? If so where would i get them or something to make them?
Also I do get a bit more movement with my heel coming up off the bottom of the boot than I'd like, I would assume by picking it up then this would cure this problem? although would it not cause problems by forcing the foot to the top of the shell and possibly cutting off blood?
I may be talking complete rubbish but I need to stop the pain!
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You know it makes sense.
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| anotherproblem wrote: |
Some helpful things on here for me:D. I've always had problems with boots so I bought myself a pair of head edge +10.2 last year fitted at chill factore snow and rock and in the shop felt brilliant but out on the mountains i still got pains and constantly had to stop at the side of slopes to undo my boots. most of the pain I get is the balls of my feet would heel lifts help in this instance? If so where would i get them or something to make them?
Also I do get a bit more movement with my heel coming up off the bottom of the boot than I'd like, I would assume by picking it up then this would cure this problem? although would it not cause problems by forcing the foot to the top of the shell and possibly cutting off blood?
I may be talking complete rubbish but I need to stop the pain! |
anotherproblem, May be a bit of an expensive way of solving this but I can highly recommend a company called profeet (www.profeet.co.uk) unfortunately they are only in London and you would need to go and pay them a visit. I got my new boots from them last year and went from the shop fitting straight on Holiday and skied all week with no problems whatsoever. They were price matching the boots but then you have to pay extra and make an appointment for a 2 hour individual fitting session. When I got mine this was about £60 but this includes custom insoles, foot pressure measurements and time on a skiers edge machine to test the boots in the skiing position rather than wandering round a shop. Ideally I suppose they would want you to buy boots from them but after my experience I asked if they could refit my wife's boots (bought elsewhere) and they were happy to do so provided they considered the boots were suitable for her. As I say not cheap but they came highly recommended to me.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| WESKIEAST wrote: |
| I am 34, and have been skiing since I was a young child. For some reason, for the 6 or 7 years I have been swayed away from skiing because the bottom of my feet always ACHE in my boot. |
Maybe the shells are too big and you are compensating by over tightening, crushing the foot.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Seldom Seen Kid, thanks I have heard others talk about profeet and I think £60 is reasonable to be able to finish runs from top to bottom without stopping to undo my boots! If I get the chance I think I'll give them a go 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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anotherproblem, Sorry misled you a bit I have just checked with profeet and the fitting and refit price is £120. I must have got confused. As I say though I would still highly recommend their service.
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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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BEACAUSE YOU ALWAYS TYPE IN CAPITALS
Sorry couldn't resisit it 
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