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I have a really bad arthritic elbow. I can no longer extend pass 20 degrees. Makes it difficult to lift properly.. will test, deca, dbol cycle help or is it possible that I could become more arthritic?...
I'm currently in physical therapy. Trying to regain full mobility in my elbow. I will definitely look into sarms. My main concern is it don't want to create further damage.. has anyone ever heard of aas increasing arthritis symptoms?
Please dont let you doctor continue cortisone treatments. IMO that is worse than AAS like Deca. All it does is mask the pain by turning off inflammation, this is NOT a good thing. Inflammation is like a signal (think of it as a flare) your body creates, its the only way the natural healing factors know to what to do and where to go to start working. Without inflammation your body doesn't recognize itself as being injured so it does little to nothing to try to heal itself. That's also why NSAID's like ibuprofen are so bad...I hope that makes sense.
Essentially the purpose of the cortisone is to relieve your pain in order to make physical therapy possible...but its also working against you making the healing process longer and any newly grown tissues will be weaker as a result. Try to convince your doctor to prescribe you something without an NSAID such as a narcotic pain reliever just to get you through your PT for now. This is assuming you don't have a preexisting problem with them.
Tylenol is generally ok to use sparingly (it's in most prescription narcotics). Aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, and especially cortisone stay FAR away from.
Look into getting prolotherapy. I got it done in my shoulder and it helped a little. I only did a single session but I did get a lasting positive effect. It should be covered under most insurance for pretty much no cost.
Please dont let you doctor continue cortisone treatments. IMO that is worse than AAS like Deca. All it does is mask the pain by turning off inflammation, this is NOT a good thing. Inflammation is like a signal (think of it as a flare) your body creates, its the only way the natural healing factors know to what to do and where to go to start working. Without inflammation your body doesn't recognize itself as being injured so it does little to nothing to try to heal itself. That's also why NSAID's like ibuprofen are so bad...I hope that makes sense.
Essentially the purpose of the cortisone is to relieve your pain in order to make physical therapy possible...but its also working against you making the healing process longer and any newly grown tissues will be weaker as a result. Try to convince your doctor to prescribe you something without an NSAID such as a narcotic pain reliever just to get you through your PT for now. This is assuming you don't have a preexisting problem with them.
Tylenol is generally ok to use sparingly (it's in most prescription narcotics). Aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, and especially cortisone stay FAR away from.
Look into getting prolotherapy. I got it done in my shoulder and it helped a little. I only did a single session but I did get a lasting positive effect. It should be covered under most insurance for pretty much no cost.
Find a good orthopedist that offers prolotherapy and definitely ask them about it. Yea kinda funny how it is literally the opposite of what most doctors try to do (its not there fault they are clueless, only understand what they learned or remembered from school). They usually inject the inflammatory substance along with a numbing agent so it doesn't hurt too bad. But it can still cause pain (which is part of the healing process) and if you are paying for it with your pocket book and your body you should understand all the possible side effects (mainly a temporary increase in pain). If there is not a SINGLE question that doctor can't clearly answer for you then go find someone else. Best of luck to you.Cool, so the concept behind prolotherapy is to purposely swell the area so that the body can respond and heal the area naturally. It's literally the opposite of cortisone hahaha.. I'll do some more research on the subject. It does seem to be a bit controversial