Insoles to lower the arch in my skate?

[guitarlp 0]

Hey guys,

My mission skates have too high of an arch. Taking out the insole the arch is very pronounced just from resting my foot on the insole.

Can anyone recommend an aftermarket insole I can use to help lower the arch? Maybe something like the shock doctor adjustable arch insole? Or maybe there's something better?

[Jason16 0]

It's probably best to consult your LHS before you do this because it's a little sketchy but you can 'flatten' the arch by having your skates rebaked and standing in them when laced up.

[wickedwrister 0]

I have same problem with all skates. I use the plain old 99 cent flat pillow Dr. Scholl's insoles. Works great.

[Neo5370 132]

I and someone else on the board have found a temporary solution for this problem as we both have flat feet as well.

You'll need some extra insoles, cheap throw away soles work fine and the actual insoles that will be in contact w/ your foot.

Take those cheap soles, you may only need one pair or two and cut them into thirds (heel area, mid foot and fore foot). You'll have to do some experimenting to see how long you need the heel and forefoot parts to be but you'll put those parts under your actual soles.

This, at least for us helps even out the "plane" on which our feet rest. It's kind of iffy and depending on the skate it may work great or it may not.

The best solution if it's feasable for you is to sell your missions and go get skates that fit.

Good Luck!

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

I had the same problem with the Mission arch. Had to give up on it eventually.

However, you could try the following:

* Get some thick insoles (such as Shock Dr) and cut the arch part out out, thus raising your foot higher and thus the arch should be smaller as a result

* Take some "shims" (this is what I did) under the footbed. I used some plastic inserts the size of the footbed. I cut them to size (using the bottom of the stock footbed to trace and some scissors/tin snips) and place in the bottom of the skate while the footbed is out. Heat it with a heat gun so plastic is flexible. Put down some cloth or something and put your foot in the skate and stand in it. DO NOT WIGGLE AROUND. The plastic with then sit and you can put the footbed back in. When you cut the plastic, cut AROUND the arch. Again, similar to the doctored footbeds, this raises your foot higher so the arch won't be as bad.

I still have the shims. If you are a size 10ee I can mail them to you.

Only problem I had with both was that as a result my feet were higher up in the skate, and the top of the skate was putting more pressure on the top of my feet. It definetely helped with the arch problem, though.

[guitarlp 0]

I'd like to keep the missions if possible so I'm going to try and work around this. On ice I'm skating on Bauers right now but getting some custom graphs pretty soon. I have a tough foot to find skates for so custom seems to be the best way to go. My problem is with my Mission roller skates though and if I can't get this fixed I'll have to get an ice boot and convert it to roller. Of course... that's a lot of $$$ so I'd like to try and work around it this way first.

Thank you for the offer Ogie on the shims but I'm using size 8D missions. I ordered a set of grey superfeet footbeds and they "may" help a little.

Someone else at the begining of this thread mentioned to get them re-baked and then stand in them instead of sitting. I can see that may help push the arch down a little... is this a good/bad idea?

Also... would it be a bad idea if I used 2 insoles? Say I leave the stock insoles in and place the superfeet on top of that. I don't think the superfeet are thick/spongy so that may help take care of the problem too.

I'm not as skilled with plastic molding as Ogie so I think that's out of the question :). Neo has the same idea as mine but I'm wondering why cut the soles into thirds? They'd slip around unless I glue them in there (I think anyways). I'm guessing that way I could potentially leave the forfoot and heel pad in place but remove the part of the arch sole. That way my toes and heal are higher... arch stays the same... and the foot is therefor flatter. Right?

[Neo5370 132]

Superfeets aren't suited for low arches from what I understand. Shock Doctors are a little flatter and what I used in my 703's.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Get thick insoles that fit the skate and just cut the arch part out. Your foot would be higher up on the arch, thus lowering where it hits your foot.