Achilles pain now linked to custom made orthotics?

This is really starting to annoy me now! It seems that every time my achilles pain gets better ti then gets worse again.

I woke up this morning and the pain was probably worse than it’s been for a couple of weeks. I made sure I did a few achilles tendon stretches before leaving for work and this certainly helped, but now I feel like I’ve got a minor shooting pain every now and again in each of the tendons.

The only thing I can think is that the new work shoes I bought before Christmas are affecting my gait. They certainly feel different than other shoes I have when my custom made orthotics are in them. So i think after quite a lot of walking over the past few days my feet have just not got used to the new alignment.

I’m planning to go for a run tonight after work - probably about 2.5 miles… so if the pain doesn’t go with some stretching or shortly after, then I’ll have to cut the run short I think.

On the plus side the pain I had around the stress fracture has certainly eased off.