Military Members at Risk for Joint Problems

[C-MAC]

U.S. service members are at high risk of early disability from osteoarthritis due to the job's extreme physical demands, according to a study in Arthritis and Rheumatism. An estimated 26.9 million American adults have osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis in older individuals. The condition is also associated with traumatic joint injuries. From 1999 to 2008, first-time diagnoses of osteoarthritis were recorded in active-duty service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. On average, 10,827 cases were diagnosed annually among about 1.4 million service members.

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[Baseplate]

Well I for one am shocked at this news. I just thought all 30 year olds hurt like hell when they get out of bed every morning

[C-MAC]

Well I for one am shocked at this news. I just thought all 30 year olds hurt like hell when they get out of bed every morning

Come back in another ten years or so and talk to me. You will pine for the way you felt at 30...

[Lefty]

Well I for one am shocked at this news. I just thought all 30 year olds hurt like hell when they get out of bed every morning

Come back in another ten years or so and talk to me. You will pine for the way you felt at 30...

I pine for the way I felt at 50.........

[Jim]

Well I for one am shocked at this news. I just thought all 30 year olds hurt like hell when they get out of bed every morning

Come back in another ten years or so and talk to me. You will pine for the way you felt at 30...

I pine for the way I felt at 50.........

Same here. Hell, I'd settle for the way I felt at 60.

[Lefty]

(sigh) Will we meet qualification for the Walker Brigade?

[C-MAC]

Sad reality? I haven't done a third of the humpin and jumpin you guys did.

Heck, I feel better already just thinking about that.

[Flesh Thorn]

Bunions are just not for women who wear heels.

[CloakAndDagger]

Ironically, even just the normal PT routine of many non-combat arms units is worse on the joints than it needs to be:

It's from those frequent platoon-size or better "run" formations, where they stick the slowest soldier (almost always a 4'-11" female) in front, which leads to the rest of the formation practically stomping their feet on the hardball, which leads to more joint injuries and stress fractures, as well as general loss of fitness and the full-stride muscle memory needed for the PT test.

Admittedly, I was never the fastest runner, and never will be, but you can't improve if you're all running at the current pace of the slowest person in formation!

I expect this isn't a problem at the 75th, but maybe some of you Rangers have noticed it after moving on to other units.

[mortar_guy78]

U.S. service members are at high risk of early disability from osteoarthritis due to the job's extreme physical demands, according to a study in Arthritis and Rheumatism. An estimated 26.9 million American adults have osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis in older individuals. The condition is also associated with traumatic joint injuries. From 1999 to 2008, first-time diagnoses of osteoarthritis were recorded in active-duty service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. On average, 10,827 cases were diagnosed annually among about 1.4 million service members.

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Shocking I say!

I'm 32 and my back is 18 different types of fucked up and I'm being forced to reclass because of my knee.

Probably just poor genetics on my part. Couldn't be the Army. :D

[Lefty]

[quote="C-MAC"]Sad reality? I haven't done a third of the humpin and jumpin you guys did. quote]

Don't think it was all the humpin' and jumpin' in the Army, it was all the humpin' and jumpin' and stuff I've been doin' since.