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Can regular army soldiers rent a place privatley?
Can regular army soldiers rent a place privatley?
Can regular soldiers (not on deployment obviously) seek and rent privatley, rather than share with 4 or 8 or 12 or whatever other number of people in barracks?
I didn`t say that. I just asked if it were possible.
Is it always this difficult getting straight-forward answers here?
I ask a question and get some comment in return offering no answer to my initial question.
Do you know if this is possible or not? C`mon, don`t assume to know me nor understand my mentality just from a few posts on a faceless internet forum.
DETRITUS.
Is it always this difficult getting straight-forward answers here?
I ask a question and get some comment in return offering no answer to my initial question.
Do you know if this is possible or not? C`mon, don`t assume to know me nor understand my mentality just from a few posts on a faceless internet forum.
DETRITUS.
Have you been to your local AFCO? THe DVD and most of the handouts cover a lot of your basic questions. Having a face to face chat with a serving soldier at the careers office is proobably your best bet of getting precise answers.
You can find your nearest one by going to www.armyjobs.mod.uk/inyourarea
Sonne
You can find your nearest one by going to www.armyjobs.mod.uk/inyourarea
Sonne
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Ok, thankyou for the replies.
I have been to my local AFCO (Croydon) I did teh BARB test and was told I could choose any job and was asked if I wanted to try Intel. I told them that my initial choice is AAC. I then passed the initial physical at the AFCO, but the medical I failed due to reasons which were I felt not relevant. Having spoken with my recruiting officer and my gp and having arranged specialist appointments I am currently (as of the last 4 to 5 months.. ) trying to appeal their decision which I was told is a long shot. However I am confident that the reasons given can be overcome.
In the meantime I seem to have injured my knee! I have been told by the physio that it is tight outer muscles and tendons of my quads pulling on my kneecap causing the pain and that lots of stretching will ease it up and sort it out. (I am somewhat dubious that this is fully the case but I try to stretch it out anyway although stretching the outer thigh is very very awkward, innefectual and slow.)
So here I am, working a job which I dislike, and which I had intended to be a filler job until I was enlisted.. 5 months later I am still here, and still my knee hurts me. I haven`t quit my plans for the military just yet but I have lost more time.
I have been thinking about this for probably a year and a half. I have asked many questions at the AFCO and online but few people seem able or willing to answer some of my more everyday type questions. Thats why I am here.
What I mean by "faceless" is that we cannot see eachother, you do not know what I look like or what I am about other than what I have written so far.
Thankyou.
DETRITUS.
I have been to my local AFCO (Croydon) I did teh BARB test and was told I could choose any job and was asked if I wanted to try Intel. I told them that my initial choice is AAC. I then passed the initial physical at the AFCO, but the medical I failed due to reasons which were I felt not relevant. Having spoken with my recruiting officer and my gp and having arranged specialist appointments I am currently (as of the last 4 to 5 months.. ) trying to appeal their decision which I was told is a long shot. However I am confident that the reasons given can be overcome.
In the meantime I seem to have injured my knee! I have been told by the physio that it is tight outer muscles and tendons of my quads pulling on my kneecap causing the pain and that lots of stretching will ease it up and sort it out. (I am somewhat dubious that this is fully the case but I try to stretch it out anyway although stretching the outer thigh is very very awkward, innefectual and slow.)
So here I am, working a job which I dislike, and which I had intended to be a filler job until I was enlisted.. 5 months later I am still here, and still my knee hurts me. I haven`t quit my plans for the military just yet but I have lost more time.
I have been thinking about this for probably a year and a half. I have asked many questions at the AFCO and online but few people seem able or willing to answer some of my more everyday type questions. Thats why I am here.
What I mean by "faceless" is that we cannot see eachother, you do not know what I look like or what I am about other than what I have written so far.
Thankyou.
DETRITUS.
Who you callin' faceless. 
Listen to your physio, I do a lot of cycling which can cause those problems, stretching is the best prevention. Make sure you do proper quad stretches, and if you are having problems with the outer thigh & IT band (again, common cycling problem), try this stretch, example if the right leg is injured:In the meantime I seem to have injured my knee! I have been told by the physio that it is tight outer muscles and tendons of my quads pulling on my kneecap causing the pain and that lots of stretching will ease it up and sort it out. (I am somewhat dubious that this is fully the case but I try to stretch it out anyway although stretching the outer thigh is very very awkward, innefectual and slow.)
Kneel down on all fours, and stretch your left leg back. Cross your right leg under your body so that your foot is facing out to the left, lower leg is at right angle to your torso. Lower your body down onto your right leg, so the lower leg is just above the waist, and stretch back with your left leg. You should be lying on your right leg, supporting yourself with your arms on the floor, and feel a stretch from the outside waist of the right leg all the way down the outside of the leg to the knee.
It's quite uncomfortable to do the first few times, it's a dancer/gymnast stretch & requires flexibility, so do it easy until you are accustomed.
I have just tried this, but am unsure if I am doing it correctly.Sarastro wrote:Listen to your physio, I do a lot of cycling which can cause those problems, stretching is the best prevention. Make sure you do proper quad stretches, and if you are having problems with the outer thigh & IT band (again, common cycling problem), try this stretch, example if the right leg is injured:In the meantime I seem to have injured my knee! I have been told by the physio that it is tight outer muscles and tendons of my quads pulling on my kneecap causing the pain and that lots of stretching will ease it up and sort it out. (I am somewhat dubious that this is fully the case but I try to stretch it out anyway although stretching the outer thigh is very very awkward, innefectual and slow.)
