Post Injection

[AwesomeA1010]

I started my first cycle a week ago of 500mg test e a week, my first injection was fine the post-injection pain wasn't that bad and only lasted about 3 days but my second injection was 4 days ago and it hurts way more than the first one and is red around the injection site.

Is there a reason the second shot post-injection would be more painful???

My first shot was in my left upper glute and the second was right upper glute if that helps.

 

[Ironpirate]

If it's your first time pinning then you should use as many sites as possible to see what works for you. A lot of guys like delts and ventro, I prefer quads and triceps. Injecting slower and warming the vial can reduce pip.

 

[CasperKValentine]

Are you splitting that 500mg up? If you pin 250mg twice a week you should not have any pain, defiantly not for 3 or 4 days. Jesus! You are doing something wrong or it's your gear bro.

 

[Mathb33]

Are you splitting that 500mg up? If you pin 250mg twice a week you should not have any pain, defiantly not for 3 or 4 days. Jesus! You are doing something wrong or it's your gear bro.

What?? Some people are more sensitive to shots than other and a virgin muscle can take several shots to stop reacting. When I started trt my ass was swollen and painful for about the first 5 weeks of shots. I could barely walk. To OP : if you’re pinning in a good spot, if you’re sure that your needle is the good size and you trust your gear, remember it’s only your second shot... you’re still pinning in a newbie (virgin) muscle.

 

[BBiceps]

Try to shoot with a 25g needle in your side delt, I get pip in my glutes also for some reason, delts is pain free for me even if I shoot 3cc.

 

[CasperKValentine]

What?? Some people are more sensitive to shots than other and a virgin muscle can take several shots to stop reacting. When I started trt my ass was swollen and painful for about the first 5 weeks of shots. I could barely walk. To OP : if you’re pinning in a good spot, if you’re sure that your needle is the good size and you trust your gear, remember it’s only your second shot... you’re still pinning in a newbie (virgin) muscle.

Oh damn. I guess I'm just really lucky. I've cycled test in the past, been on TRT for over 2 years, and currently pinning Masteron 4 times a week. 25g needle, IM, and I've pinned quads and delt. Never had any pain from injecting (Now watch my leg swell up like a softball when I pin here soon! LOL). Glad you said something. I didn't know this.

 

[Mathb33]

Oh damn. I guess I'm just really lucky. I've cycled test in the past, been on TRT for over 2 years, and currently pinning Masteron 4 times a week. 25g needle, IM, and I've pinned quads and delt. Never had any pain from injecting (Now watch my leg swell up like a softball when I pin here soon! LOL). Glad you said something. I didn't know this.

most people are like you and it’s easy Peezy but for some people unfortunately the muscles reacting strongly at first

 

[Rocket3015]

It is different for everyone, I can't pin in my quads, they get really sore, but every where else is no problem

 

[Smont]

Couple things to know that might help, virgin muscles, there going to be sore. Sometimes more then others, after a while you will be able to pin with zero pain most of the time but occasionally you might still get a bad one that gets sore or bruises.

Exercise the muscle after pinning to get blood in the area, that will make the soreness go away faster. So if you did glutes, hit the stair machine for 15 min that day, pin delts, train shoulders that day. You don't need to do this but it does help.

Injection volume, 1/2ml or less will usually be far less pain then doing a 2ml shot. The smaller the better. I inject everything every day in small doses with a slin pin or a 25g. But occasionally I get sick of doing that and I might miss a few days, next time I pin I might do a 2ml shot and it's a little sore. I put a hot cloth on it and give it a little massage and it helps.

I rotated left and right glute for the first year pinning 2x a week with a 21g 1.5 in
That's a big needle into virgin muscle and after the first month even those were pretty much pain free. So one way or another your just going to get use to it

 

[Whisky]

What?? Some people are more sensitive to shots than other and a virgin muscle can take several shots to stop reacting. When I started trt my ass was swollen and painful for about the first 5 weeks of shots. I could barely walk. To OP : if you’re pinning in a good spot, if you’re sure that your needle is the good size and you trust your gear, remember it’s only your second shot... you’re still pinning in a newbie (virgin) muscle.

yeah exactly my thought, likely just virgin muscle. First time I used VG (after pinning glutes and delts for years) I had way more soreness for a few days, by the 3rd shot in that muscle it was fine