Army Recruit Seeking Advice

[N3ONPORCUPINE]

Hey there Marines. It's probably not everyday you get an Army "wannabe" asking yall for advice, but I'm short on time and the goarmy.com's ask a soldier forums are fairly dead.

My MOS is 11x Infantry and I'm waiting to ship out to OSUT soon. To help get ready for this I started going all out on my workout routine. This included the dreaded push up. It would appear that in my push up crazed madness I acquired a very annoying overuse injury. I'm suffering now from ulnar nerve compression in my dominant arm. As it stands I'm able to reach a decent amount of push ups before the arm pain starts to creep in; however, my pinky finger starts to tingle and go numb almost instantly. I've been resting for around 4 days and I'm hoping my symptoms will go away.

I've heard this injury is fairly common among amature athletes but I can't seem to find any workouts that would offer the same benefit as push ups without the impact it would place on the nerve. And the only treatment options I've found are rest or surgery.

Have any of you had to deal with such an injury? Any advice you could give?

I'm 100% sure this issue will crop up again at OSUT and I'm not sure whether I should ignore it or go to sick hall. If I ignore it and graduate I risk permanent nerve damage, if I head to sick hall I risk a medical discharge.

Hope yall can help me out.

Stay safe Marines.

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[Lisa 23]

The Marines here are not doctors. The best advice that can be given to you is to make an appointment with your family doctor about this.

[irpat54]

or go and chat with one of your Docs there and see what they say with out going to official sick call,, there should be some one there at the Base facility that will render some advice.. like Lisa 23 said we are not Doctors, so that is about the best that we can give..ether your family Doc or your BAS (Battalion Ade Station) Nurse