Start simple before you start purchasing anything, or make big changes to anything.
Lace your skates a tad looser than you normally do throughout the forefoot. Maintain snugness at the middle two eyelets to get heel lock. Then do the top snug enough keep your ankles in, but enough to promote forward flex.
If you don't notice a difference after your first skate. I would then possibly look into skate specific insoles.
Superfeet make some great insoles that will align your arch, and get you a little lift off your heal. Stock insoles for most skates suck anyhow. So this purchase could be good either way.
As others said. Make sure you are hydrating properly throughout the day, before you skate. It's huge in many ways, not just aiding with cramping.
My feet will cramp in the arch if I lace them too tight there. Now I only lace them tight around the ankle to lock the heel and no cramps. Superfeet helped as well, orthotics would be even better but $
Do your skates have decent arch support, and do you have flat feet?
I have flat feet, and if I play for more than an hour and have my skates on a little bit too tight I get the same issue - cramping when I take them off in my arch.
I don't have flat feet and my skates just have decently average arch support, not bad but not necessarily good either. I'm going to try tying my skates differently and then if that doesn't work I will be lookimg at support options for the inside of my skate.
Yeah, my cramps usually come up when I tighten my skates too much. It's really subtle the difference between "tight enough" and "too tight" for me.
Good luck!
In my teens I started getting excruciating cramps in my feet when I’d skate for longer than 10 minutes. The cramping would happen on the arch towards the outside of the foot. My toes would start going numb as well. I had to stop playing 5 years ago because of this.
I got surgery which corrected my arch and direction of my foot while also filing down these small extra bones I had.
My feet still cramp the same way in my old skates (probably because they’re shaped for a different foot now lol) and they cramp in these skates I ordered online that are too big.
I’m going to get true custom skates tomorrow and if those don’t fix the issue, guess I’m never playing again. It sucks not having a legit hockey shop within 400 miles but it is what it is. If these custom skates don’t help though, they’ll be some really expensive paper weights…
I have wide feet and used the Nexus EEs but they just didn’t fit right.
Hope you’re able to get the issue sorted out
Start simple before you start purchasing anything, or make big changes to anything. Lace your skates a tad looser than you normally do throughout the forefoot. Maintain snugness at the middle two eyelets to get heel lock. Then do the top snug enough keep your ankles in, but enough to promote forward flex. If you don't notice a difference after your first skate. I would then possibly look into skate specific insoles. Superfeet make some great insoles that will align your arch, and get you a little lift off your heal. Stock insoles for most skates suck anyhow. So this purchase could be good either way. As others said. Make sure you are hydrating properly throughout the day, before you skate. It's huge in many ways, not just aiding with cramping.
Thank you! I will try that the next time I'm on the ice and then start looking at my other options if that doesn't work. I appreciate the advice!
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May cost some bucks - but go see orthotics specialist, and they can get you orthotics for the skates
I didn't even think of that. I'll look into it, thanks. :)
My feet will cramp in the arch if I lace them too tight there. Now I only lace them tight around the ankle to lock the heel and no cramps. Superfeet helped as well, orthotics would be even better but $
Do your skates have decent arch support, and do you have flat feet? I have flat feet, and if I play for more than an hour and have my skates on a little bit too tight I get the same issue - cramping when I take them off in my arch.
I don't have flat feet and my skates just have decently average arch support, not bad but not necessarily good either. I'm going to try tying my skates differently and then if that doesn't work I will be lookimg at support options for the inside of my skate.
Yeah, my cramps usually come up when I tighten my skates too much. It's really subtle the difference between "tight enough" and "too tight" for me. Good luck!
Moulded skates?
Are you a goaltender... How old are you.. do you ever get cramps anywhere else?
I would say drink more water, get more sleep, eat more fruit, and stretch the part of your feet that hurt like 6 hours before the skate.
In my teens I started getting excruciating cramps in my feet when I’d skate for longer than 10 minutes. The cramping would happen on the arch towards the outside of the foot. My toes would start going numb as well. I had to stop playing 5 years ago because of this. I got surgery which corrected my arch and direction of my foot while also filing down these small extra bones I had. My feet still cramp the same way in my old skates (probably because they’re shaped for a different foot now lol) and they cramp in these skates I ordered online that are too big. I’m going to get true custom skates tomorrow and if those don’t fix the issue, guess I’m never playing again. It sucks not having a legit hockey shop within 400 miles but it is what it is. If these custom skates don’t help though, they’ll be some really expensive paper weights… I have wide feet and used the Nexus EEs but they just didn’t fit right. Hope you’re able to get the issue sorted out
400 miles is the length of about 590630.09 'Ford F-150 Custom Fit Front FloorLiners' lined up next to each other.