Growth Hormone anyone?

[Mike145]

Several of my buddies have praised growth hormone therapy as a way of curing nagging gym injuries. Bad shoulders, tendonitis, scar tissue etc. is there any truth to this claim?

I am 28 years old and have been lifting hardcore for over ten years. I fear that I have pushed myself too hard over the years and that my body is already falling apart. I have listed the nagging injuries below that I would desire to treat:

-I have recently had surgery for a torn labrum.
- I broke my ankle about six years ago and it has never really recovered full range of motion.
- I have tendonitis in my right elbow that prevents me from performing barbelll curls.
- I have a slight tear in my leg abductor for the past two years that I keep retearing. It will repair itself as scar tissue, but when I run or try to do squats it starts to beother me again.
- I am also suffering from cervical spine pain, an injury originally sustained doing heavy dumbell shoulder presses.

I have done physical therapy for all of these injuries and this has reduced the pain and discoomfort in most cases. However, I have not achieved a full recovery and will from time to time experience a reoccuring spasm. The problem is reduced if I avoid certain exercises, but who wants to go through life without being able to run, squat, barbell curl or shoulder press? Not me.

My question therefore is "Do you think growth hormone treatment will heal any of these injuries for me?" If so, how much should I take and how should I take it?

Thanks guys.

 

[danymal04]

Do some more research around here and yes it can help tremendously from what I've been reading but I have not tried it myself. The more you stick around and search through these threads you'll understand what everyone is talking about because there is too much information to absorb. Human Growth Hormone is great but how much you take all depends on your age, what you want as benefits of taking it and how long (which most agree you need to take it for at least 6 months to see any real effects).

 

[solidspine]

Your are 28

You have had normal injuries in you life, just like everyone else.


Growth will do NOTHING for you, period.

 

[drrman]

Your are 28

You have had normal injuries in you life, just like everyone else.


Growth will do NOTHING for you, period.

I don't think i can completely agree with you here. I started it at a younger age than that due to some serious injuries from a motorcycle wreck.

There is no way you can say it will do "NOTHING" for this guy, i disagree for sure

 

[MILLENNIUM]

I don't think i can completely agree with you here. I started it at a younger age than that due to some serious injuries from a motorcycle wreck.

There is no way you can say it will do "NOTHING" for this guy, i disagree for sure

I am going to be trying some HGH to help with my severe back injury and muscle loss in my calves. i assume HGH can be taken as a bridge while on and off AAS cycles right? Also anyone have experience with effective dosages and length of time you should be on. I have read 1-3iu e/d and also have read 1-3iu eod is way better according to research. Also heard time should be 3 months, then I have heard minimum of 6 months. Does anyone know for sure what is right?

 

[mrplunkey]

hGH does some interestingly good things for connective tissues, but it's a long-term benefit. I wouldn't mess with it unless you can do it for at *least* six months and really more like a year.

It will not heal rampant tendonitis. If you are consumed with tendonitis in a particular area, rest it COMPLETELY (read: months) and it will heal. Interestingly enough, I haven't had a recurrance of tendonitis after a year of HGH though... and I now do the lifts that gave me tendonitis in the first place.

Knees and joints will also feel better over time with HGH. I can't prove it, but I thoroughly believe it helps build or firm-up connective tissues such as cartilidge, ligaments, tendons and even skin. My skin now is thicker and more robust than it has been in 20 years and I have a pretty accurate measurement of that -- a cat! I just don't scratch-up or mark nearly as easily now. And it definately un-wrinkled me... I've probably had 50+ people tell me that. Accusations of Botox use were rampant for a solid year.

 

[jagerbombme]

if you read alot of posts here, Deca could help you feel better permanently. that goes for NPP also. i've read alot of good feedback on surgeries and pain gone for good. read it here also at that. i've seen guys say it doesn't also. as far as growth, some say it don't do shit and it's all myths and some say it does. i think it's case by case dependant bro. good luck. deca would be cheaper to try for sure.

 

[gymratforlife]

Deca only aleviates the issue a little for some people but it does nothing for recovery,for me it dosent do anything but cause all the problems in the world.

 

[mrplunkey]

I got *incredible* joint improvement from test/deca cycle with GH. The deca "feel" seemed permanent but it may very well have just been longer-term use (i.e. 2 years) of hGH.

