I had partial tears in the vastus lateralus, intermedius and medialus, and the distal part of the quad tendon. When the quad tendon tears it usually also causes u to get partial tears in the quad muscles since their attached to it. i had the quad tendon surgically repaired april 8, 2010. the quad muscles were left alone because the doc said the tears in the muscles were small and would repair on their own. i still have to wear this brace for another 4 weeks of so. he said i can resume normal activities in about 2 months but all out weightlifting with my legs its gonna be about a year. I had been using test, deca, tren and winny for about 3 months, but 6 weeks before i got hurt i was only using test and for some reason i kept getting a bit stronger and kept adding more weight i think thats where i fucked up ( even though i kept the reps 12 or higher). my very 1st cycle was 5 years ago and i remember it was winny ( awesome but my knees and elbows hurt like hell and i would have to warm them up forever. when ever i add deca or eq to a cycle i never have problems with the joints. its been about 4 weeks since the surgery and i just want my tendon to heal good enough for me too lift again in the future. im gonna do a small amount of eq and deca (300 mg each) ive been trying to do some research and i found an article and also had some other pm members tell me they did the same after their tendon surgey with i guess u could call it success but they claimed it helped them heal much quicker. What are ur OPINIONS on this??? should i try it? i mean if u could give me reasons to not do it and why id like to hear them, anyway here's the article i found.
Wednesday 04, Jul 2007
Steroids Improve Tendon Repair After Surgery - Health Positives of Steroids
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We always talk about steroid abuse in this blog, how about for a change we talk about the health benefits of using steroids and yes there are many health benefits to anabolic steroids.
A recent study on anabolic steroids done by University of North Carolina has show that steroids may improve tendon repair after surgery by improving protein in each tendon cell or by increasing the ablity of the tendon cells to communicate.
What an amazing discovery? Steroids curing people after surgery? I mean that’s unheard of, but on the contrary it’s true. Steroids have many health benefits unlike people state. No matter the recent stunts by CHris benoit and such, these drugs will and have always been somewhat beneficial to health if NOT abused.
Remember, the media tries to feed you lies and hype about steroids, but this is medical science at work showing you the benefits of proper use of this wonderful and potentially life saving drug.
Steroids May Improve Tendon Repair After Surgery
Anabolic steroids are against the rules for professional athletes, but preliminary research suggests that steroids may help repair a shoulder injury that affects many professional and weekend athletes.
In lab experiments using bioengineered tendons, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that tendons treated with an anabolic steroid were stronger than untreated tendons. “In a highly experimental model, anabolic steroids do appear to improve the quality of rotator cuff tendon tissue,” lead author Dr. Spero G. Karas told.
Most likely, steroids help by improving protein production in each tendon cell or by boosting the way tendon cells communicate with each other, Karas said. But don’t expect doctors to start prescribing anabolic steroids to people who have rotator cuff surgery any time soon. Karas cautioned that much more testing needs to be done. “If enough testing can conclude that this treatment is effective, then of course we could attempt it in humans with difficult rotator cuff injuries,” Karas said.
The rotator cuff is made up of the muscles and tendons that hold the upper arm bone to the shoulder. When the rotator cuff is injured, surgery may be performed to repair it. Unfortunately, healing after surgery is often incomplete and many people experience repeat rotator cuff injuries.
Anabolic steroids are known to build muscle mass and boost strength, so Karas and his colleagues set out to see whether steroids might improve rotator cuff healing. The research involved bioengineered tendons developed by co-author Dr. Albert J. Banes. The researchers collected tendon samples from six people who were having rotator cuff surgery. Cells from these tendons were isolated and used to grow the bioengineered tendons.
Some of these tendons were treated with the anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate, while others were not. Some tendons were also subjected to load testing, in which the tendons were stretched. Tendons that had been treated with steroids and subjected to loading were stronger, denser and more elastic than other tendons, the researchers report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. The steroid-treated tendons also had a more natural appearance than other tendons.
The research will not have an immediate impact on the treatment of rotator cuff injuries, but the research establishes a way to test the effect of mechanical stress and medications on tendon cells, Karas said. “Any drug can be tested, but we chose an anabolic agent because of its successful background in treating patients with burns and other injuries,” Karas said.
Another potential implication of the research, according to Karas, is that it “may permit us to manufacture a matrix of tissue that can be used to replace deficient human tissues.” Karas noted, “We are only in the embryonic phases of this work. We are a long way off, but the potential is exciting.”