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Boots hurting my ankles.

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7springsprod
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I was fitted before last season and the Nordica Dead money were suggested as a suitable boot for me. When fitted they felt great. I bought a pair and they felt perfect the first few days of skiing. One day they made the inside of my ankles hurt really bad. It felt like pressure point (on the widest part of the ankle, the part that sticks out). This pain occured the worst when I would hike. I took them back and asked if I could have them heat molded, hoping it would relieve the pain. They put them in this incubator looking thing and told me to put them on tight as possible and walk around the shop for 30 minutes. It felt fine, but first day back on the slopes, the same exact pain came.

The lip I am pointing at where it curves away is where the pain is coming from.


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This is what the boot looks like with the liner in (this is the other boot, so the other side is where the pain is coming from)

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+K for help. Thanks
Aug 14 2012 2:41PM
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tomPietrowski
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Waht type of footbed do you have?

If your just using the standard insole that probably your problem. 99% of the population pronate, ie foot leans inwards. If your foot is doing this your ankle will end up sitting or hitting the inner part of the sheel at the ankle.

A custom footbed will help put your foot into a neutral postion, moving your ineer ankle away from the shell.

Some people may tell you just to have the shell streched on the inside, but this will not always work. If you just strech the shell without supporting the foot, then your foot may just pronate more and you will still feel the pain.

If the shop you got the boots from did not recomend a footbed when you got the boots, its time to look for a new shop.

My personal perference for footbeds is sidas, but with any footbed, its the person making it which is more inportant then the footbed its self.
Aug 14 2012 3:10PM
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SacZiplock
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inb4 buy full tilts
Aug 15 2012 12:11AM
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.ALOC.
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haha perfect icon for this thread. I'd listen to him OP, custom footbeds made a world of difference for me
Aug 15 2012 12:22AM
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rozboon
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Fuck, wrote some long curly reply to this then my browser goobered it up.

Long story short, I had this problem (even with footbeds) - sometimes it's just the shape of your leg bones. A heel lift helped a bit, by getting my ankle into the wider part of my boot, but the cure was punching the shell at that spot.

Don't leave it like that because there's hardly any padding on that bone and you'll get bone spurs if you leave it like that forever....

Aug 15 2012 2:01AM
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tomPietrowski
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Like I said above a stretch may be required but defiantly get footbeds first. If a footbed does not sort out the issue then get the shells stretched or as said above a heel lift may help preposition your inner ankle, but start with a footbed.
Aug 15 2012 2:06AM
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rozboon
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I agree absolutely on the footbeds thing - trying to sort any kind of boot fit issue without a solid base is almost pointless. It's like building a house on jelly then asking why the doors won't shut, if the foundation is poor then the rest will suffer.
Aug 15 2012 2:15AM
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tomPietrowski
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Yeah exactly this is how I sell footbeds all the time. They really are the foundation of your boot. If you have a poorly made footbed or even worse no footbed, there is little hope for the rest of the fit.
Aug 15 2012 2:23AM
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7springsprod
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Footbeds, here I come. +K to you guys.
Aug 15 2012 11:29AM
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50Kal
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Don't get generic footbeds. get full customs. Every foot is different. get Fully custom foot beds. They are the shit. 
Aug 16 2012 1:23AM
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