u/Spirited-Cry-2995

I am 49 year old women and had flat feet since I was a kid. In the last year I started get a lot of severe ankle pain which later was diagnosed as a torn posterior tibial tendon. There was no one incident that caused the tear , I think my arches just started dropping even more and the tendon ripped.

Anyway, no surgery but was prescribed naproxen and custom orthotics. I don’t feel like the orthotics help much: they make the side walls of all the sneakers basically collapse and my arches still fall inward. I joked and said I need ready heavy duty hard ones because I am about 250lbs (I’m six foot so also really tall)

Does anyone have the same issue with the orthotics ? Is there a heavy duty orthotic you used that didn’t bend under weight ?

The outside of my ankles even hurt due to this constant pronation

I was diagnosed with dropped arches as a child. They never really bothered me until now my late 40s. My arches basically collapsed on both sides and my feet are so flat and pronated when I stand. When I don’t have weight on them I can form an arch but I cannot get onto my tippy toes without some support. The entire ankle just feels so unstable . . My outer ankles are really painful because the bones are rubbing against one another there.

I do do weightlifting the podiatrist that I’m seeing doesn’t seem to think that that is has been what’s caused it he said in fact that could help strengthen them, but I’m wondering if anyone else had nonsymptomatic dropped arches that just got worse during perimenopause.

I was diagnosed with dropped arches as a child. They never really bothered me until now my late 40s. My arches basically collapsed on both sides and my feet are so flat and pronated . My outer ankles are really painful because the bones are rubbing against one another there. When the arches collapsed my posterior tibial tendon tore which took a good three months to heal up .

I do do weightlifting the podiatrist that I’m seeing doesn’t seem to think that that is has been what’s caused it he said in fact that could help strengthen them, but I’m wondering if anyone else had nonsymptomatic dropped arches that just got worse during perimenopause.

Ugh it’s depressing honesty. I have orthotics but I feel like this will eventually need surgery. Anyone else dealing with this??