blade mounting q - Page 2

Skate@Delaware · #26 01-01-2009, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Query

Do you mean that the right leg is mounted inwards (towards the center) of where it "should be", so that if you try to bear your weight down the center of the foot and leg bone structures, the weight is borne somewhat diagonally across the spine, rather than straight down it? I.e., that you are compromising between getting the weight load right on the leg and spinal sections of your body, and you have been informed by a medical specialist that you get a healthier result by bearing weight on the left side of the lower right leg? I can sort of picture that.

Or do you simply mean what I have, which I think is supposed to be more common, that one leg is shorter than the other, and/or that the bottom of the right foot tilts so that its left side is lower than its right side? These two conditions can be handled by putting wedges and lifts inside the boot.(remainder snipped)

My actual acetabulum (the part of the pelvis that the femur joins with) on the right side is offset more to the midline (i.e. inside). What this does is place more of my weight to the inside. Yes it does create a difference in the length of my legs, but not significantly so and not any different than the norm (almost everyone has one leg longer than the other, just some are more affected by it than others).

I do not pronate supinate or anything. It is an orthopedic deformity. No amount of shims will correct the placement of weight. Placing the blade to the inside of the boot allowed the blade to be more correctly aligned with the placement of weight on that side. It doesn't affect my in any other way unless I run, then you will notice I have a strange gait-more swingy (I call it "running like a girl").

So, yes a rather long-winded answer to your question that my weight is placed more to the inside of my right foot and if you were to take a pressure-plate reading of my feet, you will see it. It is really remarkable when I stand on one foot. Evenly placed when I do so on the left, really bad on the right (and it got worse after my back surgery thanks to nerve damage and the resulting stenosis-ugh!).

bootsnblades · #27 01-09-2009, 08:53 PM

Are u sure the ppl in ur PRO SHOP really are "pros"?

peanutskates · #28 01-11-2009, 01:06 PM

Just to close the question:

When my coach saw the blades, he said they were wrongly mounted in general (not centred etc) so he re-mounted them and now there is no gap.

I have concluded that I will not involve the shop pro in matters beyond paying for goods from now on

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