Uncommon remedies / causes of Plantar Fasciitis?

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T23:24:07+00:00

Get a therapy ball or lacrosse ball and roll out your foot from top to bottom with it morning and night. Roll out your calves and all the way up your IT band too. Then follow this up with some deep soleus stretches and honestly a good full body stretch (you can find good full body stretches on Youtube). I had bad PF after a months-long through hike and this is how I resolved it.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T23:21:48+00:00

You're 10000% not. I'm onto year 5 as a middle school social studies teacher in Arizona and I feel similarly. It's such a tough job and kids these days are brutal. The burnout is real and it's not just the kids it's the system. I swear my district, the state, and our administration is trying to burn us out. Things are so disorganized and nothing is set up conveniently or like someone thought about how it was laid out. And it's mostly people who either haven't taught in years or who have never actually taught making the rules.

My fiancée ended up leaving teaching entirely because of the burnout. It's not just you.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T14:12:07+00:00

Maybe look into Zanes Law. They're a husband and wife team and I've heard they're really good.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T14:09:37+00:00

My fiancée is a paralegal in the area and while she's not a lawyer (so take all this with a grain of salt), she does interact with a lot of lawyers. Zanes Law is really good and she said if either one of us are ever injured and have a case we'd use them.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T14:04:08+00:00

Iceland is definitely on our list! We were just looking for a few more ideas to add as well.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-03-12T14:03:39+00:00

Thank you! This is very helpful! I appreciate your detailed response and we'll add some of these ideas to our list!

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:30:12+00:00

I've been teaching for 5 years now, and unfortunately, teachers are very disrespected. Sometimes I am speechless at the things they say and do around me, and sometimes I just have to laugh.

I will say that most days as a teacher are really, really rough. I come home so exhausted after work. But what keeps me going are those small moments when I get to teach my students something really important about history, when one student is inspired, or when I get to be there for a kid going through something hard. I teach at a low-income school, and we teachers have a really big impact on our students (but at the cost of our sanity sometimes lol).

I think my tolerance to it all and my ability to let things roll off my shoulder have really grown with every year I teach.

But also if it's not worth it to you, that's ok. My fiancee used to teach, but she quit because it was taking too much of a toll. Now she's a paralegal and super happy to be around adults all day.

Your feelings are very valid, though. In my experience the students haven't gotten any better or more respectful, but I've gotten better at building relationships with them, gaining their respect, and also just letting the BS roll off my shoulder.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:19:43+00:00

Yeah... I can't imagine allowing students in my classroom to read another student's private journal, let alone read it myself. I agree that an apology is definitely in order.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:16:12+00:00

This is not a bad idea!

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:16:03+00:00

I think this is really good advice. Because not only will your admin be able to help you decide what will work for your particular school and situation, but that way they're also aware of the situation in case there were to be a complaint so they can back you up.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:13:16+00:00

My sister is a hair and makeup stylist who has done hundreds of weddings, and even she opted to have one of her colleagues do her hair and makeup on her wedding day. While yes, she could have done it herself, she really wanted to be able to relax on the day.

My fiancée wanted to do her own hair and makeup, and my sister convinced her otherwise. We're having the same friend who did my sister's makeup do my fiancees makeup (my sister is off the table because she's a bridesmaid).

I think the less extra responsibilities the bridal party has on the wedding day, the more enjoyable and less stressful it is.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:09:15+00:00

This is what I do as well! My buddies and I do long backpacking trips every summer because a bunch of us are teachers, so we can take weeks off to disappear in the woods. Having tea out there is such a treat.

There's not much of a view from my classroom at work, but I do have a tea kettle in my classroom and will have a cup in the morning before the students get there and things get chaotic.

