I'm 19 years old. Since I began working at age 16, I've held jobs that required a lot of standing. After the first few months, the skin on the soles of my feet, mainly on my heels, began to feel compressed and painful. It's hard to describe. It is *not* the bones, but the tissue itself.

Whenever I am standing still for more than five or ten minutes, even in well-padded shoes, this pain begins. If I lift my foot and relieve the pressure, the pain eases, but as soon as I put weight back on it, it burns and tingles again. I have tried every shoe insert I can find. They helped, but I still get the pain. When I am walking or moving around the pain is less severe.

I've looked everywhere and asked around, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about. It feels like when you swing your arms around and all the blood goes to the ends of your fingers and makes them swollen and tingly, except my feet aren't swollen. My feet are completely healthy and normal except for the soles. It is not the outer skin that burns but the tissue, when it is compressed from standing. When I get up in the morning, the first time I stand up the tingling burning sensation is more intense.

I have not yet tried a doctor because I don't have good insurance, and I was hoping I could find out why it hurt. But it is getting to the point that I think it might be a nerve problem or a medical condition.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?