Blowing out ski boots

Cheers Cem. Rivington Alpine is about 10 miles from my house so just a stone's throw. I will give them a bell and get over there.

Will it be a case of him looking at them and then maybe doing to somewhere like Chill Factor to see if there is an improvement - or are they likely to be able to look at them and then improve knowing the likely problem?

I imagine it is best that I go after the pain has subsided? I still have a slight pain & lack of sensation - last day I skied was Friday.

I had a problem develop with my skiing and finally went to the sport injury clinic that's attached to Snow+Rock in Chertsey. They did various tests on my feet and legs. It turned out in my case to be related to muscle asymmetry and a shorter right femur. They built me some insoles specifically for my normal shoes and for my boots. And this cured the problem.

Obviously, in your case, it might be a different cause, but they did say that it wasn't unusual for physical issues to suddenly manifest themselves. They were also a bit critical of boot technicians diagnosing complex medical problems and 'solving' them with a bit of boot blowing or standard inserts.

So I would recommend seeing a qualified podiatrist and a similar sports clinic.

I agree with above.
My Mum suddenly had problems with foot pain and a visit to a specialist showed she had developed a Morton's neuroma.
This caused her a lot of pain and she needed a fair bit of specialist advice to help her out.
Her foot killed in ski boots. She wears something under the sole at the base of her toes to alleviate pressure.
Again, not saying yours anything like this obviously, but the fact it's come on after many years with the same ski boots indicates it might be a physical problem rather than the boot.

Good luck.

I've had the same pain (as Iceman describes)in the past too. Mornings only.

I think I resolved it by accident...One evening I tried to dry out my custom footbed and it melted. So next day had to ski with normal soles. And there was no problem or pain at all.

My conclusion was that the custom bed was supporting the arch of my foot properly, but because the other 50/51 weeks of the year it goes unsupported then the foot was cramping. By each afternoon the cramp relaxed and so pain reduced.

I've never had this theory professionally checked, I'll be interested in your results.