Life in Military with Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS)
So I strongly believed that the military contributed to the onset of my condition. I served in the army and anyone serving know the high demands the military place on your body and on your legs.
when i first started experiencing the pain I was always told you have "shin splint" by my squad leader and if you run with your company your ability group leader. I was always in the 4-6 min mile ability group. But you know you never just run a mile in the Army.
So I had all these "Non" medical or "Non MD" telling me it just shin splint. and given the party line rest "suck it up and drive on"
I never experience "Shin Splint' so I had no idea of what it was. However my first eposide I was like "what the hell it this" I was almost in tears. One of my NCO knowing how I run and my abililty came over and stretch out my leg. Of course the of time it got worse.
I was station at campbell and if you ever been there you know about all the road marches ( 4/12) and the standard for air assault school .
I think these really started taking a tool on the leg. The heavy boot and the ruck sack. i remember all those road march powering through the leg burning. limping across the finish line and rarely because of blister. I had plenty of insole and mole skin. I had some tender spot but no blister.
So I eventually started going to sick call because it was becoming again getting a dx of shin splints. with life in the military i eventually go switch to a new pa that referred me to Orthopedic.
This started a new process of treatment. So again with started off with the Shin Sli
when i first started experiencing the pain I was always told you have "shin splint" by my squad leader and if you run with your company your ability group leader. I was always in the 4-6 min mile ability group. But you know you never just run a mile in the Army.
So I had all these "Non" medical or "Non MD" telling me it just shin splint. and given the party line rest "suck it up and drive on"
I never experience "Shin Splint' so I had no idea of what it was. However my first eposide I was like "what the hell it this" I was almost in tears. One of my NCO knowing how I run and my abililty came over and stretch out my leg. Of course the of time it got worse.
I was station at campbell and if you ever been there you know about all the road marches ( 4/12) and the standard for air assault school .
I think these really started taking a tool on the leg. The heavy boot and the ruck sack. i remember all those road march powering through the leg burning. limping across the finish line and rarely because of blister. I had plenty of insole and mole skin. I had some tender spot but no blister.
So I eventually started going to sick call because it was becoming again getting a dx of shin splints. with life in the military i eventually go switch to a new pa that referred me to Orthopedic.
This started a new process of treatment. So again with started off with the Shin Sli
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