Posted on Aug 7, 2020
Injured before basic training , injured exercising trying to stay in shape. What should I do?
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Hello. My info, I am going active duty enlisted July 20 2020. I am a future soldier with the army. I have a month before I ship. I injured my knee hip/ back pain, I don't have mobility as it hurts when I try to run or stretch ( I feel a popping behind my knee, followed by pain). I have had history of pain but not like this. Will my recruiter. w able to help push my enlistment? Or should I try to go to basic with an injury?
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You won't even make it back through MEPS if your injury is as you claim. You need to contact your recruiter now and apprise him of the injury so that things can be done. You would just end up being sent home and with a unfavorable discharge if you tried to soldier through it and not say anything.
Go to a Doctor, report this to your recruiter and get the proper medical treatment and rehab then go back through the process again. Sounds like you need to seek the help of a sports fitness trainer to get help on how to exercise without injury.
Go to a Doctor, report this to your recruiter and get the proper medical treatment and rehab then go back through the process again. Sounds like you need to seek the help of a sports fitness trainer to get help on how to exercise without injury.
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Martin Lopez
I'll definedly report this to my recruiter tomorrow. And the issue with the pain was weak lower back muscles and mobility issues, they were solved. Once the virus shutdown it was hard to get a workout in with the lockdown. Now that I started again is when the issues became worse.
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SSG Brian G.
Martin Lopez - The lockdown has not been going on that long. Not really. Not even 6 months. If you have this kind of a flare up from going back at working out then one of a few things, you either don't know how to properly work out ie safely hence the suggestion about a sports fitness trainer or you have a more serious underlying issue that just presented itself. Better now than later when you are in basic and either get rolled back discharged.
What it sounds like is that you also need to get with a Physical Therapist so that they can work with you and show you exercises that cane be done safely and in your home or whereever using every items so that if there is another lockdown etc you can still work those problem areas and keep them limber.
What it sounds like is that you also need to get with a Physical Therapist so that they can work with you and show you exercises that cane be done safely and in your home or whereever using every items so that if there is another lockdown etc you can still work those problem areas and keep them limber.
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Tell your recruiter today. You will be discharged from the dep. Get medical treatment. If you are able to recoup from your injuries 100%, then you may try again. Do not try to lie and push through. You will only end up hurting yourself even worse. If the Army finds out it is prior injury, the military will not pay for any medical.
As a former recruiter, I have had to deal with this several times.
As a former recruiter, I have had to deal with this several times.
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Martin Lopez
How hard is it to go back around? Or how long will I need to wait? Until I get healed up? or prove I did therapy and healed up by visiting a doctor? I'm just asking cause I had a allergy waiver and it was a pain waiting for that, but also don't wanna risk getting injured.
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SSgt Dan Montague
You will need a doctors clearance for MEPS. You must be realistic though, if the injury is bad enough, you may not be able to join. Some try to hide injuries. Then they end up getting worse and may suffer for life in pain.
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Martin Lopez
SSgt Dan Montague that's understandable. Idk if I have an issue with my hip flexor or my tendon or I pulled a hamstring. But something is definedly there . Specially if I try to ruck for an extend period of time or if I try to run for more than 2 miles.
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Let your recruiter know, if you get injured before BCT they have to push it back. They have set times based on the injury. Pushing through pain, especially leg pain is not a good idea and it can mess up other parts of the body.
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