leg injections

**dacosta** · 02-18-2007, 05:57 PM

why do i have to use a blue needle in my quad it seems to me that an orange needle will do the job or is it about how far into the muscle you inject????

**BOOST** · 02-18-2007, 06:02 PM

23g 1.5" for glutes
25g 1" for most everywhere else

**frank12391** · 02-18-2007, 06:08 PM

You have to penetrate past the subcutanious layer (layer of fat) under the skin and into the muscle, deep. It usually takes at least 1 inch in the quads, bearing in mind that you need to leave some of the needle poking out incase it breaks if you move too much. So I would use the blue pin which is probably a 23g 1 1/4 inch or 1 1/2 inch which is ideal. The orange pin is probably a 25g 1 inch. You would have trouble passing the oily solution through that and it may not penetrate deep enough. If you inject oil in the Sub Q layer, you risk getting an abcess and it will not be an effective injection. It's what they call a failed injection.

Check the wrappers on your needls for sizes and get familiar with them.

**Fastcav** · 02-18-2007, 07:05 PM

I use 23g 1" for my quads and 22G 1.5" in glutes. Im only about 8% bf natrually though so not much problem getting past the fat.

**SNUKA** · 02-18-2007, 08:36 PM

i do like frank says i always use 1.5 inches and go in about 1.25 inches and leave a little hanging out case a freak accident happens and needle breaks

**kynetguy** · 02-18-2007, 09:13 PM

Have you ever tried to break a needle? Its actually not real easy. Before you bent it enough to break it, you would be screaming in agony at the tip slicing through muscles like a knife.

I really think some people are over paranoid about this.

I use a one inch on delts and quads, I dont shoot my glutes. I am not that coordinated to look in the mirror and hit it. PLus I find it very difficult to asperate. I tend to move the pin around a lot when shooting my glutes and that really causes more pain than needed. But that's just me.

Anyway, I burry that bitch in my quad or delt. That way when I asperate and inject, I know the depth isnt changing because its already all the way in. So I don't have to worry about going an extra 1/4 inch and hitting a vessel after I begin to inject.