My daughter (12) has been using Edea Skates IceFly for the past 3 years. This is her 4th year. She had sprained her left ankle twice in past 3 years, and it’s acting up again. I hear that Edea users often experience ankle injuries.
To be fair for Edea, my daughter loves her boots, and they are easy to break in. She has wide feet, and both B and C widths fit her well (245B or 240C to be exact).
That being said, I can’t help thinking that Edea might have contributed to the multiple cases of her ankle injuries.
A little background to fill you in.
She has pronation, and she uses Superfeet in her boots. She also has a pronounced bone structure in her left ankle, and the tongue of her left skate always needs to be cut out around that area, and that’s been working out fine....until earlier this week. She felt pain right around that area - in the medial side of her left ankle along the posterior tibial tendon or the deltoid ligament. She managed to skate for 30min, but couldn’t jump. She came off the ice limping. And now, just to put skates on, she feels pain in that area. I already took the boots for adjustment, they punched out, re-heat molded, and nothing eased the pain.
She is walking, running, and jumping fine in her street shoes.
We went to pediatric orthopedic doctor, as well as Orthobionomy therapist. My daughter has an enlarged navicular bone, and talus? or one of the cuneiform bones ? is sunken a bit, and the mobility of the tibial area is limited. It is recommended that my daughter won't tie laces too tight around the instep of the boots, which is required for Edea. So I'm thinking about going back to traditional boots.
Anyone experienced similar issues with Edea? What was your solution? Did you switch from Edea to another brand? What brand did you switch to, and why?
She has wide feet, and when she tried Risport in the past, they felt tight for her. But we could try again. When she was still in LTS, she wore Riedell. I don’t have experience with Riedell’s higher-level boots, but I hear that Riedell takes time to break in. We've tried Jackson too, and they broke down after just 3 months.
Her fitter is now recommending Aura Sky. Anyone heard of this brand??
I’m in desperate need of help with this. Any experience sharing, recommendation, suggestion, or advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
To be fair for Edea, my daughter loves her boots, and they are easy to break in. She has wide feet, and both B and C widths fit her well (245B or 240C to be exact).
That being said, I can’t help thinking that Edea might have contributed to the multiple cases of her ankle injuries.
A little background to fill you in.
She has pronation, and she uses Superfeet in her boots. She also has a pronounced bone structure in her left ankle, and the tongue of her left skate always needs to be cut out around that area, and that’s been working out fine....until earlier this week. She felt pain right around that area - in the medial side of her left ankle along the posterior tibial tendon or the deltoid ligament. She managed to skate for 30min, but couldn’t jump. She came off the ice limping. And now, just to put skates on, she feels pain in that area. I already took the boots for adjustment, they punched out, re-heat molded, and nothing eased the pain.
She is walking, running, and jumping fine in her street shoes.
We went to pediatric orthopedic doctor, as well as Orthobionomy therapist. My daughter has an enlarged navicular bone, and talus? or one of the cuneiform bones ? is sunken a bit, and the mobility of the tibial area is limited. It is recommended that my daughter won't tie laces too tight around the instep of the boots, which is required for Edea. So I'm thinking about going back to traditional boots.
Anyone experienced similar issues with Edea? What was your solution? Did you switch from Edea to another brand? What brand did you switch to, and why?
She has wide feet, and when she tried Risport in the past, they felt tight for her. But we could try again. When she was still in LTS, she wore Riedell. I don’t have experience with Riedell’s higher-level boots, but I hear that Riedell takes time to break in. We've tried Jackson too, and they broke down after just 3 months.
Her fitter is now recommending Aura Sky. Anyone heard of this brand??
I’m in desperate need of help with this. Any experience sharing, recommendation, suggestion, or advice would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
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