I genuinely feel like I will have plantar fasciitis or feet pain for the rest of my life

Have you tried the night split?

Have you tried running barefoot or in vibrams? That might strengthen your feet and fix the pain. Another thing you could try is dry needling. I had relentless, awful foot pain for four months, and the dry needling guy stuck a couple needles straight into the foot and wiggled them around, and the pain went away 70% instantly, then vanished over the next couple days.

The problem with option two is you need someone who really knows what they're doing, and a lot of pts who do dry needling don't.

Congratulations, you just achieved your goal of becoming one of the top ten most annoying letsrun trolls of all-time!

If you keep this up for a few more years, you can push Matt London out of the #5 spot!

Forget doctors. Take your shoes off and walk around on sand or grass. Start small & gradually increase the time. Work on strengthening your kinetic chain. A good running coach with a background in strength training can help with this. All most doctors will do is put you in “custom” orthotics and charge you a lot of money.

I'm going to show you the problem. ... in less than 100 words. Then, I'm going to point you in the direction of the answer in another 100 or so words? Fair enough?

You wrote: I genuinely feel like I will have plantar fasciitis or feet pain for the rest of my life.

That's the problem. As long as you believe you will fail, you will be right. You will quit a promising approach before it has time to be effective. You will refuse to try something that's similar to something you've tried before. In short, you've been a quitter. I understand. It's tough when everything seems to fail, but that attitude is not okay. Regardless, it's water under the bridge. That stops now. Forget about the past, you can't change it.

Here is what should be your new approach:I genuinely feel that if I keep looking at alternatives and keep trying, I will eventually find a solution.

I my 50+ years of competitive running, that approach has worked for me. Here is my personal story. I've been told that I could never run again (1996). I been told by two doctors at the Mayo Clinic that I could never run again due to a different injury (1999). I was told that there was a "100% certainty" I would need spinal fusion surgery and I might have to endure pain just from walking (2024). I've had multiple bouts of plantar fasciitis and a half dozen other foot injuries. I've been on crutches. I've had surgeries. I've had bladder cancer. I'm still running.

Fix your attitude... playing the victim and "poor little me" isn't working for you. Just look at the threads you've started here. YOU CAN FIND A SOLUTION. Just never give up.

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is a follow-up to my previous post. Here is a photo of me a couple of weeks after one of my more serious injuries.

NEVER GIVE UP!

https://imgur.com/a/HEsMnf3

Softwave Treatment aka shockwave. will knock it out after 4 sessions and yes maybe $500. it works.

Softwave Treatment aka shockwave. will knock it out after 4 sessions and yes maybe $500. it works.

1) He tried running his senior year in high school and wasn’t able to immediately run sub 17 or even 18 and lost any chance of getting a D1 scholarship or being invited to parties and having friends.

2) Then he went to college and complained about how as a cripple he couldn’t run for the team or make friends because it was too painful with his crippling disability.

3) His crippling PF then kept him out of the army and he was robbed of making friends like the guys in army movies.

4) Now he’s probably permanently incapacitated by mild to medium discomfort so he’s pretty much entitled to live out the plot of ‘The Fault in our stars’ or some other teen romance about a crippled or terminally ill person.

He is entitled to have his life mirror the plot of some Hollywood film where he’s the protagonist, wins the championship and gets the girl/boy!

You're probably just not wearing big enough shoes. You need to get some big puffers. Yes I know you are already wearing big puffy shoes. But you gotta trust me. Get em twice as big. You'll thank me later. The bigger the shoes the better. And plus the ladies like a guy in big shoes. I would say at the very least get a pair a shoes 6X as big as the shoes you are wearing now. You'll love 'em. Just bounce on down to your local friendly shoe store and your friends gonna hook you up with the perfect big shoe for your feet. They got em in all sizes. Big, bigger, huge, humongous, and super large.

Hope that helps

It could be worse. Do any of you long-timers remember the guy who asked about the feasibility of having his feet amputated and replaced with blade prostheses as a solution to his PF?

Might well have been a troll thread, but it sure pissed off at least one amputee veteran-- as well it should have!

PF guy, make an online appointment with Canadian PT guru Greg Lehman at movementoptimism.com

And, no, I'm not Greg, but I refer tough cases to him all the time. He's an expert in pain science with extensive experience as a physio. He teaches courses on his approach literally all over the world.

chop off your feet and learn to tap dance with peg legs

could also do range of motion calf raises. with the lightest weight imaginable. on the seated squat machine. and increment the weights over 6 weeks to 6 months in the tiniest steps imaginable. starting with less than half the weight it takes to stand on both feet.

also. you say you took time off running. but have you also taken time off walking and standing. sometimes the reset starts earning a way back into standing. also no one believes you run at all

Have you tried taping your arch? Use white adhesive tape, aka trainer's tape, and wrap your arch. Firm, but not tight. This has worked for many of my athletes in the past. It's easy to try and very inexpensive.

I do not understand why so many want to insult you or belittle your situation.

Good luck to you.

Hey in all seriousness I feel for you because it sucks to have an injury that feels like it will never go away. I don't wish that on anyone, (especially myself) so I hope you figure it out and come to a place in your running where you're injury free for good.

Can y'all ban this dudes IP ADDRESS, do a Hardware ban, like please.

Good advice — and if the OP actually follows it, they’ll finally be on the road to recovery. The first step is accepting that you have to make the right choices. Calf raises, massage, stretching, balance work, golf‑ball or tennis‑ball work — all useful, but easy to overdo.
Prioritize rest, recovery, and a solid diet. And find a physical therapist who truly fits you; they’re not all the same, and neither are patients. I’ve had sessions where I could barely walk to my car afterward, but I also found a couple of excellent physical therapists who really knew their stuff. The field has come a long way. In the end, patience is the real key.

Just one more thing. This sport attracts hard workers who would run through a brick wall to get achievements in our sport. One of my best experiences with injuries was when I decided to give up running for a few months during the winter and I just walked 3 or 4 miles everyday on my job. That pretty much got rid of all my lower body injuries! But when you do return to running you must do the work to stay healthy and that gets harder as you age. You have to be 5 times as smart to keep running past age 50. That's why most of the people on LRC are between 20 and 40 and think they know it all. Unfortunately, most do not have a clue!