FelixD
Registered User
Hi guys,
all the way from Germany in desperate need of help. Hope anyone can help me - otherwise I might have to cease playing hockey
I started playing inline hockey about a year ago as we do not play icehockey in summer. In september I finally started skating and playing icehockey. As for inline hockey, I use the Bauer Vapor X500 and on the ice, I opted the Vapor X600. Unfortunately in EE, so a little bit wide at the toes, but they didn't have too many options and I didn't want to go for GRAF skates. Except from some slight problems at the ankles (they rub, but I could solve that problem with ankle booties) I never had any problems since I bought the skates in late september.
About 3 weeks ago, when I was skating together with a friend, I suddenly felt pressure on top of the left footroot bone. To be more precise:
There is a bony elevation that everybody has which started hurting during skating. It became so painful that I had to abort skating and was out for three weeks due to a pressure mark which started aching as soon as I tied the skates. Walking in tied skates was not possible. No hockey practice not even simple skating.
I went to another hockey shop with a bigger selection of skates and they measured my foot with this Bauer device.
Two results:
1) the Vapor shoe is not the right choice for my foot in general as it does not fit regarding the instep (he asked me whether I feel a lacebite or not)
2) the Supreme is what Bauer suggests
What I discovered for myself as a newbie: I do feel kind of a lacebite as I lean "forward" into the skates pretty much when skating - as you should do. Then the lacebite kicks in and everything presses down onto the pressure mark. Maybe the pressure mark originates in that lacebite? Like so:
Another thought: the tongue of the skate is filled with a sturdy material. Is it possible that this material "changes" over time. That might explain why I never had problems in the beginning. And maybe now it broke (or whatever) and presses down onto that mark.
Maybe what I feel to be lacebite is also this tongue which is damaged and presses into my foot?
Advice: when measuring my feet it came to light that my left foot is slightly bigger than the right one, especially regarding the instep. That's also why I never had problems on my right foot.
I tried so many things now...
- I tried different tying methods: into the holes from the inside and from the outside (slightly more loose). Leaving out that famous 4th hole when tying to avoid lacebite, even leaving out the hole right above the footroot bone. Tying to the top or leaving out the highest hole etc.
- waxed and non-waxed laces: the guy in the shop told me to use non-waxed laces as they give way under pressure slightly more
- special insoles which are very thin to create space between the tongue and the footroot bone
- a special sock with a gel insert with the shape of a ring to spread the pressure and take it away from that mark
None of the above (except from the sock) could help at all. The sock was able to improve the situation for 15-20 minutes when I was skating yesterday. After that it started hurting again and I had to abort skating again to avoid worse...
So my questions are:
1) does anyone know the exact same problem? I had a lot of guys telling me how they fixed that problem and then it came out that they had problems at a totally different position of the foot
2) if so: what did you do and could you solve that problem?
3) Concrete question: can another skate solve the problem or might I have lacebite and pressure problems as well? Thing is that the suggested shoe (Supreme...) has a price tag of around 700-800€. Not knowing whether this shoe can help me would just be a waste of (a lot of) money in my eyes as I cannot return it after usage
Do you have any advice?
I count on you! You are Canada, you are hockey. Please help me so I don't have to give up this awesome sport!
all the way from Germany in desperate need of help. Hope anyone can help me - otherwise I might have to cease playing hockey
I started playing inline hockey about a year ago as we do not play icehockey in summer. In september I finally started skating and playing icehockey. As for inline hockey, I use the Bauer Vapor X500 and on the ice, I opted the Vapor X600. Unfortunately in EE, so a little bit wide at the toes, but they didn't have too many options and I didn't want to go for GRAF skates. Except from some slight problems at the ankles (they rub, but I could solve that problem with ankle booties) I never had any problems since I bought the skates in late september.
About 3 weeks ago, when I was skating together with a friend, I suddenly felt pressure on top of the left footroot bone. To be more precise:
There is a bony elevation that everybody has which started hurting during skating. It became so painful that I had to abort skating and was out for three weeks due to a pressure mark which started aching as soon as I tied the skates. Walking in tied skates was not possible. No hockey practice not even simple skating.
I went to another hockey shop with a bigger selection of skates and they measured my foot with this Bauer device.
Two results:
1) the Vapor shoe is not the right choice for my foot in general as it does not fit regarding the instep (he asked me whether I feel a lacebite or not)
2) the Supreme is what Bauer suggests
What I discovered for myself as a newbie: I do feel kind of a lacebite as I lean "forward" into the skates pretty much when skating - as you should do. Then the lacebite kicks in and everything presses down onto the pressure mark. Maybe the pressure mark originates in that lacebite? Like so:
Another thought: the tongue of the skate is filled with a sturdy material. Is it possible that this material "changes" over time. That might explain why I never had problems in the beginning. And maybe now it broke (or whatever) and presses down onto that mark.
Maybe what I feel to be lacebite is also this tongue which is damaged and presses into my foot?
Advice: when measuring my feet it came to light that my left foot is slightly bigger than the right one, especially regarding the instep. That's also why I never had problems on my right foot.
I tried so many things now...
- I tried different tying methods: into the holes from the inside and from the outside (slightly more loose). Leaving out that famous 4th hole when tying to avoid lacebite, even leaving out the hole right above the footroot bone. Tying to the top or leaving out the highest hole etc.
- waxed and non-waxed laces: the guy in the shop told me to use non-waxed laces as they give way under pressure slightly more
- special insoles which are very thin to create space between the tongue and the footroot bone
- a special sock with a gel insert with the shape of a ring to spread the pressure and take it away from that mark
None of the above (except from the sock) could help at all. The sock was able to improve the situation for 15-20 minutes when I was skating yesterday. After that it started hurting again and I had to abort skating again to avoid worse...
So my questions are:
1) does anyone know the exact same problem? I had a lot of guys telling me how they fixed that problem and then it came out that they had problems at a totally different position of the foot
2) if so: what did you do and could you solve that problem?
3) Concrete question: can another skate solve the problem or might I have lacebite and pressure problems as well? Thing is that the suggested shoe (Supreme...) has a price tag of around 700-800€. Not knowing whether this shoe can help me would just be a waste of (a lot of) money in my eyes as I cannot return it after usage
Do you have any advice?
I count on you! You are Canada, you are hockey. Please help me so I don't have to give up this awesome sport!
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