painful delt shot
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Greazy-Pickle
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my point is if its good gear.. "which it is because im using the same stuff" there shouldnt be much pain.. i have zero pain after injects.. so i dont think its gear related..
Ok guys here it goes final outcome....when I woke up Sunday morning I saw some redness spreading down towards my elbow...for me that was the red flag so I tok my ass right to the e.r....doctor checked it out....started me on antibx. And percs for pain...I feel much better physicallly and mentally hahaha
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Good call going to the docs. Better safe than sorry. Antibiotics must have felt so good to take; i've been there.
Delt injects can be wierd, I always stick to glutes and quads are rarely have an issue. I only pin delts when my glutes/quads are very sore. I've only pinned delts 4 times EVER. 2 went very well, the other two not so much. My first shot ever was a left delt, and 4-5 days later I had some RUGGED signs/symptoms:
1. Severe swelling all the way down about 5-6" past my elbow on the posterior side (along the ulna). Seemed like it was filled with water, very puffy and soft.
2. Deep dark redness from the delt, along the long head of the biceps and the lateral head of the triceps.
3. An even darker (black/blue) lump around the deltoid insertion at the deltoid tuberosity (halfway down my upper arm).
4. A rock hard injection site at the delt, which spread to the bis/tris.
5. Entire upper arm was hot to the touch.
6. A pretty bad fever, waking up at night really hot and sweaty yet shivering.
I went to the ER, and got some antis. Went away in a few days.
I didn't pin delts for another month or so. Then I manned up and pinned delts again, both sides, and everything went perfectly. Barely even any soreness. Feeling good about the delts, I tried it for the 4th time, this time on the right delt. The EXACT same symptoms as the first, SCARY STUFF.
This time I did NOT go to the docs, and it lasted just as long as before, but 3-4 days after these scary symptoms appeared, they were gone. Swelling went down, redness disappeared, no more fevers, lump shrunk and went away, etc.
I still wonder what the fuck happened during these two bad shots...and I cannot figure it out. I have not pinned delts since, because I like to be able to train upper body.
Delt injects can be wierd, I always stick to glutes and quads are rarely have an issue. I only pin delts when my glutes/quads are very sore. I've only pinned delts 4 times EVER. 2 went very well, the other two not so much. My first shot ever was a left delt, and 4-5 days later I had some RUGGED signs/symptoms:
1. Severe swelling all the way down about 5-6" past my elbow on the posterior side (along the ulna). Seemed like it was filled with water, very puffy and soft.
2. Deep dark redness from the delt, along the long head of the biceps and the lateral head of the triceps.
3. An even darker (black/blue) lump around the deltoid insertion at the deltoid tuberosity (halfway down my upper arm).
4. A rock hard injection site at the delt, which spread to the bis/tris.
5. Entire upper arm was hot to the touch.
6. A pretty bad fever, waking up at night really hot and sweaty yet shivering.
I went to the ER, and got some antis. Went away in a few days.
I didn't pin delts for another month or so. Then I manned up and pinned delts again, both sides, and everything went perfectly. Barely even any soreness. Feeling good about the delts, I tried it for the 4th time, this time on the right delt. The EXACT same symptoms as the first, SCARY STUFF.
This time I did NOT go to the docs, and it lasted just as long as before, but 3-4 days after these scary symptoms appeared, they were gone. Swelling went down, redness disappeared, no more fevers, lump shrunk and went away, etc.
I still wonder what the fuck happened during these two bad shots...and I cannot figure it out. I have not pinned delts since, because I like to be able to train upper body.
Dude that is pretty weird cause I feel like we have had the same type of experience with delt shots....will def keep away as long as I can from the delts...sometimes its just a natural respoonse to a foreign substance in the body...as far back as I can remember I have had problems with delt shots even as a kid with vaccines I swelled up and couldn't move my arm the next day....u live and u learn bro
Greazy-Pickle
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glad you made it home safely..lol now eat a sandwhich and get back to work..
