Military Reconditioning

Being in the military causes wear and tear on the service members bodies, most being musculoskeletal conditions. Because of this the Army has implemented a program to try to decrease the amount of injuries. It’s called the PRT reconditioning program. The goal of this program is to create a better Soldier performance and to control or reduce the number of future injuries. The army requires a lot out of the members physically and it takes its toll. Many of these injuries are knee and back, therefore it’s recommended that these body parts are targeted for supplementary efforts towards prevention. The army has two levels of reconditioning exercises. Level one includes 4 different groups of exercises, four for the core, hip stability drill, shoulder
The lateral leg raise, medial leg raise, bent leg lateral raise, single leg tuck and the single leg over. The first four Soldiers aren’t to do more than 10 repetitions of each exercise and while doing the latter they aren’t to exceed 30 seconds for each side. The exercises can be repeated from the beginning if the soldier wishes to do more repetitions. The shoulder stability drill is designated for strengthening the shoulders and adding more stability to them. This group of exercises contains five four-count exercises meant to be performed at a slow cadence with five repetitions of each. The five exercises in the group are the “I” raise, “T” raise, “Y” raise, “L” raise and the “W” raise. Soldiers rehabilitating shoulder injuries are meant to this group of exercises as part of their reconditioning in accordance with their profile. Strength and mobility training contains exercises and modified versions of the exercises done on machines. There are 12 exercises in strength and mobility training, the leg press, leg curl, heel raise, chest press, the seated row, overhead press, lat pull down, lateral raise, triceps extension, biceps curl, trunk flexion and trunk extension.
Phase one is the initial conditioning, phase two is the toughening and three sustaining. Initial is the part where the instructor figures out what the injured soldiers are able to do and what they cannot do. The second phase, toughening, is to get the soldier back to where they were before the injury occurred. This phase is using done under the supervision of a physical therapist to ensure that the exercises are being done correctly and safely. The third phase, sustaining is reintegrating the soldier back with their peers to continue upholding the army standard of exemplary physical fitness. Soldiers are meant to progress as they go through the PRT Reconditioning program as they heal and certain exercises get easier to the