Flat feet

Hi Y’all. I recently had a job that required me to stand for around 8-9 hours each shift. Within the first 2 hours on the first night my feet started to hurt terribly, gradually followed by my shins and ankles a few more hours later. By the end of the night, my lower back was in a ton of pain too. I quit the job after a week/4 shifts because I was becoming exhausted and couldn’t do the things I usually do outside of work.

I realized after the first night that I must have flat feet. I tried insoles the second and third day and this made a minor difference but the pain was still quite strong. The next day I tried my pair of goofy looking running shoes. I ended up with the same pains at the end of the night with these as well. I decided it wasn’t gonna work after this.

Then I started to think back to all the pain I’ve had throughout my life and realize that it was probably because of my feet. Exercise always left me exhausted in childhood and with aches in my legs. Now even walking around town for a day turns out exhausting.

I’ve found from reading online that the rest of your body has to compensate in ways that create pain when your arches are not high or have fallen. I’m considering just getting surgery to be done with this thing. There are many things I want to do in the future that require being on your feet for long periods.

Anybody on here have flat feet? How have you dealt with this issue? Any jobs you’ve found that work well for you? Any kind of exercise that works for you?

Thanks