Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ...
by potta_coffee on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:02PM
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At the end of a deployment, I had such severe shoulder pain that I could barely carry a weapon. Of course, the corpsman "couldn't find anything wrong". That shoulder pain is still with me. I've been to a number of doctors and therapists, but haven't found anything conclusive.
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Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ...
by woodman on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:25PM
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Hopefully it gets better with time for you. My complaint wasn't with pain, but numbness. I developed this problem very early on, in SOI, and kept it to myself because I knew that it would get me medically discharged. Thankfully I never had to explain to anyone why I'd go to the lengths I did in order to avoid handling grenades. After 2 years of civilian life my knees and lower back stopped bothering me, but 15 years later: my hands still feel like they're falling asleep.
Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ...
by potta_coffee on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:31PM
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I feel you. My toes went numb on a hump once and they've never fully come back. I've been out since 2012 and still have the shoulder pain and numb toes so I'm not holding out for that pain to go away.
Re:The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More ...
by nerpderp82 on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:12PM
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Have your Sciatic nerve looked into. I had a pretty bad bike crash (doored going 30mph, bounced on pavement with left hip). I would have burning sensations about the size of a fifty cent piece in my upper back, numb toes, etc. After 10+ years it finally subsided. Chronic pain is highly correlated with suicide. So best to get that fixed.