I'm tired of trying.. I just want some answers. First.. Let me copy paste my previous thread on yahoo answers:
Hi. I beg you to read the whole text!
I am a 19, soon 20 year old male and I work in the armed forces.
My job requires me to stand for prolonged periods, walk and run a lot and I love my job, but I can't take the pain much longer!
Describing the pain is hard for me. It is sort of a burning sensation, but the best way to explain it is if I tell you that it feels like the blood is being cut off to my feet!
The pain is all around the feet.. The heel, the pads and everywhere, sometimes up to the toes too, when I walk for long distances.
The pain is only in the feet. Not anywhere else and there is no other sort of pain following it.
This has been a problem for at least 2-3 years (Maybe longer, since I only really noticed it now. Haven't worked standing and walking so long ever). It is not just ''getting used to standing'' as I have been in the armed forces now for 6 months.
I have experienced what Plantar Fasciitis patients experiment, where they feel pain in the morning, but I rarely get that.
I've been thinking if it is Plantar Fasciitis (Heel spur) or Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. I'm quite sure now that it is not Plantar Fasciitis, as I've been treated with Shock wave Therapy at 4 bar, around 3500 hits. I barely feel any pain but in small areas, and it is supposed to be painful. Also the treatment has not helped at all (had it done twice).
I don't understand the symptoms of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, as they supposedly vary from patient to patient..So I am not sure whether it could be that..
No doctor seems to fully understand what my condition is, which leads me to believe this is some exotic syndrome of some sort.
If I stand for about 20 minutes, it starts getting slightly painful and gradually builds. After a short and easy work day (A short and easy work day is a 8 hour day with little or no physical activities, but much standing) my feet will be hurting a lot.
Please, if you can.. Help me!
* 7 months ago
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Forgot to say that I have tried the following:
Gotten several different insoles, everything from heel cups to custom made expansive soles.
Shock Wave Therapy at 4 bar, 3500 hits.
Anti Inflammation drugs.
Can't think of anything else.
Remember that I have to wear military boots on the job, so I can not switch shoes. But it doesn't matter because it doesn't matter what type of shoes I am wearing, it still hurts.
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Since then I have quit the army.. The pain got worse and now I can't even stand in lines anymore without feeling pain.. It gradually builds up and becomes worse and worse with time.
I'm really clueless here.. Any help is very much appreciated.