Kneel down on all fours, and stretch your left leg back. Cross your right leg under your body so that your foot is facing out to the left, lower leg is at right angle to your torso. Lower your body down onto your right leg, so the lower leg is just above the waist, and stretch back with your left leg. You should be lying on your right leg, supporting yourself with your arms on the floor, and feel a stretch from the outside waist of the right leg all the way down the outside of the leg to the knee.
It's quite uncomfortable to do the first few times, it's a dancer/gymnast stretch & requires flexibility, so do it easy until you are accustomed.
Am I to lay on my front propped up by my arms- straight body and left leg straight behind me (right leg is what is mostly paining me- though the left has recently started to) with my right leg under me and across?
Are there any similar pictures or links that you know?
I really do not stretch much because I haven`t found a decent one yet, I am suppsoed to be stretching 3x 3 a day.
Thankyou for the help.
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Frank S.
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DETRITUS, have a look there as well:
http://www.mfat.co.uk/forums/
Some of the questions you have may be best addressed there, or have been addressed already. Worth a look.
http://www.mfat.co.uk/forums/
Some of the questions you have may be best addressed there, or have been addressed already. Worth a look.
That sounds right, it's hard to explain, so here are my amazing Paint skills:
Obviously that's looking down at you lying on the floor, not standing up in some strange yogic position
The further you take your left leg back, the more you should feel the stretch. Keep the right leg at right angle to the torso too, or the stretch will let off.
Obviously that's looking down at you lying on the floor, not standing up in some strange yogic position
The further you take your left leg back, the more you should feel the stretch. Keep the right leg at right angle to the torso too, or the stretch will let off.
Thankyou again, I appreciate the effort.
So my right knee should be where?
At my right side outer waist, or at my left side outer waist?
I mean is my left leg to be absolutley as straight as I can make it from hip to foot, or is it to be bent at an angle?
I can feel an outer glute stretch with it bent at an angle, but think that the straight leg version makes my outer thigh tighter.
Also, when ever I have done any kind of stretch for the tight band of muscle and tendons on my outer thigh my knee has always hurt during and after. is this a side-affect of progress or something which I should avoid? (Though I don`t think I can avoid it)
(All of my muscles are quite tight, and have been since I was in my teens, they seem to be a lot easier to shorten and tighten than to stretch out, for this reason I cannot quite tell if my outer thigh is stretching from the straight leg version due to my calfs and hamstrings tightening as I do the stretch also.) If I can get this outer thigh stretch right and feel it working it will be a tremendous help.
Thankyou.
So my right knee should be where?
At my right side outer waist, or at my left side outer waist?
I mean is my left leg to be absolutley as straight as I can make it from hip to foot, or is it to be bent at an angle?
I can feel an outer glute stretch with it bent at an angle, but think that the straight leg version makes my outer thigh tighter.
Also, when ever I have done any kind of stretch for the tight band of muscle and tendons on my outer thigh my knee has always hurt during and after. is this a side-affect of progress or something which I should avoid? (Though I don`t think I can avoid it)
(All of my muscles are quite tight, and have been since I was in my teens, they seem to be a lot easier to shorten and tighten than to stretch out, for this reason I cannot quite tell if my outer thigh is stretching from the straight leg version due to my calfs and hamstrings tightening as I do the stretch also.) If I can get this outer thigh stretch right and feel it working it will be a tremendous help.
Thankyou.
Oh, I see. Right knee right waist outer side. Those things at the end of the legs are meant to be feet. Left leg doesn't really matter how straight it is, the point is it should be pulling your waist & torso backwards towards it.
You will mostly feel the stretch at the top of the right leg around the glutes, but believe me it will fix problems much further down. I injured my IT band cycling (just below outside knee) and this stretch made the pain go away instantly, even though it only felt like it was stretching the upper thigh.
Your tendons will hurt while stretching for the same reason they hurt in the first place: the muscles are becoming increasingly tight, and so are pulling at the weakest point, where they attach to the bone (the tendon). If it's very tight, stretching will cause pain there too, so do it lightly. Nonetheless, it's the only practical way you can let the tension out of the muscles. As you loosen the muscles up, the pain in the tendons will go away. It also sounds like you might need to just relax a little while stretching - doing hard extension stretches like these on injured muscles can be painful & a little strenuous, but try to relax, breathe, and in this case let your bodyweight create most of the stretch.
If you are seeing a physio already, I would reccommend getting a few sessions of their muscle massage thing to speed the process along at the start. They essentially stretch the muscle out by kneading it, and sounds like it will hurt like bollocks for you, but you might need it if you've had a long-term problem with tight muscles.
You will mostly feel the stretch at the top of the right leg around the glutes, but believe me it will fix problems much further down. I injured my IT band cycling (just below outside knee) and this stretch made the pain go away instantly, even though it only felt like it was stretching the upper thigh.
Your tendons will hurt while stretching for the same reason they hurt in the first place: the muscles are becoming increasingly tight, and so are pulling at the weakest point, where they attach to the bone (the tendon). If it's very tight, stretching will cause pain there too, so do it lightly. Nonetheless, it's the only practical way you can let the tension out of the muscles. As you loosen the muscles up, the pain in the tendons will go away. It also sounds like you might need to just relax a little while stretching - doing hard extension stretches like these on injured muscles can be painful & a little strenuous, but try to relax, breathe, and in this case let your bodyweight create most of the stretch.
If you are seeing a physio already, I would reccommend getting a few sessions of their muscle massage thing to speed the process along at the start. They essentially stretch the muscle out by kneading it, and sounds like it will hurt like bollocks for you, but you might need it if you've had a long-term problem with tight muscles.
