Conditioning?

[proth0303 29]

I just started skating and playing hockey about 6-7 weeks ago and I have somewhere around 25 hours of ice time under my belt.  While the skates are getting more comfortable and my body seems to be getting used to everything, I still have some foot pain.  The pain is noticeable in both feet after about 10-15 minutes on the ice.  It's an overall foot pain and I would describe it as if my feet are swelling up inside the boot but the boot isn't giving way.  The kicker is that the pain starts to dissipate as I continue to skate and almost disappears after another 10-15 minutes or so of skating.  Does this make sense?  Is it just that my feet aren't conditioned for skating/hockey yet?  Or am I simply tying the laces too tight and eventually they loosen enough to become comfortable?  

FYI, I am using wax laces and tighten pretty tight in the foot area and barely "snug" in the ankle.

Thanks!

  

[marka 526]

Howdy,

My first step would certainly be to tie the skate looser in the foot area.

Mark

[proth0303 29]

1 hour ago, marka said:

Howdy,

My first step would certainly be to tie the skate looser in the foot area.

Mark

Thanks!  Me and the boss are going to a public skate tonight so I'm going to try looser in the foot area and see how it feels. 

[clarkiestooth 235]

Are your skates moldable?  If so, maybe a rebake in your oven?

[kmfdm86 112]

On 1/25/2017 at 9:29 AM, proth0303 said:

Thanks!  Me and the boss are going to a public skate tonight so I'm going to try looser in the foot area and see how it feels. 

To reiterate, a lot of times most people are going to want most of the laces snug, but not tight. I only really tighten the last two eyelets for what it's worth.

[proth0303 29]

It's been a few months and the pain has gone away.  Playing with the lace tightness helped quite a bit as I now do snug over the foot and tight in the ankle area.  I do attribute some of the improvement simply to my feet getting used to skating.