Airborne physical
 

Hello Gents,
I have a question and after many hours of searching I've come to you for help.
I'm in 20th SFG in Louisville and today I took my Airborne physical and was disqualified for having high BP the readings were as followed 139/100, 138/99, 135/88 with a EKG heart rate of 59 BPM. Now here is my question is the physical a one time deal or can I take it again and if so how many time's? the reason I ask is because I've never had high blood pressure, heck It was only three weeks ago that I took a physical for the police department and my BP was 124/80. Also can it be waivered if I can't take it again?

Start here: AR 40–501, Standards of Medical Fitness (c attached)

Good Luck..

Thanks JJ_BPK,
I found the part about being waived by the school only I guess I just missed it, it was a really long day for me yesterday. But I still don't see anything about taking the physical again. What is the best course of action for me to get this taken care of? also I am 2 miles outside of Fort Campbell if I need to get a new physical.

Do I need any special orders to get a 5 day BP check done on Fort Campbell? Also if my BP is good for five days do I just send that up with my physical from saturday?

Ok after lot's of searching, and asking around I found out that I can take it again. Now here's my question other then the obvious thing like cutting out salt, lowering the use of suger and caffine what other things can I do? I've also kicked the PT up a notch by running 5 days a week instead of 3 and rucking 3 days a week instead of 2.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/treat.htm

Fish oil, Garlic, Folic acid, Hawthorn, and maybe CoQ10

....and eat your Quaker oats....:lifter

if it worth saying, it will be quoted.

See! thats just it like I said earlier, I had a physical for the PD and it was only 124/80 and 3 weeks later it's threw the roof somthing isn't right. And one of the guys from 20th that works in a ER as a civilian checked my BP and he got 128/88 and I was standing up and talking to the other guys. Also this was a National Guard unit that did ower physicals and they even told us that they only do physicals once or twice a year.:confused:

Quick question: is this the most up to date version of the AR40-501?
I might need to take this to one of the meps doctors who is trying to call me legally blind and disqualify me for airborne.

Thanks in advance.

Monterey P.D.
 

In 1972, when I took my physical for the Monterey P.D., I was DQed for having too high BP. I went on a 1000 calorie per day diet for three weeks and then paid to have my phyical done again.

The results were better than I could believe. I scored 120/75 the second time around. The Doctor explained that some people have "Performance Anxiety" and score outside the acceptable limits. Perhaps this happened to you, too,

I am not on AD, I suspect it is, but we need someone to verify the release level..

I didn't read the entire revised version, but nothing in the airborne qualifications was changed. So the 2008 rar is the most recent one I can find. I assume this is what they are currently using. Correct me if I'm wrong.