I want to study Physical Therapy in college, and be in either the Army or Marines. Could I do both?
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I Am Active Military And I Have Chronic Lower Back Pain. I Had Mri And Xrays And They Show Nothing,?
Feb 13
The pain is in the lower back. Both sides and down to the top of my butt. it hurts when im not doing anything and when i do everything. It hurts to walk, sit, stand, sometimes sleepless nights. I can not enjoy the things i used to do anymore. I am on so much medication that I cant enjoy partying because I get so drowsy. The pain in persistant…daily. I dont know what to do. I have undergone physical therapy and chiropractor..tons of drugs that only make me tired now, and im completely lost now. This all started in Basic Training. It stopped and then started back up about 1 1/2 years ago.
They have had me on a no profile staus which means I can not do anything. Now they just put me on a do physical training at own pace and own distance for 30 days. If the problem persists and the pain is still there they will put me on a T3 profile and I will be chaptered out. Will this fly with the MED board and what about pay after separation. what could be wrong with me
What Rights Do We Have In Regards To Military Medical Discharge Due To Poor Medical Treatment?
Jan 21
In Sept 2005, my husband broke his ankle & severed some ligaments during field training. He was told that it was only a sprain for the first 4 months, sent to Physical Therapy. The Physical Therapist would not treat him stating that he had a fracture on initial x-rays. He was referred to a doctor who gave no treatment except pain meds. He went through about 6 months of therapy with no improvement, his pain levels actually got worse. The doctor told him that he was just one of those that do not heal from a sprain as quickly as others. His first medical discharge was canceled due to lack of treatment and the doctor passed him off. After a MRI 8 months after the injury, he had the initial fracture and another fracture as well as poor ligament structure. He did have surgery at about the one year mark to try and repair the damage. He is now facing a second medical discharge and cannot walk without a cane. He will be like this for the rest of his life.
What options do we have?
I worked in a (physical) rehab center for a while, and a LOT of the people we treated were military guys, and a lot of them had severe issues with joint degradation, knee problems, back problems, and even hip failures. It was pretty common that a 40-year-old guy would have knee joints whose MRI scans looked 20 years older.
Why is this? What is it about being in the military that causes premature wear on the joints of the lower body, and what can be done to prevent this?