I'm a female, 23 years old. I've always had a healthy, active lifestyle without overdoing anything.Than suddenly, when I started to work on a farm, it started. During the first few months, I had only pain after standing up from sitting and in the morning, but I could work happily on my feet all day. But I nevertheless show it to a podiatrist. Her answer: orthotics (over the counter) and diclofenac. But it was just getting worse. Soon I couldn't walk for more than an hour. Than I got a sitting job and in half year, the pain was over. But I couldn't use anymore any shoes I wanted, only high heeled ones. Later I started to work on my feet again. The pain was back, first it didn't stop me doing anything but from last april i could only work on painkillers. I got costume orthotics and cushioned shoes, no help. In october i got a book, called "plantar fasciitis survival guide", which basically talked about trigger points and doing self massage. First it seemed it will work, but the pain didnt go away. Next thing, one session of yoga with aggressive stretching. Was better for a day or two, but than it got worse. I didnt go back, it just hurt me more. Next solution: chiropractor. He did 2 sessions of dry needling, which helped a lot, than graston. After graston, I was really sore for a few days, but eventually the pain went away. The chiro said I should stop using orthotics, instead I should put only a heelcup into my shoes. I tried for a day or two, but my feet started to hurt again, so I put back. Later I did lots of walking. Pain started to come back a bit, so I did golf ball rolling, very intensively, which hurt me a lot. Back to chiro, graston, cold laser, next day feeling better, but still not OK, soon I took out my orthotics. First day felt good, but than I felt more and more pain. Chiro says it's normal, my body is getting used to the changes. He said not to put back the orthotics, just tough it out for a few days/weeks. I left my orthotics on Saturday, now the pain is really bad, I don't know what to do? Tough it out? The orthotics didn't help for sure, but it seems my body is too much used to them. I'm also thinking about trying Rolfing. Sounds good, but I found mixed opinions on the internet. My first concern is that it will be too aggressive. Aggressive deep tissue work never helped me,just made things worse. I don't need that. But for example the "sock doc" Dr Gangemi recommends it and the rolfer I asked (with 20+ years of experience ) claims they don't do it that aggressively and if something hurts, they stop. It's intense, but shouldn't hurt. Many people claim it's quackery, which is also true for the Graston and the dry needling, but those are supported by anecdotal evidence and lot's of people praise it, Rolfing seems to have less positive feedback. But still, for me only alternative medicine remained, since conventional methods all failed or made my condition worse. I'm depressed, I'm hurting, can't live like this anymore! Please help!