Will massage help sore injection sites?

[letsrun4it]

My butt is pretty sore from injections but otherwise it needs no work. I have a massage tomorrow and I'm wondering if massage on injection sites would help them recover? I massage after each injection but for the residual pain would it do any good?

 

[macrophage69alpha]

yes it will help.

though more important, is to thoroughly massage the site after each injection.

 

[SwolK]

message and apply heating pad after injection

 

[kbrkbr]

What is wrong with you people! I've posted this at least 20 times and no one seems to listen.

CUT IT WITH STERILE OIL AND YOU WILL FEEL NO PAIN!

Phwew. Thanks. I feel better now.

 

[swordfish151]

My butt is pretty sore from injections but otherwise it needs no work. I have a massage tomorrow and I'm wondering if massage on injection sites would help them recover? I massage after each injection but for the residual pain would it do any good?

Deff will help alot..I usually massage hard for about 5 min after every inject and 2 with the same method the following day...what are you on?

 

[98bigbody]

This is a sticky quoted from another board. The thoughts contradict each other. Who is right?

DO NOT DO IT.

this is the last post i will make on this subject. massaging the area of a shot immediately afterwards WILL drive the depot out of the area into places you don't want it. increasing the chance that you will develop pain or an abcess.

what you can do is use pressure if you need to stop bleeding, but never rub it. the z track method will usually make it so you don't need compression to stem the blood flow.

the only time you should be applying heat is if the depot has crashed and you're sure of that. if it's an abcess using heat will only make it worse, use ice and get it drained asap, also take a broad spectrum antibiotic. sepsis is not a laughing matter.

 

[98bigbody]

massaging the area where you just injected requires pushing on the muscle that is full of w/e you just injected, keep in mind that there is a hole in the muscle and the oil is some-what compressed in there, so pushing on it will just send the oil back up the pin hole and spread it through the dermis and subcutaneous layers of the skin where you dont want it. Even though you asperated and everything is fine to inject in the muscle, you may have gone through a vein or blood vessel on the way to the muscle, so when the oil comes back up, into the blood stream it goes...

picture the oil still being in the syringe, it stays in there freely on its own, but if you push the plunger it comes out because you are creating pressure, even is you dont touch the plunger, but just push on the sides of the syringe, (as if you were massaging the muscle) it would still come out of the needle.

I hope this helps...

 

[98bigbody]

bump... which is right... rub or dont rub?

 

[AhMadKooL]

This is a sticky quoted from another board. The thoughts contradict each other. Who is right?

DO NOT DO IT.

this is the last post i will make on this subject. massaging the area of a shot immediately afterwards WILL drive the depot out of the area into places you don't want it. increasing the chance that you will develop pain or an abcess.

what you can do is use pressure if you need to stop bleeding, but never rub it. the z track method will usually make it so you don't need compression to stem the blood flow.

the only time you should be applying heat is if the depot has crashed and you're sure of that. if it's an abcess using heat will only make it worse, use ice and get it drained asap, also take a broad spectrum antibiotic. sepsis is not a laughing matter.

No to flame you bro but i think this post is a bunch BS. Massaging causing an abcess? Not true. By messaging your spreading the depot INSIDE the muscle; remember muscle tissue is very dense. 99 % of the people who massage the injection site don't get an abcess or lose any gear.

 

[under]

I'll let you know tonight. I will try not massaging my glute. Last inj I massaged and it wasnt as sore as the last time.

 

[Wrongun]

Massaging will help disperse the oil in the muscle (i.e. where you have just injected it). I always do this and continue to do so as see it as best practice.

Injection pain and dispercing oil are two different subjects though

Wrongun!

 

[under]

Heat or ice on the site, to reduce pain.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

this is potentially a complicated question

depends on a few things.

volume of injection
site of injection
rapidity of oil uptake
excipients in injection that cause pain
duration of massage
vigour of massage

the generic answer...after the oil has dissipated and youre in the healing stage...yes. massage is good. immediately after the injection though...depends. light massage to help blood flow and aid oil uptake is useful. vigorous massage to drive the oil all over the place...potentially bad.