Specific body parts prone to injury....

[drace]

Besides shin splints, are there any body parts that people have noticed are prone to injury or pain at OCS? Anything that would make you say, "Damn, I wish I had worked harder on training my _______ before OCS" I am at the end of sophomore year (of college) right now, so I have until the end of senior year to make any significant improvements. And yes, I did use the search function before posting. *Well I forgot to read the thread "Knees!"....... so anything besides knees too?

 

[whitesoxnation]

ITB tendon

http://www.abs-exercise-advice.com/ITB-tendonitis.html

 

[Conaway]

Everyone always says, "I wish I'd done more _____ before coming." It's the nature of the beast, that's why it's a challenge.
Ankle problems arise because of the terrain on humps (mine did).
Mostly shin splits, tendinitis of some kind, and stress fractures.

 

[midnite_ryder]

I see there is a list of acceptable ankle braces on the USMC-OCS website but would bringing two of them be asking for some unwanted attention on my part? I could use them, if not need them(for now), but could certainly leave them behind if doing so would prevent me from being "that guy"?

 

[Herc_Dude]

I see there is a list of acceptable ankle braces on the USMC-OCS website but would bringing two of them be asking for some unwanted attention on my part? I could use them, if not need them(for now), but could certainly leave them behind if doing so would prevent me from being "that guy"?

Anything like that might get you some unwanted attention. One day you might scratch your head at the wrong time (hopefully not in formation or something like that, that would just be stupid) and that will get you unwanted attention. If they have been approved and you think you need it, bring it. You will get much more unwanted attention (in the form of doing it all over again) if you break yourself then have to come back next summer. Good luck.

 

[SemperFlyMarine]

If your pack doesn't fit right (and if they still use ALICE packs, it won't), then your back might start hurting...and as always, blisters on the feet. That's all the new stuff I can think of, anyway.

 

[MettGT]

If your pack doesn't fit right (and if they still use ALICE packs, it won't), then your back might start hurting...and as always, blisters on the feet. That's all the new stuff I can think of, anyway.

They use the IBLE packs at OCS now.

 

[usmarinemike]

They use the IBLE packs at OCS now.

These kids and their hoola hoops and loud music....:icon_wink


Anyway, do something to rugged-ize the skin of your feet. I don't have any particularly insiteful exercises other than walking 300 miles in your boots. Blisters will be a fact of life for most, but on top of that, the open, chopped meat looking blisters leave a man wide open for cellulitis in your feet. Cellulitis is a word that is seemingly used in Quantico and Parris Island and it means a nasty staph infection that's going to keep you in the rack for a few days causing you to miss out on valuable training and will also cause your spear evals to become monstrously bad.

OCS is a dirty, dirty place. No matter how much you clean the squad bay, it will not be clean. That's just the way it is.

Cheers.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

I second the ITB, painful as hell but physical therapy gave me a strap for my knee and showed me stretches that took care of it. Try climbing ropes if you can before you get there to build up the muscle tendons pullups don't hit or your elbows will hurt the first few weeks. Take moleskin and take care of your feet.

 

[phrogpilot73]

...blisters on the feet.

Anyway, do something to rugged-ize the skin of your feet. I don't have any particularly insiteful exercises other than walking 300 miles in your boots. Blisters will be a fact of life for most, but on top of that, the open, chopped meat looking blisters leave a man wide open for cellulitis in your feet.

Take moleskin and take care of your feet.

Your feet will make or break you in TBS...

 

[Herc_Dude]

Your feet will make or break you in TBS...

Agree, and cannot be overstated. At OCS you are not really in the field long enough for the problems to get really bad. At TBS you will be out there for a week at a time, many times in a constantly wet environment, and it will be very hard to give them the care they really need. Can get really nasty if they are bad to begin with, spend a week in the field followed by a 10+ mile hump back home. Many guys will be walking funny for a few days after.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Can get really nasty if they are bad to begin with, spend a week in the field followed by a 10+ mile hump back home. Many guys will be walking funny for a few days after.

If you take nothing away from AW about TBS - take this: DON'T WEAR THINSULATE LINED BOOTS ON A HUMP!

I had totally sweet 1200g Thinsulate boots that I took out to the field with me for D-Week. Feet were warm the whole time - it rocked. Totally forgot to pull my black cadillacs out of my pack for the follow on 12 mile hump. Ended up with two blisters, one on each foot. Went from the balls of my feet to the heel. Ginormous and painful. Was on crutches for a week. Don't be an idjit like me.

 

[usmarinemike]

Went from the balls of my feet to the heel. Ginormous and painful. Was on crutches for a week. Don't be an idjit like me.

Everybody's a fuckbucket at first, right?

 

[phrogpilot73]

Everybody's a fuckbucket at first, right?

Damn skippy.

 

[RyanVR]

i got cellulitis on both my elbows at OCS, low crawling, got bit by something during the fire team fex or whatever.

It is no joke and can destroy you as fast as anything. Take it very seriously.

19 x's till winging, 3 years in! haha