Recent content by Manticure

What is the best thing for me to do? I can't really say I have an injury as my legs are fine. I only get pain sometimes after running for 5-10 minutes. Should I report this to a recruiter anyway? And what will happen if they do see it as an injury? This is a really grey situation. Some people...

I am in a very similar situation. Although I doubt it's related with bones. Stress fractures are localized but in my case I can feel the pain if I press in my anterior shins on both legs all the way along the shin muscles. For the last few months I've tried everything: running every day, getting...

Ok in the last few weeks since my last post I started doing regular exercises for my shins. Draw alphabet with each foot twice a day. Walk on heels twice a day. And 2 sets of the exercise where you stand on your toes and then raise and lower your heels repeatedly. I have to say all these...

Hi all, I just want to give my two cents. I wouldn't say I am really good at it. But when I was  around 14-15 I used to be able to do over 50 push ups without much of a problem. Of course at first I wasn't doing more than 20, but I did as much as I could once per day so eventually I was able to...

hah, no, but apparently there are plenty of beautiful women in the Canadian forces.

I just realized that I am flying to borden on the 4th, I will be in Toronto in the afternoon and will take the shuttle bus right away, so I should be in Borden some time in the evening on the 4th. But since it starts on the 7th, how is that gonna work?

I had the ceremony today. It was good. At first we did a ton of paperwork and had some time to ask questions about BMQ. Then we watched a video with all the guests and finally gave our affirmation to the queen. Every single person had a guest to come with them and take pictures. Frankly, the...

About a week and a half after getting the shin splints went away. So I slowly started running again 3 days a week. Now after about 3-5 minutes of running I start to feel kind of heaviness and stiffness in my lower legs. And I know that if I just continue running, I will get the shin splints...

Allright, I am gonna do these too a couple times a day. I've been doing the one from last video all this time. Crap, I don't have much time to prepare for basic now. I am flying there in a little over 5 weeks, and it will probably take at least half of that to heal my shins.

Ok I went to that store and the guy there seemed like a professional runner or something and was very helpful. He said my current shoes were definitely not right for my type of shins or ankles because they didn't have support on the anterior side of the shoes or something. So he recommended me...

OK, I looked up this place around where I live, called Forerunners. I called them and they said they can look at my feet type and all and recommend the best running shoes for my feet. Do you people think that would be good enough? I will go there tomorrow and buy new running shoes, and see if it...

OK, I realize that military doesn't tolerate any kind of whining or complaining and I have been already shown that on this forum. But I think I keep having this problem of shin splints. My basic training is on September 7th and my question is, in your people's opinion, should I continue running...

What about your enrollment ceremony? Did you have it already? They'd call you or send you an email before the ceremony with some details. I got the email just yesterday with an enrollment letter, joining instructions and security clearance form (don't know why I am filling out this one, I...

I am from Vancouver. I was told that I will fly over to ontario on september 5th and the training will start on the 7th. Have you all had the enrollment ceremony already? All I know about my ceremony so far is that it will be on august 12th. But the recruiter told me I will be sent an email...

Can anyone confirm that these really are the instructions that those joining the regular force should use? It seems like they are for NRTD. Should I reference these instructions anyway?