2nd quad shot, now pain to the touch, little warm and swelling in foot...
FML...go figure I would screw something up. Sitting on the bed, 1cc of enanthate loaded in a 23g 1" pin. Swabbed down, waited until dry, pin in middle to upper part of thigh. Pushed E in, waited then pulled pin out. Quite a bit more blood came out than first shot...makes me think I hit a vessel going in. This was done on Saturday.
Sunday and today had wicked sore leg, minor heat on area, no swelling in quad, but noticed today foot is swollen a bit. Didnt work out legs after, just some light stretching. Pain seems to be subsiding, but the swelling makes me a bit nervous. 1st shot in right quad 4 days before went fine. No pip, nothing.
I think becuase my left quad is harder to reach, that my quad was tensed up during the shot. Not sure if that can affect it though. I know the gear is good, but Im wondering how to ease this shit down. Looks like a got fucking knee-capped. Better, but still hurts and a tad swollen.
Hate to seem like a bitch, but perhaps I screwed something up...any thoughts from you guys. By the way, first ever time muscle has had gear in it, and the test is 300mg.
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sit down, go up higher and make sure you asperate before you inject. I do the same spot 2x a week in my thigh, never have blood or problems like this. make sure when your done you rub the shit out of it, that will help the pain and swelling. also make sure you are going deep enough so its getting to your muscle and not sitting under the skin
Try injecting sitting down, it takes the stress off the quad. Other than that use that pain. Its a real good indicator when your all the way in the bucket on squat day! LOL ;-P
I was sitting down, but I think I was nervous and tensed up. Im getting ready for squats on Thusday...cant be as bad as wearing a PL suit for almost an hour waiting to hit all 3 lifts, now that shit is uncomfortable. My legs usually go numb right after the seering pain.
Haha. I love having a tight wrap on ready to go and the guy ahead of you dumps the bar! Doh!! Then to wait to unload all that shit and reload for you. By the time u get to the bar (if u didnt take the time to unwrap and re wrap) you got numb legs and feet. What a mental clusterfuck that is.
LOL, I do hate that. I competed in a show where the promoter was a no show, so his friend stepped in for him. Guy never ran a show and was mixing guys at 5'7 to 6'4 and weights all the over the place. I was in the mid 500's and had to wait for them to lower rack down, then load up plates...just a nightmare. My legs were almost cold by the time I was done. Gotta love powerlifting though.
They dont ever determine flights by height. Its always opening attempts from lightest to heaviest. With ER racks and monolifts changing rack height only takes a matter of seconds. What sanction was that? Sounds a bit odd to me having been around powerlifting for many years.
Sounds like the 2 of you might be able to point me in the rite direction on Power Lifting. Sent you both FR. I'm an old bastard moving more weight now than in my whole life. Looking for some direction.
FR accepted.
cdaddy7I think amputation might be appropriate in this case....Scalpel if you please Zewi....
...that actually made me laugh. I know Im gonna get blasted though!
cdaddy7It's all in good fun brother I promise
No doubt! I may cry when I inject in my quad, but I can take a joke. Some of the shit I see on here is truly funny. I love the banter! Just like my father in law says, "If I didnt like you, I wouldnt make fun of you!" I see it the same way.
cdaddy7Very wise insight
I hit one yesterday and I'm sore as fuck today, but also first one for about 5 months
zewi(Rage)ALL VERY SAD STORIES.... CRY MORE NOOB TAKE A FUCKING ADVIL AND MOVE ON!!!!
cdaddy7As the trendomorphins rise......
I knew I would insite anger with you zewi, and figured my noobness would come out. Im ok with the pain and walking like a ganster, just wanted to make sure there was nothing more to it. Now I feel like a pussy and a noob....fuq me!
cdaddy7Walk it off as my coach used to say....
HAHAHA...pain is part of the game, so true.
