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

I'm trying to understand if you're a pain is truly plantar fasciitis or something else. When you say my feet, that implies something different than the heel where planter paint typically is. I do have struggled with foot pain and I've taken a few approaches some more successful than others. If I knew more about yours, I'd be happy to share what I've done.

this is what happens when you get addicted to distance running and tie it to your identity, OP. I am sorry.

Humans weren't made to run 100 miles a week on a concrete sidewalk. You need to lift, swim, cut wood, ski, bike, jog, hike, climb.

"Plantar fasciitis" is one of countless pain syndromes (running or otherwise) that are emotionally induced, caused by one's thoughts and emotions, as per the mind-body genius Dr. John Sarno, who died a few years ago. His best book, "The Divided Mind," explains all. Get the book. There's also a documentary made by one of his patients, "All the rage: saved by Sarno." Check it out. No doctor or health professional will agree with any of this except the few out there who have studied Sarno's methods and now use them. I am a 79 yr old lifelong runner and racer. I have not seen any doc for a pain since treated by Sarno more than 30 years ago. I "self-treat" using Sarno methods. They have worked 100% of the time--because they're true.

I am 24 now and have been chronically injured for SIX years. There is something seriously wrong with my body

try a quite rigid sole, with some ankle support.

go three days in the new shoe, and three days on your old shoe.

This was the answer for me. I did 14 months with PF until I went to a podiatrist and got fitted for custom orthotics. It doesn't matter if you treat all the symptoms if you don't correct the problem. The orthotics along with injections ended my battle with this many many years ago.

Similar thing happened to me

1) Change your shoes - you might have the best shoes in the world, but they aren't working with your feet. I swear by the Acis Kayano - had similar problem gone overnight, a very strong arc support. Developed a number of issues when running in Nike Pegasus, great at first but trash after like 50 miles

2) Over the counter Lidocaine cream apply to your feet each night, helps reduce inflammation

I actually think the only way is to work through it by continuing to run. With that said, you have to be extremely meticulous about how you get ready to run and how you recover. Basics; get rid of orthotics they are chit. Run on even hard surfaces like asphalt. Avoid hills for a while. Roll before you walk and walk (for 15-20 minutes) before you run. Once done running static stretch (yeah I know it’s not popular and you don’t like it but do it anyway) your calves and hamstrings especially. Once you are done stretching—this is important-ice the bottoms of your feet. I would also recommend using topical anti inflammatory cream (arthritis gel) on your trouble areas.

Also, make sure you get shoes that actually fit you. For example, I wear 12.5’s, but most stores only carry half sizes through 12. Solution for me is to order them online. Alternatively I would be in a shoe which would be in a shoe that was too big, or small… Both situations could make you more prone to PF.

Same here. Some runners can rehab from PF, strengthen their arches, and never need orthotics, but some of us will need orthotics forever if we want to continue to run. It's not fair, but life isn't fair. It's kinda like needing glasses. Some of us do and some of us don't.

Years ago, a fellow runner told me that runners were getting their orthotics directly from a local pedorthist. That's the professional who actually makes the orthotic. He measured my foot and came back with an off the shelf orthotic. He gave me instructions on what to look for and said, "Put these in your running shoes and run right now and then answer these questions." I did. He took the orthotic out, went to the back of his shop and I could hear a grinder changing the orthotic. He came back and said try this. I did. I came back and told him where it didn't fit. He did the grinding thing again, and it was perfect! It cost me $30 and I was in and out in 30 minutes.

I remembered the process and when those orthotics wore out, I bought an off the shelf orthotic and repeated the process myself. It took several trial and errors, but I eventually got it down to a process I can do in a few minutes. I've described the process here several times on PF threads and even posted a video of how to do a couple of years ago.

In fact, I've posted how to do it on previous threads by the OP and told him to post how it worked and that I could give him feedback on what to do next, but he never responded. That's why I was so blunt in my previous post on this thread.

Backing up to a thread you started last summer, I asked if you had tried the Athlean-X stretch, night boots, or Birkenstocks for walking at home. Your answer was as follows:

"Yes to calf stretch
I haven't tried night boots or Birkenstocks"

It's 8 months later. Have you tried them? And have you tried walking and/or running barefoot on GRASS or SAND (NOT indoors on carpet)?

If you've really given everything the college try and nothing has worked then it is now time to do the opposite. I have gotten good results with this approach.

I found for me that frequent golf ball rolling massages right where it hurts so good (I also used a small dog toy, and eventually also bought a knobby foot roller massage bar) made me feel better, at least psychologically (no pain no gain, right?).

I think what really did the trick though was morning toe stretching routines and foot massage with my thumbs and with a golf ball or roller, while still in bed before standing up putting my full weight on my feet.

The thinking here was that standing up while your feet and tendons and fascia and muscles are cold and tight just rips all the healing that happened in the night. (Wearing a boot or a stretch sock might accomplish the same thing, by keeping everything stretched rather than tightening up.)

I also saw that shockwave therapy often works for people with long term chronic pain. The thinking here is that after about six months of not healing, your body just gives up and stops trying to heal. The shockwave therapy causes enough local damage that it triggers your body to start healing again.

Reading through this thread, it seems like stretching the whole chain right up to the hips might also be a good idea.

Note, I am not a doctor or any other kind of medical professional. Just a guy who had a mild case for about 8 months which I was able to run through.

Let me know if you have already tried, or are going to try any of these things. The cost of a golf ball, or dog toy, or a knobby foot roller is minimal.

... you might also try cycling and swimming or some kind of elliptical glider to build and stay in shape without all the foot stretching and impact, at the very least until the pain dissappears and then gradually introduce running again if you want.

have you had mri to confirm you actually have bad PF? make sure it isn’t baxter’s nerve pain. I have had the fortune of having both. with pf I fought it for a couple years and basically gave up running and switched to cycling, which is great by the way, and somewhere along the line I realized the problem was actually my chronically super tight Achilles tendons. when they tighten up it puts strain on the bottoms of the feet and pain would flare up there. I started doing eccentric heal drops daily and the PF basically went away very fast. you need to examine the entire chain from your back to your toes to find the answer. 24 is too young to give up. I’m 41 and figured it out after giving up running for cycling for almost 3 years in my mid 30s.

Have you tried sucking it up and not being such a baby about it? Gen Z is so soft, I swear...

I do remember having it for only one day in my first day of track and then it was gone. Years later I got it again and probably had it for 30 years. Now I do not have it. But I found a great physical therapist and I do not run as much now. No one should take your advice, and no injury should be ignorred!

Nowadays one can "sort of run through" injuries. But you do that by switching around what you do and concentrating on recovery methods like the author above talks about.