[at-l] Boots & bony ankles

[lthompson at hollins.edu (Lilla Thompson)]

I'm wearing my hiking books today as we have snow underfoot, and so have been reminded of a problem I get off and on wearing these things (Vasque litehikers or somesuch).  I sometimes (not always, but today) get really sore where anklebone meets boot.  Sometimes it's one, sometimes the other foot; sometimes both.  Re-lacing/re-adjusting sox usually makes no difference.  I don't get raw spots or blisters--it feels like bone bruising.  Does anybody else get this & have a solution?  It seems to make no difference whether I'm actually doing significant distance or not--as proven today where I'm mostly sitting, with occasional forays up and downstairs, etc.  I would say it's the boots, but they don't always do this to me...

Lilla