 Poster: A snowHead
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I've got some new boots which are great except the fact I have a particularly pointy metatarsal on my foot (I think that's the right word, its a bone that sticks out further on the side of my feet). It's the only area that causes pain and the rest of the boot fits well. All I think I need is another couple mm's in that very specific spot where the bone is. Do you think a boot fitter would easily be able to do that?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes. If you are just accommodating a bone spur or something like that, then for most boots it's very easy.
Key thing is ensuring, together with the boot fitter, that the thing you think is the problem is, in fact, the problem. That's what the fitter is for.
Also take the time with the fitter, during the punching process, to make sure they are punching the right spot. I have had this screw up before.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Okay thanks. Next question is any recommendations for a boot fitter in or south of London?
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I'd talk to profeet. I'm in Greenwich. Usually I go to Solutions for Feet in Bicester but I'd suggest profeet for this. I've had punches done in Ellis Brigham before but it's been hit and miss.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm also in Greenwich  and used Finches Emporium in Forest Hill before. They won't give advice if you didn't buy the boots from them, maybe you can pay a consultation fee? but they will punch the marked area for a fee, it was £10 per blow but that was over 2 years ago.
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Okay great, thanks!! Battled through the pain in the Maurienne valley just now, can't wait for comfort in Monterosa later this month!
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My experience of Finches is mixed. My view of their "from scratch" bootfitting is pretty negative but dated - unsure what it's like now. Ski servicing work I've had done there has been ok and they have been careful.
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I'm getting the boots widened in that specific area where the bone spur is.
They have also recommended custom insoles, or even potentially off the shelf insoles. Do people believe insoles would help in reducing pain from a bone spur? I don't have any issues with arch, ankle etc and performance wise I'm very happy with the boots...
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@archors, Profeet advised and fitted some custom insoles for me a year or two before I ended up buying new boots in Bicester. In the interim, the old boots felt much better with the new insoles. Solutions4Feet were satisfied with the insoles and transferred them into my new boots. I'm guessing, but presumably anything which positions your foot perfectly in the boot can only be a good thing? On the other hand, I too would be wary of paying to solve a problem which doesn't actually exist. Sorry, that probably doesn't help but, since I'm an ignoramus, I suppose I'd ask the expert fitters why they were advising footbeds and would seek reassurance that the footbeds wouldn't cause other problems in otherwise well-fitting boots. I would trust Profeet to give me clear answers on both points.
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@archors, footbeds that come with the boot offer virtually no support. Take it out and have a look. A decent footbed is a no brainer.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Layne, yeah we did look out the footbed and it is very flimsy compared to the stiff aftermarket ones. What is the main benefit of the extra support of a footbed?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| @Layne, yeah we did look out the footbed and it is very flimsy compared to the stiff aftermarket ones. What is the main benefit of the extra support of a footbed? |
The extra support! That's inevitable when it conforms in every detail (some slightly wonky toes in my case) to your foot and you never have to squirm your toes or any other part of your foot around to get comfortable.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Layne, oh dear. Inevitably, CEM puts it a lot better than I did. 
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