Am i injecting right?

[dannypefc1878]

Been using 23g 1 inch needles to pin delts and glutes. With delts minor pain and bleeding nothing to worry about. Been doing glutes last few times practically zero pain and hardly any bleeding. I'm wondering am I doing it right, is 1 inch enough to penetrate the muscle, I assumed so cos I'm quite lean. Am I worrying over nothing, cos I am good at injecting I do it as part of my job,but upon penetrating muscle would expect more bleeding as with my delt, don't want to waste my juice though, advice please!

[Times Roman]

Good queston.
Everyone is going to have their opinion on this one. And to be open, many doctors, including mine, use 3/4" needle for injecting test. I use a 3/4" needle, and have been for quite some time. You want the needle to penetrate the skin/fat and into the muscle. anything beyond that are just styalistic points imho. Many will say it needs to be injected "deep" into the muscle, but what I've never seen is the data suggesting that an extra 1/4" or more is going to have any impact. If it did have such an impact, then why are many clinics going so shallow at 3/4"?

Just my .02. Others will have their .02 as well. Add it all up, you may have enough for a cup of coffee! =)

[dannypefc1878]

Good queston.
Everyone is going to have their opinion on this one. And to be open, many doctors, including mine, use 3/4" needle for injecting test. I use a 3/4" needle, and have been for quite some time. You want the needle to penetrate the skin/fat and into the muscle. anything beyond that are just styalistic points imho. Many will say it needs to be injected "deep" into the muscle, but what I've never seen is the data suggesting that an extra 1/4" or more is going to have any impact. If it did have such an impact, then why are many clinics going so shallow at 3/4"?

Just my .02. Others will have their .02 as well. Add it all up, you may have enough for a cup of coffee! =)

Well I'm assuming I must be hitting the glute muscle as 1 inch is quite long and like I said I'm pretty lean. I was just wondering why hardly any bleeding if iv hit a muscle? Maybe just good injection technique ?

[gixxerboy1]

sometimes they bleed sometimes they dont. 1 inch is fine.

[JohnnyVegas]

Agree with above...you are going to see some blood on occasion. Totally normal. I now leave the needle in for 30 seconds after injecting and rarely bleed. Maybe it helps, maybe I have just been lucky. Find what works for you.

[VegasRenegade]

I use 1.5 inch for glutes now I do have to much fat. rarely blead but do some times