Roller Derby – Outside of the Foot Swelling (bursae)

Lusty Malice (http://www.bayareaderbygirls.com/) came in today with increasing outside of the foot pain. She purchased new boots in January which alleviated her ankle pain but created outside of the foot pain and swelling otherwise known as a bursae. A bursae is a fluid-filled sac which develops in areas of  pressure. In this case, a wide [...]

Skating Boots – Modifications Part 2

This is the same roller derby boot as my earlier post. http://drshoe.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/skating-pain-bay-area-roller-derby-girls/
These principles would work for any sport boot including hockey, figure skating and roller blading.
Although the modified lacing I previously blogged about helped, it wasn’t enough to alleviate all the outside of the foot pain, so I added permanent padding on the inside of [...]

Skating Pain – Bay Area Roller Derby Girls

Today, one of the Bay Area Roller Derby Girls (B.A.D.) http://www.bayareaderbygirls.com/ came in having outside of the foot pain and swelling, primarily in her new boots. The pain was partially due to the motion of skating (push off) and partially due to boot forefoot compression and tightness because the outside of her foot was [...]