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Stage 4 osteoarthritis in knee. Bone on bone. Orthopedic surgeon said no choice other than a replacement. Pain clinic thought a nerve block might help but the knee is too far gone for their other treatments. Two weeks ago I found two vials of Adequan from before my dog died. I’m on my fifth...

How do bones react to progressive resistance training ? ⁣⁣ How many times do you hear people say you shouldn't train with weights because you might hurt yourself ?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Well, in reality, resistance training is probably the best thing we can do.. not only for our muscles, tendons and ligaments...

If you consistently lift weights, there are 3 main types of adaptations your body goes through: Neuromuscular, Muscular & Connective Tissue adaptations. - First, we have neuromuscular adaptations. Your body recognizes movement patterns and becomes more efficient as you perform certain movements...

OK about 2 and half wks ago I had one of my powerlifters yell for me, he was stuck on the bench with about 275lbs so I straddled him and when I pulled up the bar I majorly pulled my left hammy forcing me to drop the bar back on him, we managed to get him out of it w hardly any injury but me! It...

Shoulder Impingement Basics Front of or on top of the shoulder pain with overhead pushing and pulling exercises are common pains I see in those who workout. Most of the time “shoulder impingement” is the broad label throw on top to give that pain a reason it is there. The most most common...

Merck's new anabolic steroid: MK-0773 (J Biol Chem. 2010 May 28; 285 (22): 17054-64.) He doesn't have a real name yet, but if it is up to the important men of Merck / Schering-Plow Pharma , then it will be on the market in the near future: the anabolic steroid MK-0773. You can see his...

I tore my common tendon on inside of elbow in half and broke some of the bone off with it. Had surgery with metal cables and anchors to put it back together. What's your opinions on the best thing to take to help things along?

Testosterone replacement enhances bone remodeling in type 2 diabetes Ghanim H, et al. J Endocr Soc. 2019;doi:10.1210/js.2018-00426. July 8, 2019 Men with type 2 diabetes and suboptimal free testosterone levels experienced an increase in osteoblastic activity with a concomitant increase in bone...

When someone can’t squat to parallel it’s easy to assume “bad mobility.” But, stretching and mobilizing will only get you so far. . In the bottom of a squat bone to bone contact can occur. It is a limiting factor and is what happens when a lot of people say they feel a pinch in their hip when...

<article> Growth Hormone May Boost Production Of Disease-Fighting Cells In Elderly CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Growth-hormone therapy in elderly patients increases lean body mass and reduces body fat, helping them maintain fitness. Now, scientists say, the therapy also may dramatically boost the...

themusclephd &#55357;&#56485;99% of our body’s calcium is stored in our bones with the other 1% being stored in the muscle. Calcium is critical for muscle contractions, but if our muscles start to run low on calcium, they can simply extract more from the bone. This is why calcium intake is so...

Positive effects of anabolic steroids, vitamin D and calcium on muscle mass, bone mineral density and clinical function after a hip fracture. A randomised study of 63 women. A total of 63 women who had an operation for a fracture of the hip was randomly allocated to one year of treatment...

Ostarine, also known as MK-2866 is a*SARM(selective androgen receptor module) created by GTx to avoid and treat muscle wasting. It can, later on, be a cure for avoiding atrophy (total wasting away of a body part),*cachexia,*sarcopenia*and Hormone or Testosterone Replacement Therapy. This type...

LGD-3303(not ligandrol) is a SARM that seems to be very potent at activating the AR in muscle cells at very low doses. The study showed increased muscle mass in doses as little as 0.1mg/kg in rats. Unfortunately, it also seems to activate the AR in the prostate as well, especially at higher...

Forearms are my weakest point.. I haven't been able to add size to them seemingly no matter what I do. How in the world do you add size and mass to your forearms, especially when you simply don't have a thick bone structure?

by Matt Weik If you are a bodybuilder or are heavily into using supplements to achieve a desired physique, there’s a good chance at one point or another you have used aromatase inhibitors (AI’s). You could have used them as a standalone product or as part of post-cycle therapy (PCT). Aromatase...

Here we are, the year 2011, and it’s stunning to me that myths surrounding weight training and women still exist, and worse yet, it’s the same myths I was hearing a few decades ago! It seems I can dispel these myths ’til I’m blue in the face, and yet, they persist! In addition to the myths, it...

On March 3, 1985, Ted became the first man in powerlifting history to officially bench-press 700.5 pounds. He made that APF & USPF world-record lift at Gus Rethwisch's Budweiser World Record Breakers in Hawaii. Then, on September 30, 1990, after 5 1/2 years away from competition, he made the...

by Matt Weik With so much talk these days about having kids get in enough physical activity per day, now even more studies are coming out preaching the benefits—especially with respect to girls. But is 60 minutes of gym class each week enough to benefit from? The short answer—no. A new study...

While there are many training techniques that promote muscle growth, here are a few very unique, and somewhat unorthodox, training methods highlighted by Muscular Development recently that potently improve muscle growth. These cutting-edge approaches effectively increase mechanical tension on...