1st quad injection... 2 days later very painful... normal?

[jackedbatman]

I did my first injection 1cc of test E + 1cc of Decca in my right quad on sunday night, I trained upper body monday and played an hour of hockey monday evening with slight discomfort, I woke up tuesday morning barely able to walk. I am supposed to train legs today... is it a good idea to go to the gym do what I can for legs and call it a day or should I rest? I read it can be normal for swelling and some pain but this is making me limp around work, and I would hate to miss a day of training. any comments or thoughts will help thanks.

jackedbatman

[illwillogical]

That can be normal. Sometimes when I shoot thigh's its painless. Other times I will have pain, its pretty easy to hit nerves when shooting quads.

[Reed]

It tends to happen with certain gear with higher BA content.

If it hurts to train properly then you probably should skip leg day

Also what you can do to reduce the pain is draw your amount ou,t run it under hot water for a minute.

What helped me tremendously with some painful prop I had was cutting the oil with another sterile oil like grapeseed or cottonseed. Its best to make sure that these are sterile. I used a 2:1 ratio. 2 being the gear and 1 the sterile oil. So if my injection was a CC I would add a half CC of the sterile oil to help with the pain but if you need to do more than do more

[TITANIUM]

Try your glutes.

[Chev]

I cant walk for a few days too sometimes.

[jackedbatman]

thanks for the advice. I ended up training the soreness isnt as bad I am just putting heat packs on my leg, seems to help alot.
Thanks

[lebronjames]

did ur gear come from a sachet?

[jackedbatman]

So today my leg isn't as sore, i can move around and walk fine with a slight discomfort but my leg is still quite swollen and hurts all on the outside of my quad and is red in a circle approx. 6 inchs long and 4 inches wide, but theres no lump where i injected and the pain is alot less, just wondering if the redness is at all normal. and no my gear didnt come from a sachet.

[$omething$erious25]

I shoot TestE in my quads every other week and only had one time so far where I could barely walk for the next couple days and leg was swollen, me personally I think its from hittin legs to hard that day or I hit a nerve and caused the pain it did either way it went away and my leg has grown since so its nothing man just nurse it and be easy on it til the pain goes away

[chuckt12345]

quads can be a btch,, curious why your hitting them and not glutes

[jackedbatman]

Since this is my first cycle using injections, I had the advice of a few friends who have done multiple cycles to use 25 gauge 1" pins but since I'm using decca and enth should I be using larger 23 gauge needles 1.5" into my glutes right now I am putting a cc of each in the same needle and injecting, my injection took about 45s to get all the steroid into my quad? i was told to rotate injection sites to prevent scar tissue. The only thing im worried about right now is the redness, pain is lessening but its red around the injection in a 4" wide 6" long circle it's warm to the touch but i can't tell if it's hot, i injected sunday evening. how long should I wait before i see a doctor. I feel like I'm just being paranoid since it was my first injection and it was a lot of liquid going into my quad. any advice helps, thanks again

[chuckt12345]

well for twice a wk injections i dont know why anyone wouldnt use the glutes,, its the most pain free spot to shoot. Depending how much fat you got 1" will work but 1.5" are better if your not thin

[TractionIssues]

lol glutes are for pussies, I'm always in the delt and quad, and when I feel like spicing it up I go for the bicep, it's fun! and anyway I find if your doing the shot yourself, you have more control doing it on the front of your body then having to twist around to stick it in your ass imo, but if your scared or don't know what your doing, go for the glute...

[chuckt12345]

ive shot everything,, guess i just dont like feeling like i got kicked by a horse for a few days when i dont have to. Guess everyone gets there kicks from diffent shite.

[jackedbatman]

I may try doing my other quad tonight, and try heating the oil, and applying heat and massaging the area afterwards, and if the redness doesnt go away ill just go see my doctor but ive talked to a couple people who have used test E and got an almost sunburn looking redness similar to mine that went away after 4-5 days.

[diesel405]

Hey bro, i personally hit whatever muscle i am training that day so the juice is not just sitting in the muscle. I like to soak my vials in a sink of hot water for a couple minutes, load em up and shoot. Ten minutes after shooting gently massage the muscle, and i bet it wont hurt as bad. That hot/red skin is normal. You just introduced a foreign substance to your body. It will be fine in a couple days...

[jackedbatman]

Thanks man, I've run 2 previous cycles of orals with some good gains but that was about 2 years ago, so i did some research put some stuff together and invested a good amount of money into this cycle, i just was pissed when my skin got red and swollen a few days later after my first injection, people were saying sounds like an infection but i followed all of my sanitary steps by the book. so im hoping tonights goes a little smoother

[chuckt12345]

just shoot your glute man if you dont want pain.