Im three weeks into whats supposed to be a 12 week cycle but Ive got a pulled trap and my docter wants me to take 3 weeks off from any upper body exercise. Im on muscle relaxers and anti inflamatories. Its my first cycle and Im think Im gonna continue the cycle as is but extend it 3 weeks to make up for the down time any opinions or input might be helpful thanks.
pulled trap.
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R1rider
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sorry to hear. injuries suck
what gear you running right now? any orals? i would be a little worried about running gear, relaxers and noninflammatory for 3 weeks. what are you taking?
what are your stats( age, weight, cycle experince? what other drugs are you taking right now?
what gear you running right now? any orals? i would be a little worried about running gear, relaxers and noninflammatory for 3 weeks. what are you taking?
what are your stats( age, weight, cycle experince? what other drugs are you taking right now?
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All-test 350 its a blend of propianate cypionate and enanthate. Im doing .5 cc every other day. The timing for the muscle pull sucks. Im 6' 195 lbs been training steady for a good 18 mnths now and before that off and on. Im not on any other drugs and this is my first cycle. The anti inflamatory is naproxen 500 mg and the muscle relaxer is orhenadrine er 100 mg or nor flex
Im not sure if I just stop the gear till this issues all set then would I just pick up where I left off and then restart the cycle? I was also thinking that the test might help heal the muscle, but Im not sure how it would interact with the scripts. Maybe if I throw in some milk thistle and a shitload of water, not sure though. I feel like the cycles goin to waste taking it though and not working out.
Blondie_Bombshell
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I agree the test will help with your recovery, but the naproxen is hard on your liver.
That was the original plan I pulled it a while back it was just kind of a nagging injury but its progressively gotten worse. Last week I just went light all week except and it was really bothering me today especially when I turn my head I figure Im at a greater risk of making it a lot worse cause on the cycle because as Im making strong gains Ill just be beating on the injury with heavier weight plus Id rather deal with the injury earlier in the cycle than later. But Im open to as many opinions as there are out there
Ya the doctor thinks it a pulled muscle in the upper part of my trap, the pain is right by my neck. This is just an initial diagnosis. She thinks with the meds for 2 weeks the pain should subside and then I gotta take 1 week off after that without meds and then I should be fine. I felt the muscle pull doin barbell shrugs a while back the pain wasnt that bad but its been thee ever since. The pain probably would have been alot wors if it was a tear though.
I might just run the cycle as is take my meds and order liver longer its a liver supplement thats gotten pretty good reviews. Im concerned about my test levels goin all over the place if i stopped and started back up again, I think if I stopped Id have to just run pct and then wait it out like I just ran a full cycle not sure though.
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You should avoid exercises that obviously aggravate it--cause pain. This is a clear sign you are causing inflammation and maybe hindering the micro tears from healing. If you pulled a muscle, that's the best case scenario. Muscles are very vascular, meaning they have a great blood supply which leads to fast healing. Tearing or just slightly injuring a tendon is a less desirable diagnosis because a tendon is a thick, less vascular connective tissue that takes significantly longer to heal. This is what I would do:
1. continue with exercise that doesnt bother you. Follow it up by either ice or heat for about 30 minutes. Some say heat on sensitive parts that tend to "tense up" like the neck and back, but if you feel this is still a new injury with swelling present, if you can stand ice, I'd go with ice. It takes 20 minutes for the ice to penetrate deep enough for it to help, so suffer through it.
2. choose any waist up exercises carefully. do only exercises that you are certain you can do with complete control over your posture. for example: skip the shruggs for now. that's a repetitive exercise encouraging forward head, rounded shoulders, essentially poor posture. this will enflame the injury.
3. avoid combined movements. if you think of how your body moves you can isolate specific, simple movements. There is flexion/extension and rotation. Especially when you have an injury, you don't want to combine all these. This is a sure way people hurt their backs, and your neck is just a higher level of your spine.
I can't give advise on drugs because I don't know about that sort of thing, but I can give exercise advise based on years of training in therapy. Once you have recovered, you will want to start the shruggs and similar aggravating exercises at a lower intensity to see how you respond.
1. continue with exercise that doesnt bother you. Follow it up by either ice or heat for about 30 minutes. Some say heat on sensitive parts that tend to "tense up" like the neck and back, but if you feel this is still a new injury with swelling present, if you can stand ice, I'd go with ice. It takes 20 minutes for the ice to penetrate deep enough for it to help, so suffer through it.
2. choose any waist up exercises carefully. do only exercises that you are certain you can do with complete control over your posture. for example: skip the shruggs for now. that's a repetitive exercise encouraging forward head, rounded shoulders, essentially poor posture. this will enflame the injury.
3. avoid combined movements. if you think of how your body moves you can isolate specific, simple movements. There is flexion/extension and rotation. Especially when you have an injury, you don't want to combine all these. This is a sure way people hurt their backs, and your neck is just a higher level of your spine.
I can't give advise on drugs because I don't know about that sort of thing, but I can give exercise advise based on years of training in therapy. Once you have recovered, you will want to start the shruggs and similar aggravating exercises at a lower intensity to see how you respond.
Im gona atleast take this week off, the traps been botheringme for a while I tried to work around itlast week and actually went light on everything except legs. The problem with a trap injury is that you use that muscle all the time hitting other body parts. It bothers me after benching especially incline, it bothers me throughout most of my back workout and it fucking kills after a shoulder workout. Frank Zane even pulled his trap trying to stabilize himself doing preacher curls. Im atleast gonna take 1 week off at the end of the week if I feel allright Im gonna start up again but Im not gonna rush i since the injury shouldnt take more than a couple weeks to heal anyways.
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