I'd still advise you to be more patient with your break-in. During the heat molding, you need to hold your feet as still as possible. Most of the time it's done while the skater is sitting. Sometimes it's done while the skater is standing straight, if they are confident they can stand still long enough. What was your scenario?Yes he did, he put them in the oven, then put them on my feet and tied them for me, and we waited around 10 minutes with them on my feet. I wonder if maybe the pressure area is due to me tying them tighter than he did for the heat mould? I’ll see how it feels tomorrow when I practice again and maybe tie them a little looser.
At any rate, heat molding helps with the initial fit, but you still need a proper break-in to stretch and flex the boot through the full range of bends and twists and turns. If your discomfort persists or worsens, by all means go back to your tech. But if you loosen up the boot via heat molding to circumvent a proper break-in, you just might end up with too loose a boot after break-in.
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