deca and rehab

[nobreath]

Hi guys,

I'm thinking about running a therapeutic deca cycle to help my body out post shoulder surgery. I'm 3 months out from a partial labral cartilage repair, no muscle involvement. Doc said no problem to return to sports around 6 months. Right now i'm in the strengthening phase.

I'm thinking about doing a low dose deca/test cycle to help my healing time and recovery. I have an experienced friend to help me out as its my first cycle. I don't plan on lifting heavy on the cycle, just continuing my gradual strengthening conservatively and swimming.

What do you think, will deca help me out/is it worth it to get myself back to sports and have a better recovery?

Thanks.

[dec11]

deca will not do anything for this, either will any other AAS. time is the only healer

[nobreath]

i find it hard to believe that low dose deca or any other AAS taken at low doses would do nothing to help at my stage of recovery, without planning on heavy lifting to damage anything, any other opinions?

[dec11]

i find it hard to believe that low dose deca or any other AAS taken at low doses would do nothing to help at my stage of recovery, without planning on heavy lifting to damage anything, any other opinions?

why are you asking then, if you know? or do you just want to hear what you want? its your money, waste it at your leisure.

ive tried both deca (24wks) and HGH (30wks) for a shoulder injury. they did nothing, absolutely nothing for it, nor my tennis elbow, nor my painful wrists.

[lovbyts]

What it will do is give you a false feeling of recovery and strength and you are more likely to re injure yourself. Some people use a low dose deca to help relieve joint aches, NOT injury. There is a BIG difference.

Dont use it thinking it will help you recover. No one ever plans on lifting to much but that's typically what happens and is how most people get the original injurty from being on cycle and lifting to much, to soon and tearing a rotator cuff or tendon.

[yannick35]

My medical doctor got me on TRT, testosterone 1cc per week i am also on prolo and PRP treatments, he said it would speed up the recovery. not sure about deca tough

[nobreath]

dec11: at no point in my post did i say I know

lovbyts: thanks for the input, i'm wondering if it would help deposit collagen(?) etc I guess, help with movement so I can do more effective band work and swimming... I guess I should wait until i'm cleared for sports completely?

yannick35: i had prp done on the injury pre-surgery, didnt help, have to understand that its a articular cartilage injury, not a ligament, tendon, or muscle... I am thinking about doing prolotherapy and ART in the future however if needed

thanks everyone, let me know if there's more input etc

[dec11]

dec11: at no point in my post did i say I know

lovbyts: thanks for the input, i'm wondering if it would help deposit collagen(?) etc I guess, help with movement so I can do more effective band work and swimming... I guess I should wait until i'm cleared for sports completely?

yannick35: i had prp done on the injury pre-surgery, didnt help, have to understand that its a articular cartilage injury, not a ligament, tendon, or muscle... I am thinking about doing prolotherapy and ART in the future however if needed

thanks everyone, let me know if there's more input etc

i clearly stated it would do nothing, you replied with you found that hard to believe. good luck with what ever you do

[friggingood]

I'm not a dr. nor could I ever ask my dr. about it, but I had c6/c7 fusion and there really isn't much therapy for that. The fusion takes and you do some band exercises for a bit, but not like having PT for a torn ACL. I went back in the gym to do just light cardio and very very light back exercises around the 4th month. And I mean light. Just to get blood flowing light at best. After I would say the 6 month mark I did a cycle of just decca and it was like magic. I was feeling better almost each day.. I wasn't lifting 100%, but my healing definitely sped up drastically. Again.. all injuries are different.. I don't think decca would speed up a ligament tear, but to rebuild muscle/tissue like what I had for the most part maybe can work. I was amazed. I just had labrum surgery 2 weeks ago, but don't think Decca would help me there. I'm not going to even attempt. I'll wait till I'm 100% and then gradually see where I am and what I can possibly do. I don't want to have another surgery.. ever. Shoulder, back and an ACL is enough for me. Not worth it

[lovbyts]

dec11: at no point in my post did i say I know

lovbyts: thanks for the input, i'm wondering if it would help deposit collagen(?) etc I guess, help with movement so I can do more effective band work and swimming... I guess I should wait until i'm cleared for sports completely?

yannick35: i had prp done on the injury pre-surgery, didnt help, have to understand that its a articular cartilage injury, not a ligament, tendon, or muscle... I am thinking about doing prolotherapy and ART in the future however if needed

thanks everyone, let me know if there's more input etc

I tried it a couple of months before my surgery (4-17-2012) but honestly it didnt make any difference. I also did ART a few months ago for quite a while, didnt help but it may with PT because it's sort of the same thing or at least the stretching part.

I started my PT 24 hrs after surgery. my doctor is aggressive and I agree with it. I have talked to several people since my surgery this week who siad their doctor said NO PT or movement for 3-6 weeks and it was the worst decision ever. Years later they did not have full movement. I have full movement more or less on day one. It wasnt the best feeling, its sore and you have to move SLOW but I really have full range of motion I work on 5x a day and I start with band work this week, 1 week after surgery and light weights at week 2.

[yannick35]

update, deca didnt do nothing for me either. But GH seems to be helping a lot at 2IU per day 5/2

[kolaking]

Test, Deca (no longer) and Anadrol are all used in the US for anti wasting treatment and for help in recovery from some surgeries. It won't hurt but I don't think it will perform any "magic'. Good luck and take it slow.

[RockRover]

I'm in the 'Deca'majic' camp. I'm 47 yo and over the last 15 years or so, when I would seriously strain a shoulder, back or elbow(bicep/forearm tie-in), Deca would enable me to get back in the game sooner. Of course that was mixed with test as well but again, 200mg/wk x 6 weeks was the ticket...Test alone did nothing for the injury.

Now that I'm of 'advanced' age , I'm finding that a 1 - 2 /yr 12 week HRT dose of deca/test REALLY keeps my joints functional. All those little aches and pains are MUCH reduced. I dunno'. Maybe it's just my physiology that enables it to work for me. If it is psychosomatic then I'm okay with that too! Whatever works imo.

[juicyjayjay]

Dec11,

Have you found anything to work? Message me if you can

why are you asking then, if you know? or do you just want to hear what you want? its your money, waste it at your leisure.

ive tried both deca (24wks) and HGH (30wks) for a shoulder injury. they did nothing, absolutely nothing for it, nor my tennis elbow, nor my painful wrists.

[lovbyts]

dec11 is no longer a member.

[vonner]

glutamine will probably work better