Calf pain/calf bang

DrunkViking

DrunkViking

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I recently went to a bootfitter and got fitter for a pair of Fischer Soma-x100 boots. They fit great and I'm satisfied with the buy.

However the last couple of weeks I've been hiking a kicker on my backyard hill and I've been having some pain in my right calf. It started off with the adjustment tabs on the boots being pressed down, this resulted in my calf being squeezed too hard. Now I've pulled it up, but the right side of my right calf still hurts, but I don't know if that is just from when the tab was pushed down or what's up. It hurts both when I push my shin forwards and when I lean back. There is nothing wrong in my left boot.

Also, when I push around in my boots the right one creaks while the left one is silent, how come?
 
Did you get footbeds with your boots? If not, it will cause your foot, ankle, and leg to sit out of alignment in your boot and is a common cause of calf muscle pain in boots. I would then make sure your cuff alignment is dialed in properly and the cuff is in a neutral position in relation to your leg (meaning not pushing your leg in one direction or another).

It might be that SOMA Tec is not the ideal stance for your foot/leg to be in, but someone would for sure need to examine your biomechanical needs in order to correctly answer that question.
 
So before I'm going skiing in 3 weeks I guess the only thing I have time for is getting some footbeds. Will basically any ski-boot footbed do, or is there something specific I should be looking for?

I'm not sure about the cuff alignment or position, is there a way to check that?
 
Well, this is what a boot-fitter is supposed to recommend to you and check when you buy boots... so your boot-fitter should be the one to do this. Picking a footbed is dependent on your foot type, so there is not one kind that works perfectly, especially in the custom world. A custom footbed is only as good as the person who makes it, so you need to do some research for a good footbed maker in your area. Adjusting your cuff alignment should be done by a competent boot-fitter as well just so things are made worse, because that might also cause issues if done improperly.
 
Alright, I guess I'll just bring my boots in to the local ski-shop and see what they say/recommend. The problem is that I bought the boots in Berlin, which is 6 hours away. I'll go and see the local shop tomorrow, thanks :)
 
I just noticed that you live in Denmark. There should be some good boot-fitters there that will save you a trip to Berlin. Do you have any upcoming ski trips planned to Austria or other places in the Alps?
 
Hope it doesn't end in that, because then I would have to ski week 8 with a "bad" boot, but hopefully the actual problem is just a mix of my calf being sore from the first time and me hiking up a 150m hill a boat-load of times. However, I've heard footbeds recommended so much that I will get one regardless.
 
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