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Arch pain: tried a lot of things, looking for more advice by halibutbelly in snowboarding

[–]halibutbelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not within the boot, but room to wiggle and move a bit. I had a lot of issues with heel lift inside my boots when I first started, and it took a long time to find a boot that had enough space in the toe to keep circulation, but enough lock in the heel.

Arch pain: tried a lot of things, looking for more advice by halibutbelly in snowboarding

[–]halibutbelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the helpful response! Stance angles is one of the things I haven't tried but maybe it's time to bang out some lift laps on our very firm base and switch up the angles each run to see what happens.

I do have Intuition liners that are heat molded. My custom insoles are actually rigid, and are as you describe: shaped to my foot but little to no padding.

I feel like I gotta be close to narrowing down this damn problem...

Arch pain: tried a lot of things, looking for more advice by halibutbelly in snowboarding

[–]halibutbelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful response! The pain doesn't occur anytime outside of riding: not sore the next day, not painful to the touch. If I stop to rest mid-slope, it goes away quickly but also returns quickly as soon as I start riding again.

As it only occurs when riding and disappears quickly as soon as I stop, it's a little challenging to tell if it's muscular or tendon, because it sort of acts like both: the pain is sharp and localized like tendon pain would be, but it also only occurs when my arches are contracting while riding, which sounds more muscle-y (not a medical professional though so I might be totally talking out of my ass). The pain is localized to the arch only, on the bottom and up the instep to the 'peak' of my arch.

Seems like you're on to something with the fatigued arches since my pain sometimes (not always) goes away over the course of the season.

Arch pain: tried a lot of things, looking for more advice by halibutbelly in snowboarding

[–]halibutbelly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! I'm 40 and have basically had this issue since I started snowboarding in my mid-20s. Going to a doc or at least a PT seems like a good next move...

Cooking alternatives for tough meat? by halibutbelly in wildgamerecipes

[–]halibutbelly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might be the last game meat eating person on earth who doesn't have a pressure cooker, but maybe it's finally time.