test & tendons

hi guys

can test help with the recovery of a damaged/injured tendon.

thx

nope, the only thing that works for tendons is GH or cjc1295. tendons get very little blood flow to them so they take for ever to repair, i have had tendonitis in both elbows at the same time, i had to take 6 weeks of getting dry needled 3x a week to get them right and then it came back again,3 weeks with 4iu of gh daily and i havent had an issues ever again.

ok not what i wanted to hear though. he he he. did you shoot in the problem areas.

The reputed increased collagen synthesis of certain other anabolics might help... There is a bit of research being done on it and suggests that even winstrol can improve collagen synthesis and structure in tendons

@spike. thx. will check it out

@dj what gh did you use.

spike wrote: The reputed increased collagen synthesis of certain other anabolics might help... There is a bit of research being done on it and suggests that even winstrol can improve collagen synthesis and structure in tendons

well guys i stand corrected...spike i would like to see these studies if u get hold of them... i dont know if i would use winstrol whilst having tendoon and joint issues. when i did reading up on this with my tendonitis i only got to gh as the answer...

gab,nope just intramuscular whilst having it treated

thx dj.

kefei

cool thx dj

Falanga, V et al. 1998. Stimulation of collagen synthesis by the anabolic steroid stanozolol. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 111(6): 1193-1197.

Bhullar, S. 2011. Effect of anabolic steroid, IGF-1 and loading on expression of genes involved in collagen metabolism in bovine extensor tendon. British Journal of Sports Medicine

The second shows that steroids can show much the same effect as IGF in collagen synthesis. But like I said, most of this is reputed. There are also studies showing tendon damage as a result of steroid use... The biggest problem is that very few specify the steroid used in the study in the abstracts

bear in mind that the majority of the literature shows steroid use to be detrimental to tendon repair due to changes in the profile of collagen, but the only study i found that dealt specifically with stanazol showed a positve response... Just shows how much scope there still is for research in this area, we dont know very much at all

Yes I have also come across that article on Collegen Synthesis by Stanzolol. Like I've said before I am very sceptical when it comes to this as I for one feel that I am significantly 'weaker' in my joints & tendons when it comes to winny/stanzolol. This possibly is solely attributed to less lubrication and water depletion in the joints and the collegen may in fact be strengthening. I agree with you Spike that many steroids cause a detrimental effect on tendons and many cause an indirect effect as users 'think' they can push huge amounts of weight but there joints/ligaments/tendons just can't support it and collapse.

Check out my thread called steroids for plantar fasciitis, the wise Inja and some other informed forumers gave their opinions on test for tendon repairs...
steroid-cure-for-plantar-faciitis

Haha
I read this thread and I could swear I already wrote something on this... Nice find