Hi guys I started taking HGH because I tore my ACL. I still want to workout but I'm curios as to where my HGH is going if I work it. Is most of my HGH going to help my recover muscle now instead of helping me recover with my ACL injury? BTW I'm running HGH solo 4IU ED, Age 31. Thanks
That's very hard to say and it's very subjective to your body. This is a good reference for you:
J Appl Physiol (1985). 2012 Nov;113(9):1432-8. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00816.2012. Epub 2012 Sep 6.
Local administration of growth hormone stimulates tendon collagen synthesis in elderly men.
Vestergaard P1, Jørgensen JO, Olesen JL, Bosnjak E, Holm L, Frystyk J, Langberg H, Kjaer M, Hansen M.
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Abstract
Tendon collagen content and circulating growth hormone (GH) are reduced in elderly. In a placebo-controlled, double-blinded study, we examined if local injections of rhGH enhance collagen synthesis in healthy elderly men (61 ± 1 yr). Two injections of rhGH or saline (control) were injected into each of the patient's patellar tendons, respectively. Subsequently, tendon collagen fractional synthesis rate (FSR) and an indirect marker of type I collagen synthesis (PINP) were measured. Within the first 6 h after the last injections, a tendency towards a higher tendon collagen FSR was observed in 10 out of 12 subjects (P = 0.08). Similarly, PINP was higher 3-4 h after the last GH injection (P = 0.05). Serum IGF-I did not change from baseline, whereas peritendinous bioactive IGF-I was higher in the GH leg vs. control (P = 0.05).
In conclusion, local injections of rhGH increase tendon collagen synthesis in humans, either directly or indirectly by increasing local bioactive IGF-I.