What the **** does a pulled quad feel like

[Hed]

Ouch. Sweet ****, this hurts like a bitch. Ok, so yesterday was leg day. I did a quad shot, but it went fine, no problems, and did it all right, ive done em plenty before. So i do legs right, hit em real hard.

Last night i feel some pain right above my kneecap area, in the muscle. Im like "eh ****, maybe i pulled something."

So today, i wake up, and im limping. My entire top part of the leg, towards the outer side, hurts like a champ. Muscle above the knee still hurts too.

What gives? Pull something, strain, mild tear.......what? Any ideas

[Hed]

bump this joint

[Pale Horse]

Too soon to tell could be the shot or the workout. Ice it up today and see what you get later. Is it hot to the touch? I would rule in favor of it being the injection. I never shoot a quad before my leg day, after only........... beacause of this.

[decadbal]

use alot of ice.. get that lactic acid out of there, then try some light lifting

[Hed]

Well, its slightly better today. Still hurts to walk on, but the limp isnt as bad. It could be the injection, but i am extremely conciensious of being sanitary doing shots. Wash my hands twice before shooting, air dry them, swab area with alcohol, use a different needle to draw than to shoot, etc. I think its a strain, cause i did a lot more weight than ive ever done on squats the other day.

Ill give it another day or so......








On a side note, should i be good for sumo deadlifts tonight? I dunno if they do more back than legs or not........

[SwoleCat]

I'd lay off any leg movements until you are sure you didn't damage the tendon that connects your quad to the kneecap.


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[Hed]

Thanks swole. Problem is, i got that post a little too late. What i did tonight was go to the gym (chest back day), and started to try sumo deadlifts with light weight, i think like 150. No problem at all, didnt even feel anything in the leg. So i threw my usual 315 on. Yea, i think that was a mistake. It hurts more now, not to the point where im dying, but i can also handle pain pretty well, and am having trouble walking. I think im goin over to the university health center (they dont know ****, so we'll see what happens), and get come crutches.

Updates as they come, but i definately learned my lesson tonight. No leg stuff........