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Harvey Balboner
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I’ve seen a lot of posts about injections pain & questions, so I put together some tips for injecting to help make it less painful.
* Heat the oil before injection (either in bottle/vial or after loaded in pin, by running it under hot water.)
* Use the proper injection site. See http://www.spotinjections.com
* Rotate injection spots, don't always inject in the same location.
* If you are new to injecting, I recommend doing your injections in the glutes.
* If you have a painful oil to inject (some brands test prop, sust, ect.) you can dilute it with injectable vitamin B-12.
* Ibuprofen 30 minutes – 1 hour before your shot, this can help with painful areas. This is not necessary, it is only a little bit of pain, you don't need pain killers for most shots, only take one if it is a sensitive area, or if the pain gets to be bad.
* Ice cube on the site of injection for a few minutes before injecting. This helps if it is a tender injection spot, or to numb the area, this is not necessary.
* Wipe area with alcohol prep pad.
* Push needle in at a moderate pace.
* Keep the pin straight, don’t move it around.
* ALWAYS ASPIRATE!
* Always use a new needle. I wouldn’t inject with anything larger than 22 guage (newbies remember that guages run backwards, so the higher the number of guage size, the smaller the pin, the lower the number, the pin is bigger, I use 23 guage for all my injections.)
* Disperse oil by injecting very, very slowly.
* After injection, wipe area with alcohol prep pad.
* Massage the injected area for a few minutes.
* Heat after injection, heat pack or hot shower.
* Light exercise for the area injected immediately after injection. (Biceps - 21’s & hammer curls, quads/glutes - body weight squats, delts – delt raises, calf – calf raises.)
* If you have pain later after the injection or the next day, you may want to try alternating heating and cooling. I personally find that heating right after the injection, and an ice pack much later or the nest day if you get any pain works well for me. Do not leave an ice pack on for more than 15 minutes.
* Remember the site you inject into might be little sore the next day, but don’t worry, after you get used to injecting you won’t really feel it anymore.
* Heat the oil before injection (either in bottle/vial or after loaded in pin, by running it under hot water.)
* Use the proper injection site. See http://www.spotinjections.com
* Rotate injection spots, don't always inject in the same location.
* If you are new to injecting, I recommend doing your injections in the glutes.
* If you have a painful oil to inject (some brands test prop, sust, ect.) you can dilute it with injectable vitamin B-12.
* Ibuprofen 30 minutes – 1 hour before your shot, this can help with painful areas. This is not necessary, it is only a little bit of pain, you don't need pain killers for most shots, only take one if it is a sensitive area, or if the pain gets to be bad.
* Ice cube on the site of injection for a few minutes before injecting. This helps if it is a tender injection spot, or to numb the area, this is not necessary.
* Wipe area with alcohol prep pad.
* Push needle in at a moderate pace.
* Keep the pin straight, don’t move it around.
* ALWAYS ASPIRATE!
* Always use a new needle. I wouldn’t inject with anything larger than 22 guage (newbies remember that guages run backwards, so the higher the number of guage size, the smaller the pin, the lower the number, the pin is bigger, I use 23 guage for all my injections.)
* Disperse oil by injecting very, very slowly.
* After injection, wipe area with alcohol prep pad.
* Massage the injected area for a few minutes.
* Heat after injection, heat pack or hot shower.
* Light exercise for the area injected immediately after injection. (Biceps - 21’s & hammer curls, quads/glutes - body weight squats, delts – delt raises, calf – calf raises.)
* If you have pain later after the injection or the next day, you may want to try alternating heating and cooling. I personally find that heating right after the injection, and an ice pack much later or the nest day if you get any pain works well for me. Do not leave an ice pack on for more than 15 minutes.
* Remember the site you inject into might be little sore the next day, but don’t worry, after you get used to injecting you won’t really feel it anymore.
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