text: Chapter 12
  Special Conditioning
  Programs for Soldiers who are having difficulty meeting Army standards are part of
  special conditioning. These programs are not punitive. They are restorative. Their
  purpose is to build readiness so that Soldiers return to full duty and deploy in support
  of any mission. They include training and testing improvement, ABCP, reconditioning
  after completing rehabilitation for an injury or illness, and pregnancy and postpartum
  physical training (P3T).
  REHABILITATION AND RECONDITIONING PROGRAM
  12-1. Army leaders prioritize the health and well-being of Soldiers. The focus of H2F System is the physical,
  psychological, and social well-being of the Soldier. This integrated approach includes those who are rallying
  back to optimal readiness after a period of illness, injury, or deconditioning. Operational unit leaders and
  sustaining phase leaders have a responsibility to communicate clearly with their medical counterparts in the
  Military Healthcare System when helping Soldiers through these conditions. The H2F personnel in the unit
  can perform this function as well and will be the primary leaders of the unit’s special programs.
  12-2. Illness occurs when Soldiers deviate from a healthy state and feel helpless, dependent, and continuous
  discomfort. It leads to a narrowing of focus and goals and an increase in concern about pain. Illness differs
  from disease: a Soldier can feel ill but not have a disease. An illness is a state where a Soldier has feeling of
  pain or discomfort that may or may not have an identified cause. A disease might not have symptoms of pain
  or discomfort, but it will have an identified cause—a pathology or diagnosis—that causes the body or parts
  of the body to not work properly. Whether real or perceived, the physical and psychological responses of the
  body to illness or disease is stress. When this type of stress is overlaid on daily hassles, major life events, or
  high operational tempo, Army leaders use the H2F System to mitigate the impact on the Soldier and the unit’s
  readiness.
  12-3. Rehabilitation and reconditioning both depend on the unit’s conditioning program. If leaders do not
  synchronize the rehabilitation and reconditioning program with the conditioning program, the Soldier is at
  increased risk for chronic injury or re-injury. Exercises and drills for rehabilitation and reconditioning are
  based upon the conditioning program. Profiles describe which exercises, drills, and activities can be done to
  standard, must be modified, or cannot be performed—are restricted. If the conditioning program changes, or
  other physical activity is included in the H2F program, then leaders need to consider the impact on the
  rehabilitation and reconditioning programs and the profile system.
  REHABILITATION
  12-4. Rehabilitation is a program developed and overseen by medical providers that Soldiers begin soon
  after becoming ill or injured. Rehabilitation aims to return the Soldier to a baseline of physical function in
  daily activities such as personal hygiene and mobility at home and work. Once Soldiers reach this goal, they
  may progress to higher levels of function under the direct supervision of a medical provider. When Soldiers
  reach rehabilitation goals, the provider can discharge them to full duty or change their profiles so they can
  start reconditioning.
  12-5. Soldiers may continue rehabilitation, reconditioning, or both until returned to readiness for return to
  full duty. Healthcare providers should communicate with H2F personnel to allow the Soldier to safely train
  in the reconditioning program. They may remain on profile during this period.