How do I overcome plantar fasciitis if I want to join the military?

The only answer is Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT).

He knows exactly what he is talking about.

You hear the freedom line a lot, but what freedoms are they providing? Freedoms we already have enshrined in the Constitution? Those are given without the military. Freedoms from invasions and tyrannies? Our own president is a tyrant and we haven’t been invaded by another country since Japan during WW2. The military freedom line is just a repeated slogan with no basis in reality. They in actuality have been responsible for depriving other innocent countries of their freedoms, while not really doing anything to preserve ours. Americans have less rights now than any point in our history. It’s a lie, and an obvious one.

I haven’t ran in a year, and it still hasn’t healed

trump is no tyrant. A tyrant is a leader unrestrained by law or constitution. If that were the case he could get more done. Muh judges, Muh crime syndicate (D), Muh voters. What rights do I not have that my father had at my age? None. I have it way better than he did at my age and this is a man who at my age was moving up very fast in one of the biggest banks in the world. W dad. W Military. Make a donation to a military charity tomorrow, I recommend Wounded Warriors........

Trump is a deranged tyrant. He started the war in Iran to wag the dog by distracting the American people, and quite frankly the world away from the Epstein Files issue. He allowed his department of homeland security and immigration customs enforcement agency to arrest immigrants without probable cause or warrants and tear them away from their families. He ordered the kidnapping of Maduro, a head of a sovereign nation, based on Trumped up Justice Department drug charges, violating long standing international agreements. He facilitated the senseless layoff of thousands of needed government employees. His Big Terrible Bill has led to a whopping trillion and a half dollar increase in the deficit. His actions in Iran have skyrocketed oil and gas prices, caused acute inflation, and brought our country to the brink of economic collapse. He stopped funding to elite universities because they disagreed with him. He is trying to cancel the NIL deals for the ncaa athletes; a massive overstep by the federal government which is unprecedented interference. This is a short abbreviated list of all of that tyrant’s monstrous actions. A full list would take a 100 pages. Don’t tell me someone isn’t a tyrant when I see one. If it looks, quacks, flies, and swims like a duck…I’m sorry it’s a duck.

They take a long time to heal. My cousin is a former sub four miler and P.F. derailed his career. Just keep trying on the medical care front. Someone will find a solution. Occasionally for some people it’s so bad that they have to have surgery.

Plantar Fasciitis is ok, bone spurs not so much

What I don't like is the inequality of it.

I don't agree with Iran's regime and think some of their laws are appalling. I would not like to live there, especially as a woman. Some of it is shocking.

But US/Israel went in with strikes and murdered the leader of Iran. If that was to happen the other way around, it would be WW3. It wouldn't be acceptable, it would shock everyone. But Iran's leader being murdered is just accepted as... OK? It's not the way to go about things, just going around killing leaders of countries, and it feels there was barely any reaction to it.

Say Denmark had a falling out with France and murdered Macron. I mean... there would be a huge reaction to that. You can't just kill the leader of a country because you want to change their regime or don't like their policies. Change should come in other ways. Anyway, he's been replaced by someone similar so I don't even know what it was meant to achieve. Just my thoughts on it.

As far as PF goes, you need to be patient as it takes ages to heal but there's some good advice in this thread. If you're serious about joining the military I'd look very carefully at which role you want. Obviously some never see combat and there are lots of specialities ranging from chefs to IT, a massive range. I'm sure there are good jobs in the military, but it's a complicated issue. Personally I'd look at the air force or coastguard (in the USA). I'm not sure if PF would be disqualifying - you'd have to look that up. The medical requirements are stringent, for example with MH.

I would be very careful if you think you're going to be deployed.

My ex went out to Basra (this is a very long time ago) with a team of 12 and half of them didn't come back. They hit an IED one day and my ex witnessed friends being blown to pieces. My ex can't sleep any more. That's the reality of what you could see and worse. You have to go into it with your eyes open and understand just what you're signing up for, what you may have to do, and what you may see. War is a terrible, horrific thing. I'm just sad that there are so many conflicts across the world right now. I wish it wasn't so.

My post got deleted so I'll try to simplify it with just advice about PF and your career:

- You need to be patient as it takes a while to heal
- There's some good advice on this thread
- Re the military, they are very stringent on medical requirements, so I'd check that out first to see if it disqualifies you, along with other stuff like MH. For example someone with eczema may not be able to get in, etc. Be careful when you choose what role you want as obviously there's a wide range of roles and some never see combat and some do, and go into it with your eyes open.

Also, if I was in the US and considering the military, I'd look at the air force and coastguard, so you may want to explore that for yourself.

It's a serious career path so you need to be informed and understand as much as possible about it. In the UK you can join at 16 and I'm not sure if 16 year olds have that level of understanding really. You can apply at 15 years and 7 months. To me, that is very young.

Regarding your career and the military, I'd say it all depends on your role. Some people are going to be deployed and see combat and see awful things. Some aren't. There's a wide variety of roles from chef to IT to soldier, they're all different and massively so. The role you choose is the most important thing. My ex didn't come back the same. I won't repeat the story in case that was what caused the post deletion but it involved combat in Basra a long time ago and it's horrifying as you can probably imagine.

This is the document regarding the medical requirements:

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003_vol1.PDF?ver=7fhqacc0jGX_R9_1iexudA%3d%3d

I hope this is helpful.

It is funny... Right outside my town on I-40 is a home made sign that says "Biden is Tyranny..." It is still there. So Trump isn't a tyrant because he "can't get more done"...

I wonder why those sign painters thought Biden was a tyrant?

Well it has been six years and it hasn't healed. If it hasn't healed now, when will it heal?

iirc some posters have suggested form analysis, and I don't recall you replying to them. Have you had a physiotherapist analyse your running and/or walking? Maybe you are continually doing something (even while WALKING) that pulls too much on the bottom of your foot. Seeing doctors and getting scans is only good for ruling out more serious problems. iirc you also had some success with night splint or night boot or Strassburg sock, but you stopped. If so, why?

I hate to say it but recurrent PF is disqualifying.

The US medical requirements seem stricter than the UK ones, especially for MH.

I can't tell you when it will heal. You need to see a professional and have them work out what's aggravating it and leading to it not being able to heal. Good luck with it.

Go barefoot all the time. If you have to wear shoes, wear shoes with a gigantic toe box. buy the widest shoes you can find. If you can’t find wide shoes, buy a full size bigger than what you normally wear, but only if it doesn’t feel tight to cross the top of your foot. Too many idiots that size you for shoes put you in shoes that are too small.

you could also try some of the peptides.

Great advice, not.

Here’s another common bogus line that you hear. That the military is really just a fun list of adventurous fulfilling jobs, and that they value your choice. Firstly you only get to choose for what the military determines you are qualified for with your ASVAB score and education level. In short your IQ is all that matters to them. Secondly, that they will always honor your choice. That is absolutely not true. Depending on their needs they will tell you are going to be a dental tech at a base hospital, and instead in eight weeks of basic training you are being shipped in an infantry unit to Iraq. Thirdly, all the jobs mostly suck, are underpaid because of the ranking system, and few are transferable to the civilian world. Many that aren’t even directly combat expose you to toxic cancerous environments. The military does not care about what your wants and needs. They see you as a number and view you as a naive sucker who will believe and do anything he is told. OP, use your brain, do some research, talk to combat veterans, and for the love of God don’t join.

That's a great suggestion about the shoes. And along the same line, I would add trying toe spacers. However, OP's past posting pattern suggests that if OP has not tried this, then he will not respond.