New arch pain in 1-year-old Edea Ice flies

[skater243333]

Hi all! I've been skating in a pair of ice flies for almost exactly a year now. I am an adult/collegiate figure skater. I skate during the school year around 4 times a week ranging from 1-3 hours as a hobby/club sport vibe, and I've been working on doubles like loop and doing gold dances. I have been wearing edeas for around 7 years now and have had slight discomforts here and there but nothing like the current pain I am feeling. . This summer I have been working quite a bit and have skating only once a week. Starting this summer I noticed an almost shooting pain when I skate that intensifies especially when I do ice dance that comes from the side/middle of my foot that will go away the second I take off my skates. It has now almost become unbearable during the 15 min dance lesson I take to the point where I have to take off my skates immediately after. I then put them back on to do freestyle and twizzles and only feel a slight discomfort. If I do start doing deep edge work during this, the pain arises again. I would say my feet have a lower arch, but a doctor has never pushed for me to put inserts in my shoes. I have a weak left ankle from numerous injuries, but this pain is in both feet. I have tried stretching, messaging, and rolling out my feet before hand and switiching out the insoles to more supported insoles (the yellow smart feet ones, an insole I have used in the past). I have an appointment with a fitter soon, but wanted some other opinions. Could it be just because I have been skating less/ or like swollen 'summer feet'? Hoping its not, but could this seem like I need to be fitted for a different/new skate? Would a heat mold of the skates help?

 

[Weathergal]

Welcome to Golden Skate! As they say here, post long and often!

You'll find some very knowledgeable posters here who might be able to help. Good luck!

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Hi all! I've been skating in a pair of ice flies for almost exactly a year now. I am an adult/collegiate figure skater. I skate during the school year around 4 times a week ranging from 1-3 hours as a hobby/club sport vibe, and I've been working on doubles like loop and doing gold dances. I have been wearing edeas for around 7 years now and have had slight discomforts here and there but nothing like the current pain I am feeling. . This summer I have been working quite a bit and have skating only once a week. Starting this summer I noticed an almost shooting pain when I skate that intensifies especially when I do ice dance that comes from the side/middle of my foot that will go away the second I take off my skates. It has now almost become unbearable during the 15 min dance lesson I take to the point where I have to take off my skates immediately after. I then put them back on to do freestyle and twizzles and only feel a slight discomfort. If I do start doing deep edge work during this, the pain arises again. I would say my feet have a lower arch, but a doctor has never pushed for me to put inserts in my shoes. I have a weak left ankle from numerous injuries, but this pain is in both feet. I have tried stretching, messaging, and rolling out my feet before hand and switiching out the insoles to more supported insoles (the yellow smart feet ones, an insole I have used in the past). I have an appointment with a fitter soon, but wanted some other opinions. Could it be just because I have been skating less/ or like swollen 'summer feet'? Hoping its not, but could this seem like I need to be fitted for a different/new skate? Would a heat mold of the skates help?

Hi and welcome. First I would see a doctor for the pain and get their input. Secondly, it could be one of two things depending on your diagnosis: You either don't work with Edea anymore and need to look into different brand. Also, you need a bit softer and lower cut boot for ice dance.

 

[bostonskaterguy86]

Definitely second seeing a doctor for the pain - your feet are telling you something's up!

In the meantime though, one thought I'm basing on similar pain I've dealt with - have you recently changed your laces, or changed how you tie your skates? Since the pain seems to get better immediately when you take them off, I wonder if you might be overtightening the laces in the front of the boot (below the ankle / hooks).

You did say you've been in Edeas for years, and that this only started recently - so it's probably less likely to be an issue with the lacing - but it was the first thing I thought of, having had similar pain myself when I switched to waxed laces. They stay tighter for longer than traditional laces, which is great - but it also meant that I had to unlearn my habit of lacing my skates really tightly at first, to account for them loosening up once I started skating. Until I figured that out, I had quite a few practice sessions where I had similar pain - sometimes in my arches, and sometimes along the outsides of my feet - that was relieved as soon as I took my skates off.

Again, I absolutely think it's worth discussing with a doctor, as it could also be something like an injury that needs attention, etc - but your description of the pain was pretty similar to the pain I was having, so I thought I'd mention it in case it's helpful!

 

[IceM]

Impossible to tell for sure from here, but if you've been fine on those skates before, then one of two things, or a little bit of both have probably happened: The boots have changed shape, or your feet has. It's certainly possible that leaving the laces too tight or the boots in a hot car etc. might have changed the shape a little. It's also possible that you have a more swollen feet that is causing or adding to that problem. Your laces could also be in bad shape and you might be lacing them too tight etc.

A podiatrist should be able to say more. The pain you describe isn't very typical, so something must be really pressing a nerve or some muscle there badly in that boot. Before considering new boots, it might be worth molding them again anyways. And changing the laces.

 

[jersey1302]

I’ll just share my story., I have Edea Ice Fly. I used them2-3x a week through the year and I’d day almost the entire first year I had very very sore arches. Similar to what you’re describing and whe I took them off the paid was 10/10. It took a few min to get rid of the pain. That has since disappeared. Not sure if it took that long for the boots to fit me properly. I thought I needed arch support insoles so I got the, and that made it worse. I am ok with them now but it took me quite a while for mine to stop hurting.