 Poster: A snowHead
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Ive 110mm wide feet and 18in calfs bought heade edge and had them heat fitted over a year ago ready for my holiday but 2 weeks before i went i broke my ankle and was not able to go.
Ive booked to go in march this year so dug my boots out last week to go for a practice at my local xscape in castleford after 5 mins the pain in both feet was unbearable so cut my session short.
When having my boots fit before i had no such problems?? can anyone advise me i would very much appreciate any help at all 
live in leeds uk if anyone can point me in the right direction to someone local.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Did you have both parts of the boot fitted - as in, the plastic blown out at the widest points as well as heat-moulded liners?
If not, it might be worth thinking about getting this done. Not cheap, but definitely worth it.
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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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He just heated the inner and tightened my boots and then i had a 15 min walk round the shop thanks for the quick reply someones mentioned footbeds could help as im quite a big guy @ 19 half stone
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have the same problem pins and needles painful feet and thats before doing one run.
went to our fantastic local ski shop and the man spent an hour with me taking foot measurments etc and has blown my boots. Have just been to collect them and the feel great fingers crossed for this weeks skiing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Try wearing very thin socks. Tights which are cut off at the knee, (sometimes called "pop socks") are ideal. However, you can get very thin socks which do not constrict blood flow.
Do not over-tighten the boots. Keep them on the lowest setting for the first half hour, and if there is no pain you can tighten up a notch.
You might benefit from getting the boots stretched. I got that done to my first pair for free in the shop that sold them after my first week in them.
Footbeds did not help me much, but they do help other people who have flat feet or other problems with their feet which are weight related.
Lose some weight and you might find the problem reduces!
Sorry, I do not know anyone in Leeds who could help.
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horizontalskiclub, Sounds like,apart from Xscape,you've not skied in your boots? When you ski,the pressure around your foot increases massively and,coupled with your weight,is most likely collapsing your arches,leading to over-pronation(see http://www.footminders.com/ for simple explanation) Footbeds can reduce/solve this problem,and many(inc me)consider them essential.
You badly need the services of a good boot fitter.And I mean a boot fitter...not some chimp in a shop that happens to sell boots!I don't know the Leeds area,but someone will pop in soon who does.
The bad news  It is possible you have the wrong boots? Hopefully,you went to a decent outlet and just need some extra work done.This is quite normal.Unfortunately,many believe that they can get away with just moulding stock boots.If only it were that simple 
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I had a painful week in Ischgl last year with a new pair of Head Vectors. In the shop they were fine, like yours, but after just 10 mins skiing the soles of my feet were burning; it was excrutiating. I had some footbeds made in the Intersport there which alleviated the pain to a certain extent, but it was still very far from comfortable. I took the boots down to Ellis Brigham in Castlefield, Manchester just before Xmas, and a quick measure of my feet suggested the shells needed stretching out at the front by just 3mm. The adjustment was successful, and I had an awesome pain free week in La Plagne.
The Head website shows the current Edge range on a 104mm last, so if your width is 110mm then there is a reasonable likelihood that you too need a shell stretch.
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Several years ago had similar problem with head boots - was around 17 stone at time. Had them blown and stretched several times and in end ditched them and got Tecnicas which just seemed to work far better for my wide forefoot.
But also discovered that when I ski and really pressure my foot I fire the tendon under the arch and take all my weight on it. Worth checking if you're doing something similar - was excruciating and almost gave up skiing. Eventual solution for me was custom beds with an area of give to accommodate the tendon when fire it. Pure bliss after that.
As Snowskisnow recommends get a proper bootfitter to have a looksee. My last boots were done in Ilkley, more orientated to touring boots, but may be worth giving them a ring as just up road from you - do a search on backcountry gear in Ilkley.
Good luck.
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Depends what you mean by local but Rivington Alpine are only an hour by M62/61 from Leeds.
Highly recommended by me and others.
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horizontalskiclub,
Both my wife & I had boot issues & went to Solutions 4 feet in Bicester, they put new insoles & heel wedges in for me and a new pair of Head boots & insoles for my wilfe - what a difference when we skied at Christmas - my wife's never had boots so comfortable, so much better so she was able to concentrate on her skiing that she has come on a lot. Similar for myself - I can;t recommend them enough - friendly and informative, we were very impressed.
Noisey
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