 Poster: A snowHead
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After skiing in Mayrhofen last week I have come back with a numbness in my self foot which extends over the top of the foot and up the shin. The shin numbness has passed a bit in the past few days, but the foot numbness remains. It's a bit like when you get numb by lying on your arm before you get pins-and-needles as the blood rushes back. I had a foot drop about five years ago from skiing which took a number of months to recover. I also got a similar numbness to this the last time I went skiing two years ago. I have really rather wide feet, which probably contributes to the problem. I bought my own boots this year in the hope that I could prevent this outcome and enjoy my skiing more :-/. However, after two days and a morning of skiing in them I had to stop and get them widened even more (third widening, I had them done twice before the trip, too). The man in the ski shop advised against using the custom footbeds when you have such wide feet as they effectively make the skiboot a size smaller by raising your foot into the smaller part of the arc in the roof of the boot. He was right - removing the footbeds helped a lot. Shame, as they were really comfortable.
I've been to the doctor and there's not a lot that they can do, so I'm left with googling and finding information on my own. Has anyone else had a problem like this? Anyone with wider feet and difficulty with boots get this sort of trouble post-holiday? Or perhaps it's just a recurrence of the foot-drop injury each time and has nothing to do with the feet / boots. Any info would be greatly appreciated! The only other thing that I can think to do is switch to snowboarding...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| duncang wrote: |
| The man in the ski shop advised against using the custom footbeds when you have such wide feet as they effectively make the skiboot a size smaller by raising your foot into the smaller part of the arc in the roof of the boot. He was right - removing the footbeds helped a lot. Shame, as they were really comfortable. |
That's questionable. If your arch collapses due to not having enough footbed support, your foot will splay out and widen. And it hurts.
Mrs P solved a 'boots too tight' problem recently by having a footbed put in.
Not that I'm a bootfitter, mind you.
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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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Duncan, where did you buy your boots? It's probably worthwhile going back to them if you can, as a starting point. I have wide feet too but in my case foot beds make things better, not worse.
Personally, I would contact the boot seller and work with them to fix the problem. Or you can contact CEM on here who runs solutions for feet.
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Or Hamish at Profeet if you live in London.
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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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Or Graham at Rivington Alpine if you live further north. Other recommendations will be forthcoming, depending on where you live.
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duncang, will be looking at this thread with interest. This has happened to me a couple of times in recent years, in fact still have a slightly numb feel to my toes at present, having been away 14th to 21st Jan. I do not have wide feet and have custom made boots by Strolz that fit like a glove and have owned for around 5 years.
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duncang, I have a similar issue which I believe is a combination of small boots and nerve damage in my case. It also happens to my feet at other times, not just skiing, so it's probably more nerve damage than anything else for me.
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Have your blood pressure checked?
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