MissySki
Angel Diva
I'm having quad pain this season that is starting to feel like more than early season soreness and not improving with more ski days..
My boots are not new, but I didn't ski much the past couple of years due to changes in my personal life, so I can't say that quad fatigue wasn't an issue then as well I just wasn't as concerned because I wasn't skiing very regularly and thought that might be why.
I don't FEEL like I'm in the backseat when I'm skiing and am trying to consciously assess this, but my symptoms seem to indicate that I'm riding my quads and therefore back too far regardless. The burning is making me have to stop during runs where I usually wouldn't need to in conditions that shouldn't be very tiring and I'm also finding myself skiing slower than normal because I'm not feeling as comfortable at speed, perhaps because I'm letting my skis get ahead of my weight? Or that might also be because I'm not confident in my leg strength because they feel weak and burning, not sure.
So my thoughts are 1) take a lesson to see if I have developed some bad habit that can be tweaked. 2) check out my boots because I know I have a heel lift, but unsure how big.
I took my boots apart today and found that my lift is 1/2 inch (see blue part on pic), which I thought seemed really big, but I'm not sure if that is the case or not. However, given how much we have discussed binding ramp angle offset of a few mm, I thought a half inch sounded ginormous. I also thought I had much smaller heel lifts in the past. I took them out and definitely notice a difference in my stance obviously. I can stand up taller. Feels like I went from high heels to flats. Not sure how my fit will be affected though, definitely feels a little different, but can't really assess anything until I can get back on the snow.
Thoughts on these heel lifts?? Things to note are that I have hyperflexible ankles, so no issues of mobility there that might make heel lifts more necessary and my calfs are not overly large either to need to be lifted higher in the cuff. I believe the reason for them being added when I bought my boots was that they made my weight distribution more even across my foot when we scanned me with and without them. I was skeptical at first at the time, but did feel more balanced when I started skiing them conpared to my old boots so I thought all was well. However, I've never skied these specific boots without the heel lifts.
I know I can't really get any diagnosis until I ski.. then it will either be a huge difference or a disaster and I'll need to put them back in and go the lesson route to fix technique issues. Just curious what you all think about the lift size, if there is anything else you'd suggest, etc.
I'll be at Diva west in a few weeks and am really concerned about quad fatigue on eastern runs with how much longer the runs are out there. Rather try and fix whatever I can asap before then if possible. Also not thrilled to start playing with boots in general though, yuck.
My boots are not new, but I didn't ski much the past couple of years due to changes in my personal life, so I can't say that quad fatigue wasn't an issue then as well I just wasn't as concerned because I wasn't skiing very regularly and thought that might be why.
I don't FEEL like I'm in the backseat when I'm skiing and am trying to consciously assess this, but my symptoms seem to indicate that I'm riding my quads and therefore back too far regardless. The burning is making me have to stop during runs where I usually wouldn't need to in conditions that shouldn't be very tiring and I'm also finding myself skiing slower than normal because I'm not feeling as comfortable at speed, perhaps because I'm letting my skis get ahead of my weight? Or that might also be because I'm not confident in my leg strength because they feel weak and burning, not sure.
So my thoughts are 1) take a lesson to see if I have developed some bad habit that can be tweaked. 2) check out my boots because I know I have a heel lift, but unsure how big.
I took my boots apart today and found that my lift is 1/2 inch (see blue part on pic), which I thought seemed really big, but I'm not sure if that is the case or not. However, given how much we have discussed binding ramp angle offset of a few mm, I thought a half inch sounded ginormous. I also thought I had much smaller heel lifts in the past. I took them out and definitely notice a difference in my stance obviously. I can stand up taller. Feels like I went from high heels to flats. Not sure how my fit will be affected though, definitely feels a little different, but can't really assess anything until I can get back on the snow.
Thoughts on these heel lifts?? Things to note are that I have hyperflexible ankles, so no issues of mobility there that might make heel lifts more necessary and my calfs are not overly large either to need to be lifted higher in the cuff. I believe the reason for them being added when I bought my boots was that they made my weight distribution more even across my foot when we scanned me with and without them. I was skeptical at first at the time, but did feel more balanced when I started skiing them conpared to my old boots so I thought all was well. However, I've never skied these specific boots without the heel lifts.
I know I can't really get any diagnosis until I ski.. then it will either be a huge difference or a disaster and I'll need to put them back in and go the lesson route to fix technique issues. Just curious what you all think about the lift size, if there is anything else you'd suggest, etc.
I'll be at Diva west in a few weeks and am really concerned about quad fatigue on eastern runs with how much longer the runs are out there. Rather try and fix whatever I can asap before then if possible. Also not thrilled to start playing with boots in general though, yuck.