pins not long enough. How bad?

**pheenyx1** · 02-24-2012, 05:23 AM

Been using 1" pins on delts for last couple days for my prop shots do to an order mix up. Sometimes the test is not getting into the muscle. I end up w/ a bulge at the site for a couple minutes after the inj. What is this going to do to my blood levels? Gonna get the 1.5" pins in a couple days.

**stpete** · 02-24-2012, 07:07 AM

That's odd. I use 1" exclusively. Where exactly in the delt are you injecting?

**baseline_9** · 02-24-2012, 07:10 AM

Unless your really fat you will be pinning IM with a 1 inch for delts

I use a 1 inch for glutes no problem....

Prop hurts in delts, it may just be swelling up a little... Happens to me terribly

**gixxerboy1** · 02-24-2012, 07:22 AM

i use 1inch for everyplace also. i havent used a 1.5 in prob 5 years

**BBrian** · 02-24-2012, 08:38 AM

You just need to massage the lump until it flattens out. I'm not sure how you aren't able to penetrate your delt with a 1" needle though. Are you injecting 4 cc's at once?

**Tigershark** · 02-24-2012, 08:47 AM

Are you injecting it fast? Because this can lead to a lump as well.

**gearbox** · 02-24-2012, 11:02 AM

How new are you to injecting. I hate to ask but did you go straight in, not a 45 degree angle like when a nurse does as iv

If you went straight in I agree with tiger and you may have pinned to fast, and listen to brian about massaging the area nicely

**pheenyx1** · 02-24-2012, 12:29 PM

Just assumed the lump meant i was not getting it in the muscle. Too fast makes total sense. Been rushing to get ready for work the last couple days. Bf is kinda high for me right now at 14%, but not enough that i have fat shoulders. Thanks guys. Glad i can use all these 1" pins i have.