Scar Tissue

[mlong23]

Having some problems penetrating the glute injections when they come up. Assuming it is from scar tissue. Not as bad of resistance when doing delts and quads. Anyone know of anyways to try and lessen the pop of the needle going into the muscle?

 

[NFG123]

Having some problems penetrating the glute injections when they come up. Assuming it is from scar tissue. Not as bad of resistance when doing delts and quads. Anyone know of anyways to try and lessen the pop of the needle going into the muscle?

Repeated injections will cause the development of fibrosis and make subsequent injections more difficult. You may feel a bit of a "rip" or even hear the "rip" as you go through the tissue. Don't worry, just press on. If you can't get through, there may be calcification or excessive fibrosis secondary to trauma (from the needle). Natural process. No concerns. Stay with the upper outer quadrant, don't go "searching" for no scar tissue and hit your sciatic nerve, it may cause permenant paresthesias or weakness in the distal lower extremity. Grab a copy of Netter's Atlas of anatomy or do a search on yahoo for Gray's atlas (free online) and bone up on what you are doing, get a sense of which nerves supply which area, where to avoid, and the major vessels in the region.

NFG

 

[growthspurt]

Repeated injections will cause the development of fibrosis and make subsequent injections more difficult. You may feel a bit of a "rip" or even hear the "rip" as you go through the tissue. Don't worry, just press on. If you can't get through, there may be calcification or excessive fibrosis secondary to trauma (from the needle). Natural process. No concerns. Stay with the upper outer quadrant, don't go "searching" for no scar tissue and hit your sciatic nerve, it may cause permenant paresthesias or weakness in the distal lower extremity. Grab a copy of Netter's Atlas of anatomy or do a search on yahoo for Gray's atlas (free online) and bone up on what you are doing, get a sense of which nerves supply which area, where to avoid, and the major vessels in the region.

NFG

Good post Bro!