My orthotics also hurt my feet, I have put the insole over them and that helps a little!
I play tennis and haven't stopped and hope I never have too.
What has helped me is the verapamil gel, when my lumps start flaring, burning, hurting, I use this and it has really helped me.
One lump is large on left foot with 2 small bumps, right foot has 2 small lumps, which are new so this verapamil seems to be helping so they don't get bigger? It doesn't work for everyone and it can be expensive. But we have a compounding pharmacy
So it's not that bad.
Good luck:)

Hi Di,

I had a terrible 6 months when I let a podiatrist talk me into putting a plasicote (sp?) covering over my perfectly good orthotics. That ruined them, made them too soft. With LD you don't want a too soft orthotic. Then I went back and sent me to another place that tried 2 different orthotics, I rejected the first but tried the second for a week and am still trying to recover from the damage.

The orthotic was too thin and it was flexible. You need a rigid ortotic for LD. He just poked finger size holes here and there for my forbromas and that did not work.

My feet went into spasm/cramp and the tendons flexed awfully causing new fibromas to pop out in just a matter of days and those that I had to enlarge. There was much pain and difficulty walking even with my Verapamil cream.

So for me the most important thing is a good orthotic.

At that point I choose to drive 2 hrs way back to my old podiatrist and get the same kind of orthotics I had before. They cost around $200 I think, he does not take credit cards

Don't know what I am going to do when these wear out because I have found a podiatrist I like but I doubt he uses the same place, maybe I can talk him into using the same place. I talked him into prescribing the Verapamin and he had never heard of it.

So maybe you have the wrong orthotics. And you have to wear them constantly. I have my shoes besides my bed so if I wake in the night I slip them on with the orthotics (no slippers for me). When I go to the symphony I use a pair of shoes designed for diabetics (even though I am not one but this is all my Dr will let me wear) and slip my orthotics in them.

Good luck.

Loonsong

Hi Di,

My experience now with 4 podiatrist now in the space of 3 years is they all have different ideas. You just have to find the one who has the ideas that match your feet.

My orthotics are made by Premier they say Solo and Maxi Shock on the green "leather like material". They are firm with impressions of my fibromas made at the time of the casting so the "dents" are placed at the right places.

The met bars are tricky for me too much and there is terrible pain. I have met bars built in but not so much that I can feel them overly so when I take a step that is the way it should be. In previous orthotics the met bars where to high and this was so painful.

Although plastizote feels good for a minute or so if you walk on it for a week you will have problems with your feet causing more problems.

My Dr makes what is called a slipper cast that hardens quite quickly and then sends the impression off to have the orthotic made, by Premier. They may be online but of course you would need a cast of your feet.

I hope you get everything resolved soon. You really need an orthotic.

Loonsong