When I get pip from quads pain will go to my knee. I elevate my leg while I sleep and this helps. Also I will take some Ibuprofen. Some times I get PIP and sometimes I dont. One time I decided to hit the outside of my quad and I couldn't walk for 3 days. It hurt so bad I will never try it again. Try heating the loaded syringe with a hair dryer on low. Rotate the pin slow while heating it.When pinning try to have a steady hand. Every time the needle moves it is cutting something. Work out the muscle you pin right after you pin. Other than that learn to love it. Its kind of funny when you cant lift your legs when trying to walk. Also start thinking of reasons why your leg hurts.
I told someone today I was bitten by a monkey. That got a strange look.
Like GS said...it happens, especially with virgin muscle. I really dislike banging my quads because it is one of the areas where I get nasty pip.
Pinning the quads is a delicate technique...as EVERYTHING from pushing the pin in to injection speed to pulling the pin out requires precision and ABOVE ALL...time! Take your time...there's no need to be in a rush when injecting. I have found that the slower I push the oil in, the less pip I usually have. That and I really have to concentrate when injecting quads...focus and breathe and keep from jostling/shaking the pin while injecting.
Massage the area too...even day/days later...move the oil around because it can just sit in there a lil' longer than you want it to.
zewiOk i was being nice.. truth is stop crying.. it happens walk that shit off!!!
I was going to say the same but i tried to be nice!
same shit happened to me with my first shot of test E, i shove a 2 inch needle and 2cc of test into my right quad, after 2 days, i couldn't move that leg IT ALL and had a something like a golf ball inside the leg that was very painful, after 8 days that shit went away. May sure you use alcohol and clean the area real good and never use same needle twice. Worse case scenario you might need to see a doctor if it keeps getting worse.
Bro it happens. I've had major swelling and pain on gear that was absolute fire. Quads are by far the most delicate of the big 3 inj sites. Glutes, delts and quads. If u have a hot water bottle or a soaked hot towel. Place over the inj site and do that repeatedly throughout the day. Take a really hot bath. Take an advil for inflammation and repeat until it goes away. Pretty much all u need is time brother. U just don't want it to get progressively worse. Look for signs of cellulitis and if it gets worse and worse go to the dr. Tell him the truth and get it taken care of. Shit happens. Anyone who's done this a while has had this happen to them too.
Thanks GS. I would think delts would have been more delicate just due to smaller size. I havent taken any advil or anything, so I will start that tonight. I sat in a hot tub and let a jet massage my quad. Feels better tonight and have easier time walking and moving leg around. The area isnt growing, and there isnt noticeable swelling. Just being the over cautious noob I guess. I even said in one of my first posts I would try and not be that guy. Guess that is out the window now...I do really appreciate all your guys advice as well.
Your good homie. When I first got my first noticable swelling I was tripping ou too. Now it just is a part of the territory. Honestly Delts are my favorite site. They take a good amount of oil and they r painless. At least for me anyways.
zewiDid you aspirate before your injection????
i don't think you hit a vein if you did you would have be coughing you more than likely hit a capillary.
I didn't aspirate. Didn't think it was necessary for quads and glutes...I said vein, meant capillary, sorry. I know I didnt hit a vein, but I was a tad shaky going in.
It doesnn't soun to me like you messed anything up. But hitting a blood vessel will def cause some injection sight pain. I really don't like shooing quads just because it can be a lot more painful then glutes and delts. Another place you can try if you haven't already is pecs. Ive never had any problems with that area.
The chest? Fuq that...Im sticking with delts/glutes/quads. Im gonna have to grow a pair before my chest gets it. You guys are insane!
I guess the right pec is the place to start as the left one has more nerves...right side, less likely a chance you'll pierce/scrape a nerve. I will find out this fall, as I will most likely plan on hitting my pecs for the first time. ALSO...I was told that you hardly ever get pip in your pecs...added bonus!!
I never had any PIP injecting in the pecs. Just dont move your arm on the side Ur injecting to much. I made that mistake once on accident trying to aspirate lol.