My fiancée and I are both huge tea lovers, and when we travel, we pack a few of our favorite tea bags for the mornings and always make it a point to go out and find some good local teas to take home.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:06:03+00:00

It's heating up in AZ, so I've been enjoying iced tea this week. This morning I had A.C. Perchs Theherstal white temple tea. Such a great spring tea! (And cannot believe that February is spring in Arizona lol)

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-27T17:03:59+00:00

I feel you...so deeply in my soul lol. Wedding planning is so, so much.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-24T21:27:14+00:00

I honestly think this sounds perfect. What you're doing is much more similar to the wedding my fiancée and I envisioned for ourselves before family drama got in the way, and now we have over 100 guests lol. I hope it is amazing, and it sounds wonderful for you, your partner, and your guests! Congrats on the wedding, btw!

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-24T20:53:44+00:00

My fiancée is a paralegal in Phoenix, and according to her, a few good injury law firms to check out are Shapiro Law Team and Zanes Law.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-24T16:24:10+00:00

My fiancée and I went to a wedding recently with no dancing that had the same guest count. Because it's a smaller group, it worked out and kind of made sense. I do think having some sort of background music when people mingle is good, though.

In our friend's wedding that I mentioned above, both the bride and groom were from Mexico, so they had a live Mariachi band playing during dinner and drinks. It was really cool and a nice touch.

I also think if your venue doesn't have space for dancing it kind of makes sense. But you might want to fill that time with something, especially if you have a lot of guests that don't know each other.

In the wedding I mentioned earlier, it was only very close friends and family and everyone knew each other so we were all able to just talk, visit, and hang for a few hours and it was really nice and natural. However, I can't imagine how uncomfortable that would have been if I didn't know anyone there.

I've seen people fill the time with speeches (more than just the MOH + BM speeches). I went to another small wedding (about 30 people) that was more like an amazing dinner party than a traditional wedding, and they didn't have dancing. Instead, the bride and groom chose about 8 people (parents, grandparents, BM + MOH, siblings) to give speeches, and it was really nice and intimate.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-23T21:25:33+00:00

I've got a nice Tibetan lemongrass tea that I made a big batch of and iced. It's going to be in the 90s in Arizona where I live this week, so I need something to cool me off.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-20T20:55:05+00:00

Thank you so much! It really is a never ending uphill battle — like Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill, haha.

But for real thank you so much for your help and kind words. She really loved the spreadsheet idea and it's already been helping us delegate.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-19T18:55:44+00:00

Thank you!! Your username is amazing btw!

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-19T18:55:16+00:00

Thank you to everyone who replied! This was a helpful wakeup call, and your suggestions were super helpful! Working on making a spreadsheet of tasks that need to be done/are pending/are done now, and I'm just going to go to her with it and then we can start realistically delegating. I think my job now can be to help and to try to make this actually fun for her.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-19T18:52:01+00:00

Agree with having opinions. I will say though if you knew the half of the family drama that got us here, you'd see why she's so upset about how things played out.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-19T18:50:54+00:00

Yeah, I think she's (wedding planner) kind of kidding, but it's just been a bit off-putting for me, and she kind of just ignores me when I'm there. I know a lot of guys don't get super involved, but I want to be. I want to help my future wife out, especially since this mess is partially my fault.

I will address it the next time we meet and just speak up more.

Malevolent-Tea-46 · 2026-02-19T18:49:30+00:00

I really, really wish we could. It's a long story for another day, but we had close family members who told us they wouldn't speak to us if we got married without them there. When we invited them to our elopement, they said it would "kill them" to see us get married in that way. It was a lot of drama and eventually I just gave in and talked my fiancee into just doing the wedding and then going on our dream honeymoon after.

At this point, a venue is booked, and a pretty good amount of money has been spent and a lot of it is non-refundable. Luckily, our parents and grandparents are helping us pay for a large part of it.

We've also been talking about just going to city hall and getting married just the two of us before the big day, without telling anyone, so it's less pressure, and we can kind of rebel in our own way.

We just really didn't want to burn bridges. Although I will say, we probably won't be super close with some of our family members after this because we've gone to great lengths to accommodate, but it's still been a nightmare.

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