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The first thought on the tip of my tongue is that like most people, you're just not used to skating. Dry-land (i.e. - not on skates) exercises can help build those muscles and get rid of the pain. Pronating used to be a huge problem for me, and caused me lots of pain, just like you, but I kept practicing my skating and eventually the pain went away as my skating form improved. It's not easy and takes a while. I've seen lots of people who give skating a try, and give it up, speaking of weak ankles or other problems. Much of the time, it's not weakness per se; folks just aren't used to using those muscles in that manner. I don't your specifics, of course.
I'm guessing the boots on your skates you have a high cuff? Meaning something that rises at least 2" (or more) above the ankle? If you don't, getting skates that have a high-cuff boot will give you more stability than a low-cuff boot (below my ankles) like I have. Going that route though, those kinds of skates typically don't allow you to adjust the frame position.
If you can adjust the frame position, you should be able to adjust the position of the frames enough to effectively eliminate your pronation. But - in the not-so-long run, that will just reinforce the bad habit of pronation, since it's the symptom that's being treated. High-cuff boots give you more stability, but they also take away some of the fine control you have with a lower-cuff boot.
In the end, it depends on what kind of skating you want to do. If you're eventually going to do marathons like me, or skate regularly for fitness (losing weight, etc), then I recommend a lower cuff boot. If you're only going to skate occasionally for fun, a high cuff boot (which is what you likely have now) is fine.
I'll post the details of your msg to the local inline skate e-list here, and see what advice the rest of the gang here has.
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