Hey guys, this is my first post here, hopefully someone can offer me some advice for my situation.
I'm 22, 6'1 175lbs - been lifting since I was 17 and playing competitive sports all my life (basketball & volleyball). I've sustained a lot of injuries over the years including some to my neck and shoulders but have always continued to lift. About a year and a half ago, I got into an accident, it was pretty minor but because of all my underlying injuries, all my issues got exacerbated 10 fold and at the end of the day caused damage to 2 of my discs, made another disc in my lower back bulge out, wore out some spinal vertebrae slightly and threw my head/spine and hips completely out of alignment, causing my sciatic nerve to get pinched.
This was all pretty debilitating, and caused me to stop lifting. I also got prescribed opiate painkillers, which I've stopped taking daily but do need to use from time-to-time when I get flare ups of pain and need to go to work (desk job).
I've been seeing a pretty good chiropractor for the past 6 months and finally got straightened out for the most part; I still have one slightly damaged disc and some muscular problems that I'm having worked on. I do my own "physiotherapy", stretch all day long, do some light lifting, etc.
My main problem now is that I experienced serious muscular atrophy from being bed ridden and not working out for so long, to the point that I don't have enough muscle in my body to support myself standing up for long periods of time. When my muscles get tired, they let up on supporting my discs, and things get thrown out of whack again. I've still been working out, but I haven't been recovering as I should be, and I feel like I'm not making enough progress after 3 months of lifting in regards to recovering my lost muscle mass and healing my joints/bones.
I've been researching Anavar since my first big injury about 3 years ago and have been looking at the clinical usage of anavar mostly. Reports on the absolutely massive increases in bone density and growth compared to going the natural route have made me decide I want to run a cycle so I can recover 100%.
This will be my first steroid cycle, and I want to keep it as simple/clean as possible. As far as I've read up on how Anavar is prescribed, it's not normally with any kind of testosterone and patients only use 20mg ed, split into 2 - 3 doses.
I know it suppresses test production, and I feel like my test production is already slightly suppressed because of the pain killers. I know everyone will always say to add test to the base of any cycle but remember, my main goal is to experience increases in bone density and recover the bone mass I've lost.
The increased strength and gains are great but I can't put a massive physical load on my body anyways, I'll just re-injure myself, so I won't be lifting very heavy weights. Anavar will help bone density with or without working out, it's prescribed to patients who are literally wasting away and can't get out of bed, and still provides results, so in my case I'm thinking I can still get those benefits without the testosterone (correct me if I'm wrong please).
Of course, like everyone else, I don't want to be shut down during the cycle, so what would you guys recommend I do?
I was thinking of using Anavar closer to the clinical way, with low doses spread throughout the day, but also adding a natural test production booster (recommendations?) and a liver protection supplement (N2Guard).
I'd like to keep the stack as simple as possible, so if I could run Anavar 20-40mg ed by itself, without too many ill effects, then that would be ideal. Of course, I'd still use a liver protection supplement.
I'm not looking for physique transformation, I'm looking to heal; I'm sure most member's knowledge is focused mainly on the muscle building/fat burning aspects of Anavar but if you could provide some advice on this particular situation I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
ik
I'm 22, 6'1 175lbs - been lifting since I was 17 and playing competitive sports all my life (basketball & volleyball). I've sustained a lot of injuries over the years including some to my neck and shoulders but have always continued to lift. About a year and a half ago, I got into an accident, it was pretty minor but because of all my underlying injuries, all my issues got exacerbated 10 fold and at the end of the day caused damage to 2 of my discs, made another disc in my lower back bulge out, wore out some spinal vertebrae slightly and threw my head/spine and hips completely out of alignment, causing my sciatic nerve to get pinched.
This was all pretty debilitating, and caused me to stop lifting. I also got prescribed opiate painkillers, which I've stopped taking daily but do need to use from time-to-time when I get flare ups of pain and need to go to work (desk job).
I've been seeing a pretty good chiropractor for the past 6 months and finally got straightened out for the most part; I still have one slightly damaged disc and some muscular problems that I'm having worked on. I do my own "physiotherapy", stretch all day long, do some light lifting, etc.
My main problem now is that I experienced serious muscular atrophy from being bed ridden and not working out for so long, to the point that I don't have enough muscle in my body to support myself standing up for long periods of time. When my muscles get tired, they let up on supporting my discs, and things get thrown out of whack again. I've still been working out, but I haven't been recovering as I should be, and I feel like I'm not making enough progress after 3 months of lifting in regards to recovering my lost muscle mass and healing my joints/bones.
I've been researching Anavar since my first big injury about 3 years ago and have been looking at the clinical usage of anavar mostly. Reports on the absolutely massive increases in bone density and growth compared to going the natural route have made me decide I want to run a cycle so I can recover 100%.
This will be my first steroid cycle, and I want to keep it as simple/clean as possible. As far as I've read up on how Anavar is prescribed, it's not normally with any kind of testosterone and patients only use 20mg ed, split into 2 - 3 doses.
I know it suppresses test production, and I feel like my test production is already slightly suppressed because of the pain killers. I know everyone will always say to add test to the base of any cycle but remember, my main goal is to experience increases in bone density and recover the bone mass I've lost.
The increased strength and gains are great but I can't put a massive physical load on my body anyways, I'll just re-injure myself, so I won't be lifting very heavy weights. Anavar will help bone density with or without working out, it's prescribed to patients who are literally wasting away and can't get out of bed, and still provides results, so in my case I'm thinking I can still get those benefits without the testosterone (correct me if I'm wrong please).
Of course, like everyone else, I don't want to be shut down during the cycle, so what would you guys recommend I do?
I was thinking of using Anavar closer to the clinical way, with low doses spread throughout the day, but also adding a natural test production booster (recommendations?) and a liver protection supplement (N2Guard).
I'd like to keep the stack as simple as possible, so if I could run Anavar 20-40mg ed by itself, without too many ill effects, then that would be ideal. Of course, I'd still use a liver protection supplement.
I'm not looking for physique transformation, I'm looking to heal; I'm sure most member's knowledge is focused mainly on the muscle building/fat burning aspects of Anavar but if you could provide some advice on this particular situation I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
ik