Shin Stress Fractures

[William]

Hey there,if anyone can comment or give advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Im from Canada and am very intrested in coming over to join.Anyways,my concern isnt so much about that as its about my shins.

I finaly went to the doctor for x-rays after about a year of not running due to extreme pain after about 5 steps.Turns out I have stress fractures on both my shins.I also need orthotics,wich will help in preventing this from happening again.

My question is,has anyone had a similar experience or have any idea if weather or not this will affect my application to the service? I wont come over until this is fully healed of course,im worried that they will consider me a risk regardless and deny me entry.

Thank you.

[druadan]

Shouldn't do, it's a common injury down at CTC, so long as it's healed it shouldn't affect your application at all.

[Tunny]

They will not accept you until it has been a year from when your doctor has told you that it's fully healed. I had that problem once before.

[mercury]

Shame that , cos once your in you can expect to be at risk from all sorts of injurys , shin splints, compartment syndrome , .....food poisoning .....

[Tunny]

yes, i know. i had one stress fracture once before i joined the army, and had to wait a year after it healed. I'm in para training now and got myself another one, but they are looking after me.

[harry hackedoff]

Stress fractures and lower leg injuries in general are common, particularly in training. Rest is good, but you can do other forms of stamina training which are less likely to excacerbate the situation, swimming for example. Any of you guys able to provide an e-mail address for William to get the full s.p.?

[William]

Better than I expected,none the less disapointing.

Well nothing I can do but wait and focus on healing,properly.

At least I still have my chance,thats all I need.

Cheers.

[Tunny]

aye, don't give up mate.... i didn't

[canuck490]

hey man, im from Canada also..i came here to join the marines, i have my PRMC on the 26th of april. i had the same problem with my shins, but i found these exercises on the net. i just continued to do them every nightfor abotu a month and i am totally fine now...dont give up though.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

can anyone confirm what happens if you are diagnosed with stress fractures pre-prmc?

is it app. binned for 1 yr? 6 months? fine when healed?

doc. appointment for 2nd time in about 6 weeks r.e. shin pains when running.

[letsrole]

I heard it was: you can not join for another year after your doctor has confirmed that you are healed from them.

[bird]

I got a stress fracture in my right leg told them at my medical, they said come back in 3-4 months.

[dalo]

To try and stop any future injuries in this context, you should try and get some heel supports from a running shop. They are tiny things like insoles and they give your ankles, shins and knees alot of support. Some of the products on the market are only like £8 and they take up to 95% of the shock away from your ankles, shins etc from runnig on tarmac or hard surfaces.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

ive bought sorbothanes, those gel f@#k that support your heales and mad green things thicker than your little finger. after one week of increasing my mileage in prep for the aquaint course, after a interval session i thought my legs might snap on the walk home.

went to my doc, he said i have calf strain ( think he is wrong) , comes from running on concrete every day i guess

[JC]

Heh, i got those insoles for the probs iv been having with shin splints and it felt like the arches in my feet had fallen. Im seeing a physio in 3 weeks.