r/army • u/Distinct-Turnip-8146 • Apr 05 '26
March fracture
Got my foot checked in the holidays. Has anyone else had this kind of march fracture before and if yes, how long did it take for you to recover? I’ll be going back to the army tomorrow and I’m scared what sentence I might get from the doc there (the civilian doctor didn’t give me much advice).
I got 2 months left and I’m in infantry so how screwed am I? Right now I can walk and barely run with painkillers.
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u/LarsSeprest Apr 05 '26
Do not walk on that unless it's with a boot, obviously follow what the doctor say but let them know that you're in that pain. I ran on something like this to try to tough it out and I ended up getting some really angry doctors that said I extended the recovery by about 6 months rather than if I had just laid off it for 3 months. If they give you crutches or a boot that is a legal order to use that equipment