Back in November 2024 I did something to my right shoulder. I had a really great shoulder workout, but a day, maybe day and a half later, my shoulder is really hurting! I hoped it would heal on its own if I tweaked my training, but in early 2025 I ordered some BPC-157 and ran it for 3wks+ at 500mcg, sometimes 750mcg. My shoulder healed up and I was back to training chest and shoulders normally. Late summer/early fall my shoulder starts hurting again. I ordered more BPC-157 and ran it the same as the first time. This time round I got sweet fuck all from it. Maybe I should have run it at a higher dose, but should I not have gotten some healing from it? Really disappointed. Fast forward to today…….it was supposed to be chest today, but my shoulder hurt so bad on my first set I had a meltdown and just did a few lights sets of machine presses. So my question……I’m going to order 2 (maybe 3) bottles of the BPC/TB500 blend and run it at 1mg/1mg per day. I’m not going to waste time and product by starting at 500mcg or 750mcg. Does that sound like a good plan of attack? My chest training is suffering. This injury might be something I deal with on and off for the foreseeable future. But if I have to buy a few bottles of BPC/TB500 every 6-8 months, so be it!
My Shoulder is *SO* Pissing me off….
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Shitty. I’m dealing with an ongoing elbow thing too. Been using the KLOW blend. So I know how frustrating it can be and not getting results you want. I just was reading up on this thing for shoulder mobility hoping it would help my elbow. It’s called rope flowing. Looks silly but it’s suppose to help improve shoulder health.
Only reason I found it was saw Antoine vaillant post about it.
Only reason I found it was saw Antoine vaillant post about it.
I don't have anything to add regarding the peptides, but I have dealt with various shoulder injuries as well over the years. There are a lot of good resources on YouTube (see channels like SmashWerx and SquatUniversity) to help rehab these; normally I put the pressing aside for a few weeks and do YTWLs, scapular retractions, kettlebell presses (helps with shoulder stability), internal and external rotations with a cable or band...basically trying to fill the area with blood as much as often as possible. Hope you heal up soon.
How old are you? Welcome to the bad shoulder club.. I honest have serious doubts if anyone can actually lifts weights if they don't have shoulder issue by 40...
BCP 157... I've used it twice for shoulders.. First time was 500mg ed.. it did reduce pain a lot, but pain came right back shortly after stopped. I tried bcp 157 again about a year or so after at 1000mcg ed.. MUCH more effective.. I'd never use it less than 1000mcg a day...
Oh and the first time I used BCP, I used with with TB500.. so 500mcg TB500 with 500mg BCP everyday... The second time I used bcp, i used 1000mcg everyday and no TB500.. This is how will use it in the future, 1000mcg BCP a day
Find a good physio/chiro.. They should be able to tell you exactly whats going on with the shoulder, what's wrong with it and how to heal it so the pain goes long term.. Until you know exactly what's wrong with it, you're just guessing at how to recover and heal it. Also, the chiro/physio should also be able to tell you what happened to cause the injury and therefore how to ensure it doesn't reoccur. Nothing worse than taking a couple months off lifting to heal just to have the injury come right back when you start lifting again.
Consider a MRI if your chiro/physio can't pin point the issue.
Sine I've been doing shoulder mobility exercises with a band before pressing movements, I no longer have issues. In this video, I typically do exercises #1 and #3.
When I had my nagging shoulder issue, I took a month off pressing and about a month and a half off shoulder pressing. Introduced the band work and slowly increased the weights back up.
Hope this helps!
When I had my nagging shoulder issue, I took a month off pressing and about a month and a half off shoulder pressing. Introduced the band work and slowly increased the weights back up.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks for the replies. I have not gone for any treatment. I am 54 1/2 years old and other than the shoulder, I don’t have any other issues. The weird things is, I can do rear delts (reverse pec deck and seated DB rear laterals), side delts (seated DB side laterals and cable side laterals), and front raises with a 45lb plate and have little to no irritation. But shoulder pressing and presses for chest, forget it!
Animal-inside……maybe I’ll grab a couple bottles of just the BPC-157 and use 1mg per day. It’s the compound that actually does the healing and the TB500 dulls the pain (I think I got that right).
Animal-inside……maybe I’ll grab a couple bottles of just the BPC-157 and use 1mg per day. It’s the compound that actually does the healing and the TB500 dulls the pain (I think I got that right).
I have given up on shoulder pressing movements... I think its been 2 years now. I'll tell you what, aside from doing them to assert my dominance over the rest of the males at the gym, I don't miss them. My shoulders have gotten a bit bigger by not doing shoulder presses and sticking to a handful of fly type movements and occasionally upright rows.. I'm guess my increase in size mostly came from not constantly battling a shit shoulder which enabled me to train my shoulders again.. Back when I was still pressing, I would get so beat up from pressing I was in a constant state of repair..
commit to the 6 weeks if your doing to do it.. I'd even go 8 weeks.. I think shorting yourself by doing less will not allow full recovery, or near full recovery.
