Posterior tibial tendonitis

[annaren]

One last question before Poland!
My right foot has started to really hurt on the inside ankle. I can feel exactly were the orthotic is putting pressure on and it seem to radiate up my ankle. I took the orthotic out last night as I basically could not walk anywhere with it in and out my normal padded in sole in which has a paadded arch in it anyway.
My left foot seems to have accommodated the orthotic better adn gets sore with out it!
Typical no clear answer so I was wondering if:
a) I could wear one orthotic and one just with padded insole (they are just Prothotics which I have wore for a couple of years and have been really good)?
b) my left orthotic is build up bigger than my right - may than have caused me to put more pressure on my right as it has not been sore before adn was fine with the orthotic for the first week?
Thanks heaps from the tres worried Anna!

[sharileedahl]

If you wear a different orthotic on the right foot you just have to ensure that one doesn't lift you up higher...ultimately giving you a leg length discrepancy. Maybe have your podiatrist have a peak at your old orthotics to make sure that it will be okay for comfort measures.
Speaking less from the "medical" side and more from the "common sense" side....I personally would take both pairs with me to Poland. Your feet (and the rest of your body for that matter) are getting used to their new biomechanics due to the orthotics. If it's so much of an adjustment that your feet are sore and your old orthotics make it feel better....wear the old ones for a little while.
BUT...as I said before, don't mix and match your old right with the new left unless you know one doesn't lift you up more than the other.