Why would one foot grow larger than the other?
By stealthy
@stealthy (8181)
United States
April 22, 2016 5:52pm CST
For most of my life, which is a pretty long time, my feet have been the same size. As an adult I have worn the same size shoe on both feet. But some time in the last year or two my left foot has gotten larger and seems to be continuing to do so. For a while it was half a shoe size larger than the right and now it appears to be approaching a full shoe size larger. The only thing I found to explain it on the Internet is that one foot has gotten flatter than the other. However, that is not the case with my feet. Has anyone else had this happen as an older adult?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Apr 16
I ruptured the tendons in my left foot so had to have special orthopedic shoes made for my bad foot plus a brace to hold my foot nor,mally so I could walk the orthodontic man told me my left foot is larger now than my right .perhaps you have had some tendon damage in one foot
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@stealthy (8181)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I injured my right foot in 1992 with three tendons pulled so hard that pieces of bone were pulled off in three places which was better than the tendons being pulled off the bone because that would have required surgery; I only had to have a cast for 6 weeks. But it is my left foot that has gotten larger and has occurred more than 20 years later.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
23 Apr 16
Maybe it eats more than the other! 
It could be that we use one foot more than the other or lean on it more and so it has more bone and muscle.
It could be that we use one foot more than the other or lean on it more and so it has more bone and muscle.1 person likes this
@Juliaacv (51211)
• Canada
23 Apr 16
I would imagine that it has to do with weight distribution. I have severe osteoporosis in my hips, and my left hip is worse. When I asked why, the doctor asked me if I am right handed, which I am, and she told me that it is a tendancy for us to lean on the opposite side of what hand we write with, so maybe the larger foot has to do with that principle? I am wondering.
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