johndoesmith
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I've been using nelson's method of injecting in deltoids, and I'm wondering how much pain is normal.
Generally when I inject, I go three fingers below the acromion process which is about 2 inches. I always have trouble when placing the needle on the skin, prior to pushing it in, because I will feel a sharp pinch. So I move the needle around slightly until I find a place that doesn't pinch.
Sometimes when injecting the testosterone, I will immediately(within about 30 seconds) feel some tightness in the muscle, similar to a muscle cramp feeling. I inject .3 ml in about 10-20 seconds. I don't think that's too fast.
Then if I have that muscle cramp feeling, it will usually hurt a bit more afterward. Not terribly, but about 3-4 out of 10.
Even when I don't get that, I still have some soreness the next couple of days. Like a doms feeling from working out, and if I lay on my shoulder at night, it will hurt more.
Again none of this is serious, not enough to worry about infection or anything, the only reason I'm asking here is because I notice a lot of guys mention that there's ZERO pain and I don't know if my technique is off, or if these guys are exaggerating.
I will say that I've been on TRT for about 4 weeks now, and my first couple of injections were almost pain free. Nothing more than a tiny pinch, but now I usually get the cramp feeling almost immediately.
I hope it's not some kind of allergic reaction because at first I didn't have this, now I do.
I am fairly lean, not much body fat, and not much muscle mass, as in I don't look like I lift. Typical 5'8 150lb hard gainer look. I would prefer to use insulin syringes because there's not much dead space, and I know that using the removable needle syringes wastes a lot over 4 months of every 3 days injections.
I also don't do any of that aspirating crap. I don't even know how one can do that if your injecting in shoulders, you only have one hand. I'd be moving the needle all around and that's not good.
Generally when I inject, I go three fingers below the acromion process which is about 2 inches. I always have trouble when placing the needle on the skin, prior to pushing it in, because I will feel a sharp pinch. So I move the needle around slightly until I find a place that doesn't pinch.
Sometimes when injecting the testosterone, I will immediately(within about 30 seconds) feel some tightness in the muscle, similar to a muscle cramp feeling. I inject .3 ml in about 10-20 seconds. I don't think that's too fast.
Then if I have that muscle cramp feeling, it will usually hurt a bit more afterward. Not terribly, but about 3-4 out of 10.
Even when I don't get that, I still have some soreness the next couple of days. Like a doms feeling from working out, and if I lay on my shoulder at night, it will hurt more.
Again none of this is serious, not enough to worry about infection or anything, the only reason I'm asking here is because I notice a lot of guys mention that there's ZERO pain and I don't know if my technique is off, or if these guys are exaggerating.
I will say that I've been on TRT for about 4 weeks now, and my first couple of injections were almost pain free. Nothing more than a tiny pinch, but now I usually get the cramp feeling almost immediately.
I hope it's not some kind of allergic reaction because at first I didn't have this, now I do.
I am fairly lean, not much body fat, and not much muscle mass, as in I don't look like I lift. Typical 5'8 150lb hard gainer look. I would prefer to use insulin syringes because there's not much dead space, and I know that using the removable needle syringes wastes a lot over 4 months of every 3 days injections.
I also don't do any of that aspirating crap. I don't even know how one can do that if your injecting in shoulders, you only have one hand. I'd be moving the needle all around and that's not good.
