depth of injection question

[stevelunny]

Hi there

I just did my first injection in a couple of years. I used a 1.5 needle in the right glute. The needle went about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way in then there was pain so I stopped,pulled back, no blood, and injected there.

I am wondering if the pain I felt was actually me hitting the muscle and I should have pushed through it to inject in the muscle? or was I already in the muscle? I am about 14$ bodyfat with a bit on my butt but nothing major.

hope I wasn't wasteful.

thanks for any info!

 

[kc17]

Are you sure you hit the right spot ?? I always pin my glutes with same lenght you did with out any problems, and go all the way in!!
Check spotinjections.com

 

[Satchel]

I push the 1.5 all the way in, passing through a muscle(u can feel the resistance) then inject there. If u go to shallow I have had pain. When I hit the sweet spot there's no pain at all, even through the next day.

 

[Bidwelling]

I just slowly push through the pain. Never anything major though. I go all the way in as well

 

[Warendbzgt]

Thats when you hit the muscle. It happens to me all the time. Some times i even get small muscle jurks. Just push through the pain. I always go the full 1.5" just to make sure that i hit the right spot ( I also shoot in the Glute ) If you use 22 gage or bigger then it might sting a little bit but nothing major. Did you do legs that day. Its always more sensitive if i shoot on the day i did legs or even the day after.

 

[nydj66]

I've shot the glute with 25g 1" pin for years and never had any trouble. It's too damn hard to push gear through an 1.5" 25g.

Every once in a while I hit a nerve and you get a twitch.