Does somebody have a link or a good website I can go to and learn how to PIN? Is it difficult to PIN into glutes on your own? Thanks..
Does somebody have a link or a good website I can go to and learn how to PIN? Is it difficult to PIN into glutes on your own? Thanks..
Not sure of a website, but I will offer this advice: do it in front of a mirror so you can see what is going on rather than trying to twist too far. I can insert, aspirate and push the plunger all with one hand and can see in the mirror if I have any blood when I aspirate.
Aspirate is refering to drawing back the plunger to make sure there is no blood right?
Sciatic runs from the bottom up and towards your tailbone. I was always told(by a paramedic) to cut your ass in half horizontally and never go below that line. After, i don't know, hundreds of injections probably, it's never failed.
Honestly youtube has some great injection vids.
Correct. And if so, just replace the needle.
My doc explained to me this way: put your index finger on your hipbone and touch your cheek with your thumb. Then I pin in the area just below where my thumb touches my ass cheek. I used this as a guide the first few times till I got a feel for where that spot was. Now I just load the pin and go. I can guarantee this to work for everyone given some people have very large hands but it was perfect for me.
I have done all the above, but mostly I just flex my gluteus medius feel for it and go there, so I can get deep in the head of the muscle. Don't keep it flexed when you pin though. Its a no brainer dude. A lot of times I will have trace amounts of blood in the syringe, I just chalk it up to a little scar tissue.
bumping so i can reference tomorrow for first pin
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