Help sore feet

[Alex2929 0]

I played roller hockey when i was young....gave up hockey for 15 years and about 8 months ago I joined an ice hockey league.  I bought a pair of Bauer nexus 600 skates.  The pain was unbearable at first.  i assumed they would slowly get better and it did somewhat.  I also got a pair of yellow super feet insoles which helped.  They still hurt my feet more than i think they should.  It is mainly on the sides of my arches if that makes sense?  I know I would skate better and harder if they felt better and I can barely stand up with bare feet right after taking them off?  Any suggestions?  I've read about getting them "punched" but dont know much about it?  Do i need to look at a different skate?  I'm desperate for any advice....

[proth0303 29]

Do you have any blistering?  Punching out is used to make clearance for a feature of your foot that is currently too tight/uncomfortable.  For example, I have an accessory navicular which is a bone above my arch.  I had my skates punched to make clearance for this and it was a night and day difference.  In my case, I had blistering right at this location which made it clear I needed to do something.

I battled a painful soreness for a while but it has gone away as I loosened up the laces over my foot.  I still keep the laces tight at the 3rd and 4th holes to keep my ankle locked but the rest of the laces are just snug.  

[Alex2929 0]

no blistering....

[proth0303 29]

Were you fitted for the skates or did you buy them online?

[lmooney19 5]

Had the same issue and also bought Superfeet.  Realized I was in a set of skates that were too narrow.  

[Alex2929 0]

i bought them online

[goalieman39 37]

Try a pair of arch specific footbeds. I know I have an extremely low arch and those CCM footbeds are the only way I can skate.

[jgold47 12]

Too narrow or wrong size is my guess. I'm actually a size smaller than I wore in HS because I never got properly fitted.  

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

So when I first tried to learn to skate (3 times mind you) the pain in my feet was excruciating.  It wasn't until I was professionally fit that I found out why my feet hurt so much.  Out turns out my skates had been much too big and the reason my feet hurt was that the muscles at the bottom were working overtime trying to "grip" the bottom and stabilize my feet inside a boot that was too big.  I also had transitioned from roller to ice.  I've got feeling your ice skates might simply be too big.  Go get professionally fit.  Remember that they're should be no slip and no give.  Ice skates must be really, really snug.  Do a search on MSH for the "pencil test" too,

Good luck!!!! 

[puckpilot 312]

57 minutes ago, dkmiller3356 said:

 It wasn't until I was professionally fit that I found out why my feet hurt so much.

Yeah, getting a good fitter can be soooo important. You have to make sure you go to a place that knows what they're doing. 

When I was getting fitted for new skates I went to one of the places locally that had the best reputation. They measured me up and said I was a size 4.5, comically small for an adult, and a half size smaller than my old skates. Well they were right. Skipping the long story, I later ended up trying on skates at big sport store chain. The guy measured me up and said that I was a size 6. 

I told him he was mistaken and said I was a size 4.5. The guy went to the back and returned with size 5.5s, saying don't worry they're cheaper.  I rolled my eyes, and just to show him I wasn't some cheapskate adult trying to jamb his foot into a smaller skate, proceeded to put on the skate, kick my foot to the front, and then slip a bunch o fingers down to my heel.

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

1 minute ago, puckpilot said:

Yeah, getting a good fitter can be soooo important. You have to make sure you go to a place that knows what they're doing. 

When I was getting fitted for new skates I went to one of the places locally that had the best reputation. They measured me up and said I was a size 4.5, comically small for an adult, and a half size smaller than my old skates. Well they were right. Skipping the long story, I later ended up trying on skates at big sport store chain. The guy measured me up and said that I was a size 6. 

I told him he was mistaken and said I was a size 4.5. The guy went to the back and returned with size 5.5s, saying don't worry they're cheaper.  I rolled my eyes, and just to show him I wasn't some cheapskate adult trying to jamb his foot into a smaller skate, proceeded to put on the skate, kick my foot to the front, and then slip a bunch o fingers down to my heel.

Yeah.  I have shoes that are 10.5 and 11 and I wear a size 8 skate!  And if I could get a 7 3/4 I bet that would be even better!!

[krisdrum 233]

10 hours ago, puckpilot said:

Yeah, getting a good fitter can be soooo important. You have to make sure you go to a place that knows what they're doing. 

When I was getting fitted for new skates I went to one of the places locally that had the best reputation. They measured me up and said I was a size 4.5, comically small for an adult, and a half size smaller than my old skates. Well they were right. Skipping the long story, I later ended up trying on skates at big sport store chain. The guy measured me up and said that I was a size 6. 

I told him he was mistaken and said I was a size 4.5. The guy went to the back and returned with size 5.5s, saying don't worry they're cheaper.  I rolled my eyes, and just to show him I wasn't some cheapskate adult trying to jamb his foot into a smaller skate, proceeded to put on the skate, kick my foot to the front, and then slip a bunch o fingers down to my heel.

I thought I had small feet at a size 5 skate.  So, you are not alone.  I could probably get into a 4.5 or custom 4.75 in some skates.  

[stick9 896]

Make sure you are 100% certain your skates are the right size, shape and depth for your foot before punching or stretching.

Arch could be misaligned or too high/shallow. Try pulling the innersole out and see if your arch lines up with the arch of the innersole. Maybe even toss them in a pair of shoes and see how they feel.

You may need to find a decent shop and get some in person fitting help.

 

[puckpilot 312]

4 hours ago, krisdrum said:

I thought I had small feet at a size 5 skate.  So, you are not alone.  I could probably get into a 4.5 or custom 4.75 in some skates.  

I thought I was a size 5 too until I got measured up. A part of me is still in a bit of shock over that. I'm a fatass 175lb man for gosh sake.  :p 

Though, since I got the new skates, my edging has gotten way better. Don't know if it's just new skates, the fact that I've been practising, or both, but something has levelled up.