
DieYoungStrong
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- May 27, 2013
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My powerlifting career ended with a squatting accident that resulted in a 4cm distal retraction of the adductor longus. Laymen's terms - I completely ruptured the shit out of my adductor/groin, tore it off the bone, and was purple from my dick to my ankle for 6 weeks. They told me before the MRI that surgery is the only option if the tear is greater then 3cm.
The surgery they were recommending was a one year full recovery job, but probably never the same, with 8-12 weeks in basically a lower body cast after surgery. Since I am not making a living as a powerlifter, and work in construction with 3 kids to feed, I got a second opinion before committing to surgery and going broke.
Through some connections I got an appointment with one of the top sports orthopedic doctors in the country. He head of sport's orthopedic medicine at a top hospital in my area, and thankfully I'm in a an area with some of the best doctors and hospitals in the world.
Anyways this Dr told me my injury was bad, but that if he could get NFL players with similar injuries back on the field in 12 weeks without surgery then he could get me back up and running without surgery. So I said to him - yeah but you gave them all HGH. And he says - It wasn't me that gave it to them. That's against NFL rules....obviously implying that they take it. So I asked him if it would help me, and he says yes, but I have to pay for it because it's an off-label use in this country.
He prescribed me 5iu per day for 12 weeks and PT. My PT could not believe how fast I was healing. 12 weeks later and I was running on a football field in the fall. Squatting again 6 months later. I will never squat powerlifter heavy again, and I still feel it tug from time to time - but I have to believe that I would not have recovered like I did without HGH. The first opinion Dr told me I would never be the same again when I went back to him and said I wasn't getting surgery.
The surgery they were recommending was a one year full recovery job, but probably never the same, with 8-12 weeks in basically a lower body cast after surgery. Since I am not making a living as a powerlifter, and work in construction with 3 kids to feed, I got a second opinion before committing to surgery and going broke.
Through some connections I got an appointment with one of the top sports orthopedic doctors in the country. He head of sport's orthopedic medicine at a top hospital in my area, and thankfully I'm in a an area with some of the best doctors and hospitals in the world.
Anyways this Dr told me my injury was bad, but that if he could get NFL players with similar injuries back on the field in 12 weeks without surgery then he could get me back up and running without surgery. So I said to him - yeah but you gave them all HGH. And he says - It wasn't me that gave it to them. That's against NFL rules....obviously implying that they take it. So I asked him if it would help me, and he says yes, but I have to pay for it because it's an off-label use in this country.
He prescribed me 5iu per day for 12 weeks and PT. My PT could not believe how fast I was healing. 12 weeks later and I was running on a football field in the fall. Squatting again 6 months later. I will never squat powerlifter heavy again, and I still feel it tug from time to time - but I have to believe that I would not have recovered like I did without HGH. The first opinion Dr told me I would never be the same again when I went back to him and said I wasn't getting surgery.