 

[needtogetaas]

I got *incredible* joint improvement from test/deca cycle with GH. The deca "feel" seemed permanent but it may very well have just been longer-term use (i.e. 2 years) of hGH.

me to.iam all about the deca test dbol

 

[heavyweightchamp]

Best advice I cloud give you is DONT listen to someone who has never taken it but read about it... That makes them as smart as you when it comes to the G and you really need better opinions. It does many wonderful things besides recovery from injuries but you also have to know exactly what and how to take it. Do some research on here with some known GH users to gain knowledge, cover all your bases, and hit it with deca, enjoy!

 

[gymratforlife]

I mean dont get me wrong from gh to deca for me is going from favorite to most hated in 2 products.Deca I am throwing away thats how much I cant stand it and gh for life Id give a finger for lol.Nothing better than Jinotropins bang for your buck in my opinion as far as gh goes.

 

[mrplunkey]

me to.iam all about the deca test dbol

You should try test/deca/winny. I had shedding problems with the winny (or at least we think it was the winny... could have been stress too) but damn -- I would have loved to do that cycle for the rest of my life!

Oh... and I stacked 4 IU's/day of GH on top of it

 

[mesco]

im starting my research too on gh as id like to try it in the future. i know you have to shoot it subcutaneously, but do you pinch and shoot along your waistline only? can you shoot elsewhere? what happens when your bodyfat gets low where you cant really pinch anything or does that not happen?

 

[mrplunkey]

im starting my research too on gh as id like to try it in the future. i know you have to shoot it subcutaneously, but do you pinch and shoot along your waistline only? can you shoot elsewhere? what happens when your bodyfat gets low where you cant really pinch anything or does that not happen?

You can start along your midsection. I normally shoot around my naval. You can also do love handles or really anywhere you have a decent supply of sub-q fat.

And don't worry about getting too low to shoot it. You use a slin pin or smaller. If being "too thin" is a real issue you can always go with Genotropin Mini-Quicks. Those pre-packaged syringes make a slin pin look like a 2 by 4.

 

[bmcadoo44]

I mean dont get me wrong from gh to deca for me is going from favorite to most hated in 2 products.Deca I am throwing away thats how much I cant stand it and gh for life Id give a finger for lol.Nothing better than Jinotropins bang for your buck in my opinion as far as gh goes.

I agree, i will never run deca again. My bulks with be test and eq. No dbol or drol for me.

 

[athlete.03]

I too am interested in HGH for reasons of injury.

Subscribing to this thread and thanks all for the good feedback so far!

 

[athlete.03]

I should add, k for anyone who can give some info on if it heals troublesome bone fractures.

Por favor.

 

[mrplunkey]

I should add, k for anyone who can give some info on if it heals troublesome bone fractures.

Por favor.

Hmm... this is hard to describe. As a longish-term hGH user (approaching two years of continuous use), its not a 'cure' -- it's more of a 'fortifier'.

I'll try to explain my experiences. At least to me, hGH:

1) Improved my skin integrity and thickness
2) Removed the start of wrinkles I had coming
3) Strenthened connective tissues
4) Improved my overall recovery rate from gym workouts
5) Had a mild anabolic effect that made it easier to retain mass
6) Produces an overall "feel good" effect
7) Makes keeping-off fat easier

hGH did NOT:

1) Make an specific injuries heal in an overly dramatic way
2) Cure the tendonitis in my forearms and elbows -- only time-off did that
3) Prevent muscle soreness -- if you take two weeks off from squats and then go heavy your first day, you's still going to be slow getting off the toilet.

P.S. If it's bone density you want, cycle testosterone one time per year. If I remember correctly (which I may be mistaken), test increases bone density in older men.

 

[abomb]

I started gh about 2 months ago. I started at a low dose and bumped it up too fast. I feel like shit. Lethargic, hands & feet hurt all the time. I lowered the dose back down and the sides are slowly going away. For "healing" purposes I wouldn't go over 3 iu per day. And at your age you are still producing natty gh pretty good. You might want to research the eod dosing theory. Basically it is a way to introduce synthetic gh into your body without completely shutting down your natural production. Ulter knows more about this theory I think.

 

[mikefear]

Might want to try some cissus for your tendonitis. I've heard great things.