[trancehead]

Originally Posted by UFO

Your scabbing is due in part to overpronation, and in part to poor fitting skates. Your scabbing area is not the subtalar joint as mentioned, although the subtalar joint IS involved heavily with overpronation. Overpronation causes the navicular bone in your foot to deviate down and in, into your boot, which causes excessive pressure at the area you are scabbing. Same thing happens many times in ski boots. Some people also present with an 'accessory navicular' where that bone is more prominent even with overpronation completely corrected. In my experience, reducing (yes, reducing. You can't eliminate pronation nor should you) overpronation by using an insole alone rarely solves your problem.

An insole like Superfeet MAY help you out, a custom insole/orthotic device MAY help you out, and better fitting/punched out skates MAY also help you out. Your problem is from a couple of different factors, and you should also expect the solution to come from more than one avenue as a result. You need to account for your foot's unique biomechanical needs, as well as respect the knowledge of experienced boot fitters when considering what brands and models may be most appropriate for you. I'm just saying, don't expect the one magic bullet to solve all of your problems. In your case, you have a skate you purchased at a bargain price and have been trying to get somebody to make something less than ideal work for you. It may or may not work out.

ps: Lougheed Sportchek were having SICK deals blowing older model skates. I don't doubt that you probably got a decent mid-end skate at $50. I picked up a pair of one95's for $80, too bad they weren't anywhere near my size.

are you certain these are one95's? if they are, for 80$ that is a kill