Swollen Knee/Quad/Calf

[Dirtnasty]

I mean I do damn near 3ml everywhere no issues but I’m not a normal person I’m told.

 

[Rusty]

Thanks for helping brother!!

 

[Mossy1985]

I’ve been using 1" for everything lately but just because I’ve been too lazy to order some 5/8" . I prefer the 5/8" for everything but glutes.

 

[trvs]

Holy shit 3ml in one spot??? Dude way to much no matter where you put it. It’s most likely not infected. It’s oil it has no where to go and your body sees it as a foreign object so it’s naturally going to attack it.

Do this get a heating pad and wrap it around the area. Buy some aspercream it will help with the pain at the injection site. Rub it all around that area that’s hurting.

Can also take an epsom salt bath.

For the love of god guys never inject more than 2ml into a large muscle (gluts or quads)

@TG

Thanks for the info! Lesson learned the hard way.

Will try the heating pad in bed

Thanks for the help gents! So much good info

 

[Dirtnasty]

I just pin so much volume I want to get a little deeper doesn’t bother. In fact my shoulders get less pup from it

 

[Rusty]

Ya bro your muscle size is well genetically freaky. Haha. So you cannot compare yourself to a normal gym rat. Most don’t have 21 inch arms and most don’t have lats so big their veins are popping out. Especially for your BF. Not saying your fat but your BF has to be around 20 and yet your lats so big they still have veins so fuck off in a good way:grimacing:

 

[Poppy]

How do you pin your traps? Over the top?

 

[Rusty]

Great question?

 

[Poppy]

I got so much fur up there it might take a long pin just to get to skin.

 

[Mossy1985]

Yes sir. Similar to the way you pin lats. Use the opposite arm and go over instead of under. It seems easier to me than lats but I’ve never tried lats. I’ve thought about pinning my chest the way @Outlawthing does.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Hat backwards

 

[Poppy]

Thank you. I might have to give it a whirl.

 

[rnmuscle]

AHEM, I might have some Keflex, z pack, and a couple of broad spectrum antibiotics, hypothetically. Theres stories of guys using Marcaine to numb the area and sterile lancing of the area but not in your case. everyone gave good advice. In extreme situations, local feed(animal dogs,equine, etc) keep antibiotics but you have to know what not to get. In todays world just go to ER if it gets worse.

 

[Mossy1985]

You’re welcome sir. Let me know what you think

 

[gymisfun1]

I’m a bit ate to this, but that seems to be a Sub Q leak. Should be fine.

Also I’d recommend not pinning where you did. Either in more of the meat in the tear drop (which personally I’d avoid) or right in the meat of the outer quad. Around where your hand/wrist lines up w it when it’s at your side.

 

[trvs]

Thanks for the tip @gymis - that is super helpful!

I went ahead and went and got a ultrasound today just to be safe - they were able to see the fluid in my leg. Super crazy to watch them press on my leg and you could see the fluid move. I also ruptured a blood vessel causing a hematoma which is where the sharp pain is coming from.

They also believe I had a small infection as well due to some inflammation they noticed with my lymph nodes. They think I may have not cleaned the area well - not sure about that since I am OCD about that. They put me on a low grade antibiotic. Guess better safe than sorry.

They also took @NeuroRN idea and drew some circles around the red part and the inflamed parts to monitor it.

On a side note - I actually got the injection in the lower part of the quad - it just hanging out there right now. So no subq or anything like that.

Gotta say you guys were all spot on with the advice, from the circles I mentioned above, to icing it, to leveraging some compression on it. Everything they mentioned today. So CHEERS for that - much cheaper than the price I will be paying for the ultrasound

 

[rnmuscle]

At least your gonna be all good. The price of sepsis is worse.

 

[Outlawthing]

The fact that it’s red bothers me. Is it hot to the touch? Hard? Squishy? The sharpie idea is a very good one if it moves no bueno!! If it gets bigger or you start seeing lines no bueno!! Can you feel your pulse below the spot? In your feet ? If so and it’s a blood clot which I doubt it would be a vein not artery , If I remember correctly. I won’t hit my legs again ever. Just can’t get it down. I have gave myself shots up high like at hip high and two days later it was down by my knee. That’s a shit ton of oil, I’m thinking it’s in between fascia and muscle or leaked out. What ever the case hurt like hell to the nah nah to the nah nah. I just gave up and tear my ass up. If it gets any tougher it will be leather, just like John likes it

 

[Outlawthing]

Glad your ok Just had ultrasound on legs looking for blood clots . Glad your ok. Trust me on this one if you stick anything anywhere, stick it in your ass. Just start with keychain size and work your way up to 5 cc there Rambo. Damn kad drinks it, dirt, snorts it, and your doing bottles at a time. Lol.