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Hey all, I’m a good skier and have been for a few years. Starting mid last year, my soleus muscles flare up, especially on my right side. I have heard things about backseat, etc. I had them fitted with a boot fitter, molded, and ended up buying pro wrap intuition liners to try and solve the problem. It didn’t, every day I ski, that spot is tender tender to the touch, and I take a week break for it to feel better. Have been doing tons of calf raises and stretches. Any suggestions? Thanks guys. Just wanna get skiing again.
Boosters on the setup as well, and Patriot dual straps on the way.
On the off-seasons I do rollerblading so I presume my lower leg muscles are in a pretty decent shape, but of course that's not skiing and of course you can always improve.
SavageBiffThose things are important as well, didn’t say before but a booster strap style strap can also help, but ultimately it’s your bodies ability to withstand these forces through strength and flexibility once the other parameters such as foot beds etc have been established
Try loosening your boots a little. Seriously. Just a little. It sounds like you’re death cranking your boots on your feet to account for the previously mentioned heel lift. And Biff is right about that muscle. It’s the big fleshy one on your shin and it’s super important for stability. Mine got massive the last season I worked (skiing everyday) and it makes a massive difference. Knees over toes guy (on insta - look him up. He’s a good resource) even did a little video on how important the muscle is for the stability of your foot and knees. My bar for profession was always to do a one footed squat with my weight totally balanced over my knee. It is also a known thing that the muscle you mentioned hurting (I’m like half asleep in bed here so don’t make me look up the name again ha) can be caused from heel lift. People will feel the heel lift and subconsciously curl their toes to prevent the heel from lifting. I used to see it during my, albeit limited, time boot fitting.
tominiemenmaaBoosters on the setup as well, and Patriot dual straps on the way.
On the off-seasons I do rollerblading so I presume my lower leg muscles are in a pretty decent shape, but of course that's not skiing and of course you can always improve.
Will try to ski my boots a little looser for a few days and see what happens. What has happened is quite the opposite, I've been able to ski in WAY tighter boots, especially on the Dropkick's middle buckle, than ever before and still keep the blood flow & feel in my toes. Maybe that has gone a bit too far. The blood flows great still tho.
BradFiAusNzCoCaTry loosening your boots a little. Seriously. Just a little. It sounds like you’re death cranking your boots on your feet to account for the previously mentioned heel lift. And Biff is right about that muscle. It’s the big fleshy one on your shin and it’s super important for stability. Mine got massive the last season I worked (skiing everyday) and it makes a massive difference. Knees over toes guy (on insta - look him up. He’s a good resource) even did a little video on how important the muscle is for the stability of your foot and knees. My bar for profession was always to do a one footed squat with my weight totally balanced over my knee. It is also a known thing that the muscle you mentioned hurting (I’m like half asleep in bed here so don’t make me look up the name again ha) can be caused from heel lift. People will feel the heel lift and subconsciously curl their toes to prevent the heel from lifting. I used to see it during my, albeit limited, time boot fitting.
Blood flow is my biggest weakness, lotta trouble still fixing that one if I could I’d be golden
tominiemenmaaWill try to ski my boots a little looser for a few days and see what happens. What has happened is quite the opposite, I've been able to ski in WAY tighter boots, especially on the Dropkick's middle buckle, than ever before and still keep the blood flow & feel in my toes. Maybe that has gone a bit too far. The blood flows great still tho.
Just to make sure everyone understood correctly, I'm experiencing the pain in the soleus muscle area. The one you (well, me at least) get the sharp pain when doing tail butter/manual or land back seated.
Used to have MASSIVE problems in my peroneals, which are the fleshy muscles in the front shin area, to a point where you wanted to cry if you even saw a ski boot. Half a day in the park & two weeks of rest was the best I could do in spring of 2019. Worked myself out of it and can happily announce that's history now.
That’s usually from calf/heel volume that is too big aka moving/rising. Sounds like you corrected it with zipfit. Glad to hear you fixed it. That’s why I wear tecnica Mach1 LV shells - because they’re the only boot that locks my heel.
tominiemenmaaJust to make sure everyone understood correctly, I'm experiencing the pain in the soleus muscle area. The one you (well, me at least) get the sharp pain when doing tail butter/manual or land back seated.
Used to have MASSIVE problems in my peroneals, which are the fleshy muscles in the front shin area, to a point where you wanted to cry if you even saw a ski boot. Half a day in the park & two weeks of rest was the best I could do in spring of 2019. Worked myself out of it and can happily announce that's history now.
zmvnkThis sounds like classic your foot is bigger then your calf size. Basically all boots size measurements are based off of size 26.5 so for example if your in a krypton that is 100mm that means that if you are truly a size 30.5 31.5 then that means the last/width in that size is more around 106mm give or take. This turns a mid volume boot to high volume real quick. If you get a well made custom that is specific for your arch this will help to support and shorten up your foot. With this you can size down a size maybe two depending how high ur arch is. Full tilts and dalbellos also have heat moldable shells which can help get that length out the gate 3-4mm. After that if its still to tight on ur toes your boot fitter can punch out the toe box. I’ve run into this problem with customers and will put them in a low volume boot like the atomic ultra and this helps to support there long foot/skinny calf’s.
Thanks man, I have custom footbeds and I think that’s the issue. I wear a size 14 shoe and am 185 6’5” with Super skinny calves. Might have to try a different boot like that
