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Suggest Treatment For Weakness And Inability To Stand And Leg Pain

I m in need of an experts opinion about a common problem I ve been having for ages now. I m 25 years old and I can t seem to stand for long periods of time. It s generally my feet and ankle area that feels like its super swelled (but isn t) and feels like I m torturing myself to keep on them. This has been very slowly getting worse for the last 4 - 5 years and it s greatly affected my work life and limits me to what I m able to do as of work. It wasn t until recently that I remembered I was actually having similar problems when I was around 12 or so but disregarded it because I thought it was from wearing old shoes. It was pain smack center under my feet driving right up my foot and had to walk on my side or take a break. Sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other or both. But the problem then would come and go very irregular then. I still have the same feeling every now and then even is its standing for short periods of time say 20 minutes. But now it s much worse and hurts both my feet together if I stand for an hour on end or definitely 2 hour! Just 3 days ago I did a 12 hour shift at a factory and it got so bad after 10 hours, the last 2 I had a pain going right up into my knees on the inner sides and felt like I was gonna collapse! When I sat down a minute the pain would go away. And that s the thing.. They never hurt when I m off of them or when I sleep. The pain almost immediately disappears when I sit and whatever I m hurting in my feet seems to repair itself when I m off them for at least 5 - 6 hours (generally when I sleep). I m not sure what s going on or if It will get worse in time but it s scaring me now. I m 25, 5 4 male and 130lbs and was never overweight at anytime. This exact problem does not run in my family. Is there a specific name for this disorder? Or more important, anything I can do?
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I m in need of an experts opinion about a common problem I ve been having for ages now. I m 25 years old and I can t seem to stand for long periods of time. It s generally my feet and ankle area that feels like its super swelled (but isn t) and feels like I m torturing myself to keep on them. This has been very slowly getting worse for the last 4 - 5 years and it s greatly affected my work life and limits me to what I m able to do as of work. It wasn t until recently that I remembered I was actually having similar problems when I was around 12 or so but disregarded it because I thought it was from wearing old shoes. It was pain smack center under my feet driving right up my foot and had to walk on my side or take a break. Sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other or both. But the problem then would come and go very irregular then. I still have the same feeling every now and then even is its standing for short periods of time say 20 minutes. But now it s much worse and hurts both my feet together if I stand for an hour on end or definitely 2 hour! Just 3 days ago I did a 12 hour shift at a factory and it got so bad after 10 hours, the last 2 I had a pain going right up into my knees on the inner sides and felt like I was gonna collapse! When I sat down a minute the pain would go away. And that s the thing.. They never hurt when I m off of them or when I sleep. The pain almost immediately disappears when I sit and whatever I m hurting in my feet seems to repair itself when I m off them for at least 5 - 6 hours (generally when I sleep). I m not sure what s going on or if It will get worse in time but it s scaring me now. I m 25, 5 4 male and 130lbs and was never overweight at anytime. This exact problem does not run in my family. Is there a specific name for this disorder? Or more important, anything I can do?
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Suggest Treatment For Weakness And Inability To Stand And Leg Pain

I m in need of an experts opinion about a common problem I ve been having for ages now. I m 25 years old and I can t seem to stand for long periods of time. It s generally my feet and ankle area that feels like its super swelled (but isn t) and feels like I m torturing myself to keep on them. This has been very slowly getting worse for the last 4 - 5 years and it s greatly affected my work life and limits me to what I m able to do as of work. It wasn t until recently that I remembered I was actually having similar problems when I was around 12 or so but disregarded it because I thought it was from wearing old shoes. It was pain smack center under my feet driving right up my foot and had to walk on my side or take a break. Sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other or both. But the problem then would come and go very irregular then. I still have the same feeling every now and then even is its standing for short periods of time say 20 minutes. But now it s much worse and hurts both my feet together if I stand for an hour on end or definitely 2 hour! Just 3 days ago I did a 12 hour shift at a factory and it got so bad after 10 hours, the last 2 I had a pain going right up into my knees on the inner sides and felt like I was gonna collapse! When I sat down a minute the pain would go away. And that s the thing.. They never hurt when I m off of them or when I sleep. The pain almost immediately disappears when I sit and whatever I m hurting in my feet seems to repair itself when I m off them for at least 5 - 6 hours (generally when I sleep). I m not sure what s going on or if It will get worse in time but it s scaring me now. I m 25, 5 4 male and 130lbs and was never overweight at anytime. This exact problem does not run in my family. Is there a specific name for this disorder? Or more important, anything I can do?