The boots situation

I'm remind you that I've had huge difficulty in choosing skating boots because my feet are skinny and flexible/hyper mobile so I need low volume boots. Riedell used to be a good fit but they'd raised the toe box, to me it feels that all the boot was raised and now their boots feel large, especially at toes but also at the ankles. Other difficulties are that I pronate on my right foot, maybe on my left too, more recently, and my left foot is half size longer than my right foot. After working with 3 different bootfitters and trying different models and brands, and a custom Riedell,  I bought in desperation half a size smaller Riedel boots online. The right boot fits quite well, the left was short, the toe still felt high, ankle felt better. So I've added felt insoles to take off some of the extra height, I'm wearing surefeet insoles to help the pronation and I had the left foot stretched at the big toe. I've also felt the need to move the left blade forward, against the bootfitters advice, but it works...  I'm at the point when  the right foot (the bad foot that pronates) feels better than in my old boots. The left foot still feels crooked in the boot, or on the blade, I'm not quite sure.

I had the left foot stretch again because the bootfitter said that it may reverse and it helped... a little. I was feeling that the big toe had no room to stay straight and was so cramped towards middle that I cannot get on the inside edge because I couldn't put my weight solidly on the inside of the boot. I also felt my foot twisted inside the boot, the toe towards the right (towards outside) and the heel towards the left (towards inside). After the stretch I felt I had more room, the toe felt straight as alignment, but it was not straight in length, I get pain in the arch and nail, and it still felt twisted. 

Now the twist I solved! It was the insole... I bought new ones for the new boots, as from the old pair the right one was cut incorrectly at the arch. Now on the new pair the left insole looked wonky, it was cut straight not at the arch but on front towards inside, I compared with the old one... I put the old one in and Yey!!! No more twisting...

I've debated in my mind between going again to the bootfitter to stretch more, or going to a shoe maker and it just takes so much time and it is soo draining. I've decided to try to stretch it myself. I warmed the boot inside with the hair dryer, but when I put the boot on my foot it didn't feel warm anymore. I warmed the outside of the boot at the toe with the hairdryer and it felt a little playable. I still have unused height on the toe, so heating it I was able to transfer some of that height in lenght. I did this twice, just before I went skating and I have the feeling that that toe box lining stayed payable even when I've got to skate and it continued to mold. It definitely worked. I may have to do this again occasionally but for now it feels good.

The thing left is the actual blade alignment for this left boot. I have to reach that placement that helps the outside edges by moving the blade and adding shims at the inside side, but not as much that it doesn't allow me to do the inside edges. Part of this feel could be incorrect body alignment, so I'm still trying, I move my blade and observe. Obviously this affects my balance both physically and mentally. I cannot wait for the moment when I'll feel I'm done with trying and have the blade mounted permanently But I think I've solved some big issues and I am happy I haven't given up trying and this motivates me to trust my body and to keep adjusting while I have the feeling I can improve the alignment.