As an avid skiers, we get pretty excited when skiers walk into our office looking for relief from foot pain on the mountain. If you are a skier or rider with pain in the boots while on the slopes or while awkwardly walking in and around the base lodge well, I feel your pain!
Every ski season, starting around early December and peaking around early February, we get a collection of ski boots in our lab all there for custom orthotics from Dr. Santopietro. 
Sometimes they are cross country skiers and other times snowboarders. Once we had a ski instructor with boot heaters who wanted to keep the intricate wired heating devices in her boots. At first I was a little skeptical but after a moment of consideration I was sure the task could be accomplished
Working with ski boots is not easy. Getting the soft boot in and out of the hard shell is a challenge of its own accord. Trying to add a couple of lifts under the orthotics and now a corded heater and it becomes a delicate operation to make sure everything is in the boot squarely.
The heaters are Hottronic Footwarmer Power Plus and can be found online at Amazon and through a Google search for under $200, or you can go to REI and pick up a pair for about $220. If you would like us to install such a system for you we can order the system and have them prepared for you. It takes a little bit longer to customize this type of orthotic device, but according to our patient, Julie the result is extraordinary. We use a synthetic suede-like material called Coronet to cover over the orthotic and they feel great! Julie shared her assessment of the orthotics with us:
My boot orthotics have PROFOUNDLY improved my personal skiing – I am able to stay in the balanced, athletic stance I need to be in without pain now. My boot heaters are working great AND I have instructed for 6 hours a day for the past 5 days without pain which is nothing short of a miracle.
Print that Dave – it is all true!!
Julie
Dr. Santopietro’s orthotic devices are custom made in office. He and and his staff are experts at fitting them to a variety of specialty sports footwear including:
- figure skates
- hockey skates
- soccer cleats
- football cleats
- hiking boots
- basketball sneakers
- biking shoes
- equestrian boots
- name a sport and we probably have put an orthotic in the shoe.
Find yourself back on the mountain, the field, in the saddle or on the ice with a comfortable pair of custom orthotics from EvenKeel Podiatry.
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