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Crazy arch pain from new boots and footbeds. Suggestions

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mitchski
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Third day in a new pair of Dalbello Panterras and new footbeds. I’m getting almost unskiable arch pain. Any experiences or suggestions?
Nov 30 2018 1:43PM
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onenerdykid
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With a new boot and new footbeds, you just can't hop in and go skiing. If you don't wear footbeds in your every day shoes, this is a pretty big sign that you should.

In the meantime, you will need to wear your new boots and footbeds about 20-30 minutes a night. If you are skiing on the weekends, do this Monday-Friday. This will help your feet adjust to the new structure that they've never had before.
Nov 30 2018 2:00PM
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FapMasterFLEX
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^^^ he's right. I went through this a few seasons back with my Krypton's. Oddly enough, the solve for mine was cutting down the amount of material on my footbed at the start of my arch. The "arch support" extended too far into my forefoot and the pain came from there. I have extremely high arches, and the footbed material was too hard. Once trimmed down/softened, the pain literally disappeared. Seriously, I modded it myself mid day with a pocket knife and it went away. Never had an issue since.
Nov 30 2018 2:09PM
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HypeBeast
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My panterras were awfully painful for about the first 3-5 days in them. It was so bad I was unbuckling them everytime I got on the lift. After that, they're the most comfy things ever. Perhaps they just need to break in?
Nov 30 2018 6:24PM
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50Kal
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I always spend the first two weeks of a season with pain from shoving my foot into the boot.
Dec 1 2018 5:17AM
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Session
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After missing last season I'm definitely getting some new sensations due to getting used to footbeds again.
Dec 1 2018 9:06AM
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Turnfarmer
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If you have limited ankle dorsiflexion, arch support will almost always be uncomfortable unless you gain dorsiflexion or add heel lift.
Dec 1 2018 11:10AM
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Chunderface
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Probably a dumb question, but did you already heat-mold the liners?
Dec 3 2018 11:18PM
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ButteredToast.
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I have high arches and had to have arch support added by a boot fitter because I didn’t know what the hell I was doing when I tried to remedy the pain.

That worked, but created new pressure points on top of my foot... so...
Dec 4 2018 9:04PM
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Booze.Hound
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TurnfarmerIf you have limited ankle dorsiflexion

Ya man the dorsal fin is ur problem for sure, fix that shit
Dec 4 2018 9:24PM
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onenerdykid
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ButteredToast.I have high arches and had to have arch support added by a boot fitter because I didn’t know what the hell I was doing when I tried to remedy the pain.

That worked, but created new pressure points on top of my foot... so...


The first thing is to always properly stabilize the foot in the boot, then you make the boot fit the foot. That means, for you, the boot fitter should grind a few millimeters off the top of the boot board to drop you down a bit. This will give you all of the benefits of the footbed but then not crush your foot.
Dec 5 2018 2:08AM
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YoungWookiee
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onenerdykidThe first thing is to always properly stabilize the foot in the boot, then you make the boot fit the foot. That means, for you, the boot fitter should grind a few millimeters off the top of the boot board to drop you down a bit. This will give you all of the benefits of the footbed but then not crush your foot.


After seeing your posts over the years I’ve always thought to my self “ I wish he was my local boot fitter”
The dudes here at evo I’m Seattle are complete dickheads and are obviously incompetent at fitting compared to you. You should change your name to dr bootfitter because you honestly are the man
Dec 5 2018 4:09AM
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Session
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YoungWookieeAfter seeing your posts over the years I’ve always thought to my self “ I wish he was my local boot fitter”
The dudes here at evo I’m Seattle are complete dickheads and are obviously incompetent at fitting compared to you. You should change your name to dr bootfitter because you honestly are the man


Evo Portland has taken a shit in that department as well. They used to have an amazing staff. Now I have guys telling me there is no way my footbed will fit in a Full Tilt. Yet I go home and slip mine right in, and it improves the fit of the boot.

I was also not happy with them just wanting to heatstack mold my intuitions. I would have preferred them in the oven to get a full mold to bett accommodate my man calves.
Dec 5 2018 11:15AM
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YoungWookiee
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SessionEvo Portland has taken a shit in that department as well. They used to have an amazing staff. Now I have guys telling me there is no way my footbed will fit in a Full Tilt. Yet I go home and slip mine right in, and it improves the fit of the boot.

I was also not happy with them just wanting to heatstack mold my intuitions. I would have preferred them in the oven to get a full mold to bett accommodate my man calves.


Also to mention in on evo dudes, only one person at the shop was cool, always talked to him about skiing and what not super chill ( at evo) saw him up in the parking lot and he gave me the meanest look. After that and everything else with the “ I’m better than you” attitude that place has I refuse to go there now. To far out of my way anyways place reeks of some high class attitude.
Jan 12 2019 7:06AM
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Vincent_Diesel
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runforlove2018My panterras were awfully painful for about the first 3-5 days in them. It was so bad I was unbuckling them everytime I got on the lift. After that, they're the most comfy things ever. Perhaps they just need to break in?


Similarly for me, my boots have 3 ski days. Each day the first 30 minutes my right foot gets uncomfortable, almost painful really. After that it seems to settle. Skied 5 hours yesterday and did pretty well after the initial hump.
Jan 13 2019 8:58AM
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