Ya my understanding is the same.. BCP heals soft tissue.. TB500 is more for pain and inflamation
1. Have you had it diagnosed via ultrasound, X-ray to check for bone spurs, or a MRI? Have you seen alternative practitioners like massage, Chiropractors, rehabilitation specialists or Osteopaths? I ask as some of these gents/women are lifters and can diagnose almost as well as a MRI.
If there is tear/serious issue - you need time to heal and BPC157/TB500/HGH may help but is no panacea. It takes a long time and often you are back at the gym pressing the broom stick, then the bar, and slowly making progress to determine how you feel. It is extremely frustrating, but I could give a shit what others think if they see me doing inclines with a bar so I can determine if I can start loading on weight.
2. I am not saying we are the same, but I had pain in my left shoulder and it was interfering with lifting and life. I went to a Sports Therapist and a Neurological Osteopath who both confirmed my posture was part of the problem, muscle imbalance that were pulling my shoulders forward. I took a month off and twice a day did non weight / exercises strengthening stabilizing muscles that don't get worked as much and a few mobility exercises. Much to my surprise within 2 weeks the pain was gone. Exercises like lying on your stomach and pulling your shoulder up and squeezing them together (shoulder blades) and holding for 5 second - 10 reps. The other exercises are too hard to describe or this will be a dissertation.
After two weeks they started me doing band exercises to strengthen my shoulder, and two weeks later I went back to the gym. I did the 3 shoulder exercises and a warm up for my shoulders before every workout. 5 lbs DB - just a series of movements. If I can find the link, I will post it here for you. All of these may or may not help without a diagnoses.
I work in a chair and started to notice I slouched over with my shoulders pulled forward by my chest. Every 30 minutes I got up and made sure I stood up and held my shoulders back as hard as I could flexing my upper back, muscles that keep your shoulders back.
Everyone who lifts at some point, seem to go through a shoulder issue. Some are easily fixed, some are serious - that is the first step.
Best of luck. If you want me to try and find the exercise sheet they printed out for me and take a pic of it, and post it - happy to, but no guarantee it will fix you without the diagnosis.
I was going to suggest this here.
I would bet that 99% of us have shoulder issues because of bad posture.
So we all sit up straight and properly until the shoulder heals and then we slowly go back to our old positions, lol.
Good luck, been over 3 months for my shoulder and it is still not great.
I used bpc and tb, plus copper peptide.
I can shoulder press and bench press light. Do laterals and such, mine is a bicep tendon problem mainly.
Take your time and rehab it, don't want to tear a rotorcuff. Maybe get an ultrasound or mri if you can.
I used bpc and tb, plus copper peptide.
I can shoulder press and bench press light. Do laterals and such, mine is a bicep tendon problem mainly.
Take your time and rehab it, don't want to tear a rotorcuff. Maybe get an ultrasound or mri if you can.
Oh to have 30 year old shoulders again, lol.
Right now no way I could do movement 1 and 3, lol.
Hi guys , I just ordered my first batch of bpc/tb500 combo. I also have shoulder issues and also inflammation issues, I wanted to know if you it mattered where I inject. I’ve read it doesn’t matter and some say at the problem site works better.
What has been some of your experiences? Thanks
What has been some of your experiences? Thanks
I had luck with dmso with aloe vera, I am not sure if it was the magic thing or not as I was using klow as well but it helped when I added it to my physio for more range of movement and relief of pain last year.
I used lots of DMSO, from the race track and it helped with my injuries.
You can buy it now on Amazon, and its for humans.
I have not read all the replies but I will give my opinion because I dealt with shoulder issues my whole life, including surgery on both shoulders. I finally lesrned what works for me at the age of 40.
Peptides, medicines and creams are good but their bandaids in my opinion, but yes, there is a place for those, but if you don’t fix the root cause, the issue will come back with vengeance.
Find a good physio, not one of those that tells you to stop training and rest, but the ones that will change your routine and get you on the right movements, you get the picture.
The shoulder is an area with low blood flow compared to other parts, so it may take time, that sucks but that is the way, bpc helps with that.
I don’t do shoulder presses anymore on the conventional way, which means I angle my “chair” not to do it on 90 degrees.
The point is, you have to find out which movements are hearting you and change them.
Sorry for the long post but I have been frustrated with my shoulders forever and once I learned, it made sense.
Now I have shoulder health exercises and exercises to grow the shoulders.
Don’t be stubborn, that is the lesson.
I hope that helps.
Peptides, medicines and creams are good but their bandaids in my opinion, but yes, there is a place for those, but if you don’t fix the root cause, the issue will come back with vengeance.
Find a good physio, not one of those that tells you to stop training and rest, but the ones that will change your routine and get you on the right movements, you get the picture.
The shoulder is an area with low blood flow compared to other parts, so it may take time, that sucks but that is the way, bpc helps with that.
I don’t do shoulder presses anymore on the conventional way, which means I angle my “chair” not to do it on 90 degrees.
The point is, you have to find out which movements are hearting you and change them.
Sorry for the long post but I have been frustrated with my shoulders forever and once I learned, it made sense.
Now I have shoulder health exercises and exercises to grow the shoulders.
Don’t be stubborn, that is the lesson.
I hope that helps.