Shinbang
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KungKalmar
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Learn to ski properly
try a looser top strap, nothing your gana do will fix it by tomorrow but try and isolate where your shin hurts. if it’s on the bone than it’s either your form or you don’t ski enough to build up the bone in that area. if it’s on the muscle next to the bone than you should strengthen that muscle.
Dani-B
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Is it possible your boots are too big? Here's how to check: take your boot liners out of the shell, and put your bare foot inside the boot. Place your foot so that your toes are just touching the front of the shell. Now get a friend or yourself to see how many fingers you can fit in the space behind your heel to the back of the shell. If it's more than one finger, the boots are definitely too big. That extra space can cause shin bang especially as a liner packs out.
PresidentSkroob
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Get Full Tilts and Skroob skis
SteezyYeeter
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there's nothing u can do teehee
littleman34
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I used to get wicked shin bang my shins would hurt when I walked to school and I was sad every minute of the day. Then I started skiing Salomon SPKs and they have a super Cush tongue. Now I’m usually happy every minute of the day.
BallClapper
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More k-feds.
**This post was edited on Feb 20th 2024 at 2:23:39pm
**This post was edited on Feb 20th 2024 at 2:23:39pm
DustyPencil
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Assuming your boots actually fit you properly and you aren't skiing backseat, make sure your boots aren't too tight. I found I was cranking my boots down WAYYY too tight, and that was what was causing insane pain on the outside-ish muscle of my shins for all of last season. The first couple days of skiing with looser boots this season felt a little weird but has fixed the pain since.
SmokedGouda
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you gotta bang your shins harder. its conditioning. Youll get better with time or your legs will break in two years when you attempt to jump off the chairlift because you had dreams of fully sending chads gap. Then ski patrol will try their best to connect them back together, but realize the infection became so bad that you'd be better off without them. Then you'll be a sit skier and not even have to worry about shin bang again. cheese!
iDontHitRails
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Try tightening the booster strap over just the liner before buckling. Changed my life
littleman34
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I really want to give this a try now it always seems like that booster strap doesn’t really get the tension I want it to
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iDontHitRails
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14592286:Voyage86 said:
It’s bolted to the back of the shell but tighten it over the liner under the shell. Do it before you start buckling the boot
PsychicMigration
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Take time off two weeks or more is ideal although sounds like you cant do that immediately. Ice it 4-5times a day.... stick your whole legs in an icebath for 20min and do it right after skiing to get ahead of inflammation. Just using ice packs and holding cups of ice wont do anything you really have to go hard with it. I just carried a cooler with me all spring one year before I got new boots. Properly fitting boots should help to. I cut a pair of sock and put the leg part on my shins. Kept my boots tighter and added more cushion. The other thing that was really useful was taking those leg rollers and having someone grind it into both side and back around the calf area, between the achilles and upper calf. Besides all that go to a boot fitter, get new boots that fit, custom footbeds will stop movement and anything additional the shop can do to mod them will help. You wont fix this if you continue to ski on it, injury sucks but you'll be better off in the long run.
peacepile
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I got 5$ walmart footbeds that you cut to size.. helped take up some volume keeps my foot situated in the boot, could be a quick fix.. I’ve tried boosters with fts and dalbellos under the tongue.. going to dremel the tongues and glue some shipping foam. Fearing that I just need to try a different boot shape.. so if all else fails I’ll roadtrip to a bootfitter.
VVIISSHHNNUU
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custom footbeds helped me
MidwestIzBest
Member
I don't understand boots. I have a pair of FT Dropkicks that just finished their 4th season. I was planning on getting new boots for next season but this was the first season they gave me absolutely no toe or shin bang. Like literally none, normally my toenails are purple until July but 0 issues this year. Have no explanation as to why.
. It’s just a foam insole so it gives me cushion keeps my heels down and I just have a way better fit n less pain all around.NotEnoughSkiing
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two things that have worked for me:
1) intuition wraparound liner. Never had shin bag in 10 years using them.
2) I’m back in a racing boot now. I have booster straps, custom foam injection blah blah. Makes no difference. The only thing that works is a thin 2mm or so piece of neoprene that I put on my shin under my sock. With that I’ve had no issues. I just shaped it like a small shin pad. It’s not the whole leg or anything. Smaller than hand sized patch. that neoprene gets slimy and sweaty which isn’t an issue but over time it’ll deteriorate after some washing. Make 2 sets and you’ll be good to go.
1) intuition wraparound liner. Never had shin bag in 10 years using them.
2) I’m back in a racing boot now. I have booster straps, custom foam injection blah blah. Makes no difference. The only thing that works is a thin 2mm or so piece of neoprene that I put on my shin under my sock. With that I’ve had no issues. I just shaped it like a small shin pad. It’s not the whole leg or anything. Smaller than hand sized patch. that neoprene gets slimy and sweaty which isn’t an issue but over time it’ll deteriorate after some washing. Make 2 sets and you’ll be good to go.
freestyler540
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1. Stop jumping until pain goes away.
2. Ice it on and off all evening. It will help with swelling.
3. Tighten them boots up! When you land backseat, a lot of tension gets built up in the legs and no points to pivot. So, your shins will bend and get splints. When the boots are loose, you add momentum to the equation; making everything worse
2. Ice it on and off all evening. It will help with swelling.
3. Tighten them boots up! When you land backseat, a lot of tension gets built up in the legs and no points to pivot. So, your shins will bend and get splints. When the boots are loose, you add momentum to the equation; making everything worse
-kfedd
Member
Hey just for anyone wondering I figured out what the problem was. I tried everything you guys suggested plus different boots, eliminators, extra cushion, and nothing worked. I ended up going to a doctor and he said I had chronic periostitis. This is when your growth plates are still open and your periosteum is too thin over your shin bone and it’s squeezing the bone too hard, this is why no matter what I did if my shins came in contact with the boot it would hurt. To fix this I added some cushion around the boot to take pressure off that shin bone and onto other parts of my leg. I think with any type of shin bang this helps a ton.
Freakyschoolers
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topic:K-fedKing123 said:
you can get special inserts for your boots, or just go to a shop that molds your foot to your boot