Quad Injection Help ?!
Hey guys TY again for everyone who helped me so far. My right glute is swollen, becoming somewhat black and blue and so tender to touch. I can't feel any ball but the muscle is physically swollen and my range of motion is limited.
Sunday night it felt fine and Monday morning it felt fine as well. I decided to work legs MON night bc I'm dumb and I think I leaked some test out of the muscle into the fat? Any ideas or recommendations on what I should do about the swelling and pain?
Secondly I need to pin tonight and am afraid to pin my left glute while the right is like this. I'm going to inject in my upper outer quad. I have watched videos and feel comfortable with the spot. I've also heard horror stories but my real question is once I aspirate and don't see blood am I in the clear ?!
Guys TY again for anyone who takes the times to help me
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Put a heating pad on your glute or take a hot bath. As hot as you can handle it. Take some acetaminophen to ease the inflammation as well. If you've never done quads it's going to hurt like a mother the next day. What are you pinning, how much, and how often? If you're only pinning twice a week I'd alternate between delts and glutes.
I picked up a heating pad today. I'm injecting 250ml of test twice weekly. My first pin was on Sunday night and my glute is so sore and swollen now.
I don't mean to sound like a puss lol but I am nervous to pin my delt 2 days before chest. Maybe the muscle doesn't always swell up and I shouldn't have worked legs 8 hours after pinning a glute? I would feel more comfortable with quad discomfort bc I work legs Mondays though?
TY for the reply also
Delts will hurt less and pain is manageable to push through a workout. Your glutes, delts, and quads will get used to the oils and hurt a lot less as they do. Quads, however, are a different animal. I don't skip legs the day of or next day after a pin even though it hurts. No pains, no gains! Ballsack that shit up brother. I'm no uber macho guy at all, but if I can do it so can everyone else. I'm on my first cycle 6 weeks deep.
Edit: use 25guage 1.5" needles for glutes unless you have zero ass fat
I honestly had no paid when working legs it was the following night and 5 days in it's still swollen and sore. Maybe it's virgin muscle or some leaked into my fat?
Would you think hitting a Tricep or Delt would be better knowing your have a chest workout Saturday? Should muscles you pin even effect workouts?
TY again
Virgin muscle and yes, possible some leaked between fat and muscle since you may not have gone deep enough with a 1" pin.
I think pinning delts doesn't interfere with my arms and chest workouts. I've pinned prop in my delts for the first 4 weeks and they're indifferent to whether I've pinned them or not now. The only bad pip I had was in my quads when having to pin them as I was pinning every other day. Tris? I have yet to pin, but I'd imagine you'd have a harder time doing chest than you would . you did delts.
The muscles you pin affect workouts until your muscles aren't virgin anymore with the exception of quads.
I might try Delts TY I'm just nervous because of my glute now.
Don't be. Just make sure to aspirate like you have been and go slow. Take 30-40 seconds pushing the oil in, breathe slowly, don't wiggle it, leave the needle in for 20 or so seconds more, pull it out, put a fresh alcohol swab over area just like before the injection and you should be good. Warming the oil in the barrel helps it disperse better as well. Good luck!
25? Okay...
What size needle are you using (length and gauge)? Why do you think you didn't go deep enough? What was your sterilization protocol for your last injection?
Not exactly sure what you're asking about in regards to aspirating. No blood is good.
I used a 25g 1" and used alcohol wipes to sterilize my skin. I'm not sure but it's just swollen and sore maybe because it's my first pin ever I'm not sure ?!
I've heard about guys hitting nerves and quad injections being painful but youtube is filled with HRT guys doing it. To specify I mean if there is no blood does that mean I am not in nerves? I'm so afraid to pin my left glute bc if it's like my right I won't be able to walk, sit or drive.
TY for the reply also!
25g is good, but 1" is pretty short for your glute (depending on your fat deposits there). I always go with 1 1/2" for glutes and quads.
Quads are notorious for PIP, especially virgin muscle, so if you're worried about not walking, quad or ass, you're pretty much in the same boat. You may be better off pinning your quad with your 1" needles though.
I would get some 1 1/2" and stick with those for most pinning in the lower body.
TY again
I'm leaning between pinning my quad, Tricep or Delt tonight knowing I have chest on sat. Will my Delt flare up like my ass did?
No one knows. If you do it right, you should just get some pip, since it's virgin muscle, but that's about it.
TY, would you have any ideas as to why my glute flared up for days?
I think I'm going to just risk the left glute tonight I'm so nervous lol
It could be a number of things (the solvents in the gear, virgin muscle, sub-q injection, etc.). If you're just sore and it's not warm to the tough and the redness isn't spreading, you're fine.
I would just try to the other glute, but just make sure you really find a spot where you have little fat and push the needle in all the way. You'll be fine.
It is red, warm touch also spreading. how bad is this?
With a pen, mark the outside of the red. See if it spreads and how quickly. If it keeps spreading and stays warm, a trip to the doctor or ER would be advisable. Just keep an eye on it.