great to be back after 14 yrs BUT.... Joint/Tendon Pain

[urmomma]

tendon/joint pain?
I'll try to keep it short but feel free to ask questions if you need more info to respond.

heres my history
- been bodybuilding since i was 14
- got serious at 19 started conservative cycles
- competed at 23 and took the overall for my state
- quit competing and off the sauce but still bodybuilding for health for 14 years
- last 5 of those 14 yrs i was on massive amounts of different pain medications for an auto accident/back injury. Lifting, diet,motivation, testosterone levels, slowly deteriorated to nothing, lifting 1 maybe 2 days a week in the end. When my doctor wanted me to start testosterone to make up for the opiates killing my testosterone levels I dropped the opiates(which always stopped working after a couple months and ended up using Naproxen in addition) - 6 months ago gave the opiates the bird, started eating clean, using Naproxen/PT to manage back pain 70ish%, lifting on my old 6 day split, started a cycle to try and help w/back pain.
- the deca worked, 12 weeks at 400mg my back pain is almost completely gone(or maybe it was the better diet and exercise) I started to get pain seems like my tendons in my pecs, biceps, and shoulders, all where tendon attaches at joints.
- no more naproxen, continue pt for my back on my own, back pain almost completely gone
- took 6 weeks off with pct, tendon joint pain continue
- new cycle adjusting for the deca killing my libido, but tendon/joint pain continues.

- the tendon/joint pain seems to go away with lots of warming up but makes me nervous I may be doing some kind of damage.

cycle 1 (12 week)
cyp 400 week
deca 400 week
start weight 213 - 23% body fat
end weight 220 - 19% bodyfat

cycle 2 (12 week)
cyp 600 week
deca 200 week
dBol 5mg 3 times day
aromasin 12.5 eod
start weight 214 - 21% bodyfat
week 7 weight - 221 15% bodyfat

I'm 40
feel great other than the joint pain
I lift hard and I am muscle soar from every workout the next day
surprisingly I maintained about 75% of my strength over the years, was back to 100% my 1st cycle
cycle 2 strength is back to 100% + + but limiting myself to try and avoid the joint pain, doing more reps and sets instead of heavier weight
eating about 4,200 calories day, 60%protein / 20%fat / 20%carbs
steak, eggs,chicken, rice, vegetables, fruit,
daily fish oil , vite e, multi vit, vit c,
sleep 8 hrs? toss and turn all night, in my life never been any different, not the quality sleep i need for sure

any suggestions or info would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[stevesmi]

i don't understand why you were on meds for that long.. what kind of accident were you in? how bad was it?

you are gonna want to listen to your body and stay away from AAS for a while and lift light and see how it goes. if you start messing with meds again you are just gonna create more damage. you are gonna want to be on krill from here on out and need to add omega's to your diet.

 

[urmomma]

i don't understand why you were on meds for that long.. what kind of accident were you in? how bad was it?

you are gonna want to listen to your body and stay away from AAS for a while and lift light and see how it goes. if you start messing with meds again you are just gonna create more damage. you are gonna want to be on krill from here on out and need to add omega's to your diet.

spinal compression from a head on collision smashed a couple disc's in my mid back, permanently inpinged and aggravating nerves. Nothing "DAMAGING" its just pain I get to deal with the rest of my life. According to the docs nothing I do exercising will damage it more, only possibly irritate or aggravate it. I am staying away from anything that compresses my spine to be safe, squats etc. I guess legs are the one thing I have only gone back like 50% keeping it really light to avoid spine aggravation.

I did/am doing the deca to try and get rid of the chronic pain, and I think it worked. I was trying to add the test/dBol to avoid the deca dick sides.

I could just stay of aas after this cycle and keep my fingers crossed the back pain stays gone AND the tendon and joint pain go away?

Ya I have been taking 4800mg fish oil (1440mg omega 3) a day for the last 6 months