OK HERE'S ONE FOR YOU LOT...

[wingmanrob 0]

OK here's the deal.

I've got a pair of Bauer XX Skates, and I've had them for about a year now. I've had no problems with them falling apart and they've stood up really well.

However I've recently developed a problem with my inside left ankle. Right on the bone everytime I put my boots on it hurts. I can just about get through a session and tolerate the discomfort. The next day the bone is red and sore. I recently felt some movement under the skin when I moved my foot, and so went and had the doctor look at it and she said it felt as if there was just some fluid under the skin and not to worry too much about it. She went on to say that she thought it was the boots that were giving me the problem and that maybe they're rubbing excessively. I've been hit in the ankle with pucks a few times as most have but nothing that caused any discomfort for more than a few seconds.

I'm really now not sure what to do, and wondered if anyone else has had this problem or heard of it. No problems at all with my right skate or the outside on my left foot.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Weve discussed this many times....Its a buildup of calcium on your bone to help "protect" your foot....

[mack 44]

Way to be specific with the title. You must write for the phone book.

[Chadd 916]

Weve discussed this many times....Its a buildup of calcium on your bone to help "protect" your foot....

Fluid under the skin and calcium deposits are not the same.

[badsk8ter 0]

I have the same problem with both ankles. I bought a pair of lace bite gel pads and place each one over the bone and then lace up the skates, placing the tongue of the skate and everything else over the gel pad. I've been doing this for 3 years now and have been to two camps where I was on the ice over 4 hours each day and it works. I rarely, if ever have any real pain caused by the rubbing of the skate. I've looked at the spot where it hurts and in my case, the side of the skates along the eyelets rub right along the bone, creating the pain. The gel pads provide enough of a cushion that I no longer feel any pain.

[wingmanrob 0]

Weve discussed this many times....Its a buildup of calcium on your bone to help "protect" your foot....

But I now get this pain everytime I put my skate on, it doesn't improve.

[fastmiele 59]

I think the build up of fluid is a ganglia (not sure if I am spelling it correct) ?

[ktang 34]

I think I've had the same thing when I was (a lot) younger:

I got hit by a puck in the ankle area, and one of the bursa sacs got irritated and started swelling with fluid. Thereafter, the area hurt when I laced up the skates, and the rubbing made it swell more. It just got worse and worse.

So, if you have the same problem I had in that area, it's known as bursitis. It seems to match your doctor's explanation. With me, it was getting hit by the puck that started the vicious cycle, but then it was using skates that continued it.

I had to wait until after the season ended before the bursa sac could heal.

Perhaps you could fashion a doughnut for the area to take the pressure off when you skate?

[msander 0]

I think the build up of fluid is a ganglia (not sure if I am spelling it correct) ?

Not likely since ganglia is the plural of ganglion which refers to a group of neurons lying in your peripheral nervous system.

[wingmanrob 0]

I have the same problem with both ankles. I bought a pair of lace bite gel pads and place each one over the bone and then lace up the skates, placing the tongue of the skate and everything else over the gel pad. I've been doing this for 3 years now and have been to two camps where I was on the ice over 4 hours each day and it works. I rarely, if ever have any real pain caused by the rubbing of the skate. I've looked at the spot where it hurts and in my case, the side of the skates along the eyelets rub right along the bone, creating the pain. The gel pads provide enough of a cushion that I no longer feel any pain.

Got a link to where I can buy some of those gel pads?

Thanks :D

[NYR14 0]

Had the same problem after I got hit in the ankle with a pass.(wasn't even hard just stung for a moment) After playing on it for about half the year and the swelling not subsiding, went to a specialist for x-rays and found a chip on the ankle bone where I got hit. Had surgery last summer to remove the chip and had no problems this past year. Freak thing, but I'm glad I got it taken care of. Hurt everytime I turned in one direction.

[jimmy 194]

I have the same problem with both ankles.  I bought a pair of lace bite gel pads and place each one over the bone and then lace up the skates, placing the tongue of the skate and everything else over the gel pad.  I've been doing this for 3 years now and have been to two camps where I was on the ice over 4 hours each day and it works.  I rarely, if ever have any real pain caused by the rubbing of the skate.  I've looked at the spot where it hurts and in my case, the side of the skates along the eyelets rub right along the bone, creating the pain.  The gel pads provide enough of a cushion that I no longer feel any pain.

Got a link to where I can buy some of those gel pads?

Thanks :D

silipos.com

[badsk8ter 0]

I couldn't find the exact ones that I have. I bought them from HockeyGiant about 3 years ago but mine are very similar to these. So these should work, too.

http://www.maltesehockey.com/v1/pads.html

[wingmanrob 0]

I couldn't find the exact ones that I have. I bought them from HockeyGiant about 3 years ago but mine are very similar to these. So these should work, too.

http://www.maltesehockey.com/v1/pads.html

And these will go right round and cover my ankle bone? The bone is so damn sore today, and I gotta say I'm really down about it. I have no off season, so I'm desperate to get something that'll keep me skating. I cant imagine not being able to skate for 3 months as someone else suggested as a possible remidy.

[badsk8ter 0]

The white strip on the pads is velcro, that part faces outward (to help adhere it to inside of the skate and stop it from sliding around, though I lace my skates up tight enough that it stays in place regardless). Slide the pad down the inside of your leg until enough of the pad is completely covering the bone (sore area). Then lace up the skates like normal. Make sure to have everything (tongue and all other parts of the skates) on the outside so just the pad is touching your bone (sore area). The gel pad will provide enough cushion that you will have no pain from the skate.

Don't put the pad on the front of your skates where the laces are but actually put the pad over the sore area. The pad comes in a rectangular shape and I always put it so the long side runs the length up and down. That way there's less bulk in my skate.

[mack 44]

I think the build up of fluid is a ganglia (not sure if I am spelling it correct) ?

Not likely since ganglia is the plural of ganglion which refers to a group of neurons lying in your peripheral nervous system.

He worded it wrong, but he meant a ganglionic cyst. I had those before and they're a result of the protective sheath on your tendons wearing out and having fluid build up and harden on them.

[wingmanrob 0]

The white strip on the pads is velcro, that part faces outward (to help adhere it to inside of the skate and stop it from sliding around, though I lace my skates up tight enough that it stays in place regardless). Slide the pad down the inside of your leg until enough of the pad is completely covering the bone (sore area). Then lace up the skates like normal. Make sure to have everything (tongue and all other parts of the skates) on the outside so just the pad is touching your bone (sore area). The gel pad will provide enough cushion that you will have no pain from the skate.

Don't put the pad on the front of your skates where the laces are but actually put the pad over the sore area. The pad comes in a rectangular shape and I always put it so the long side runs the length up and down. That way there's less bulk in my skate.

Ok, well thanks for the advice, I'll be sure to give it a try. I do appreciate your time and help on this.

Thanks also to everyone thats made suggestions too.

[goalie39 0]

The skate shouldnt rub... have you exhausted the possibility that it is too big? The rubbing could be because your foot isnt sitting correctly. Just a guess.

[wingmanrob 0]

The skate shouldnt rub... have you exhausted the possibility that it is too big? The rubbing could be because your foot isnt sitting correctly. Just a guess.

Well I dont think it rubs personally, it's just what the Doc suggested.

My skates have never given me any problems apart from the last couple of months. My ankle feels fine now, but thats from 4 days outta the skates. As soon as I put them on I'll start to feel the discomfort within a few strides.

[badsk8ter 0]

How's the ankle and did the gel pads help at all?