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What is up with my feet/boots? Help needed!

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Imagination
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This may look like a boring wall of text, but if you could, please read it through, I really need some help!

So, I've been having a problem with my boots that started this year. You see, I've got this years Full Tilt Hotdoggers, and whenever I put them on and start skiing for a while without stopping they start to almost burn, but in a way that feels like they're falling asleep. It has lead me to believe that I'm losing circulation in my feet because my boots are buckled to tightly, but the problem there is that I have to make my boots so loose that it inhibits performance. I also think it may have to do with the running orthotics I put in my boots that I used when I over-stretched my achilles last spring because I thought it would be better than nothing. I also don't think it's because my feet are to wide, becuase I checked my last and it's easily under 100 and 98. I'm not sure what I need, is it heat-moldable inserts? Please help, this is making skiing so much less fun for me.

+++K for all help!

Thanks alot guys!
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PJS.
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*cough* *cough* full tilts *cough* *cough*
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schism
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yeah, take your running orthotics out asap. You want to have a soft footbed in a ski boot, not a hard one. Go to your local bootfitters and talk to them about it, and get some custom footbeds. They're the best thing in the world.
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Justo8484
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uh, what footbeds are you using in your ski boots that are soft? a running orthotic is not the answer, because it's designed to flex, whereas in a ski boot, your footbed does not flex, so it can be much more supportive, but it's still going to be a rigid footbed.

what part of your foot is burning/going numb? i'm getting the same thing in my konflicts, but it's because the toe box is a bit tight on my big toe, pressing it into my others. widening the toe box a bit should address my issue though.
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shreddenator
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I am no bootfitter, but I have worn all kinds of boot and have had every foot fit problem a skier can have...

To me it sounds like the boot is simply too big, or the liner is complettely packed in. If the boot was comfortable at one point and you have more than 150 days on it then it may be the later. If was never ever comfortable then it is just too big. Typically the buckles, when secure, add only a little pressure if the boot fits properly.

Either way you are compromising for the poor fit by over tightenning the buckles, which compresses the foot down and out, cutting off circulation and rubbing your toes and the side of the foot into the sides of the boot.

Step 1 go see a bootfitter they will asses the fit and determine if the size is close enough to fix or if the liner needs to be replaced of if the boot is just too damn big.

Step 2 do exactly what the bootfitter tells you

Step 3 get back on the hill and rip it up.

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LC.
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Your boots are too big, too wide, or both. Find a better shop and buy new boots from them.
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schism
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The shop i work with just calls them soft footbed ( red superfeet, conformable custom/semi customs are the footbed we use) although they are rigid to keep your foot in place, they are softer then the non skiing footbed i have seen.

Anyways go to your store, talk about your boots, might be to big, might need footbeds, all of that jazz
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onenerdykid
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I was gonna say, a truly soft footbed is not your answer but what you described is not a truly soft footbed (Sorbothane for example).

You definitely need a skiing footbed and structured shoes for your everyday use (not just once and a while running shoes with orthotics). You do the most help or hurt to your feet in your everyday shoes, so make sure you have good support and structure in them. If you wreck your feet in soft skate shoes, don't expect to have comfortable feet in a rigid plastic cast.
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Beaudoin
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I have the same problem, when i tight my boots it's hurt me under my feet like a a burning sensation or i dont know :/ And when i dont tight it, i get shinbangg. I have footbed in my Hotdogger...
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Imagination
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Haha, I actually hurt my achilles jumping about a 10 ft. gap I had done countless times before but landed wrong with my toes on the side of the ledge I jumped to and thus over stretching my achilles. However, I put the orthotics underneath of the liners and it seems to be much better, any more suggestions for ^him^ and possibly me?

Thanks guys!
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