Bent needle

[irontime]

Today was the first time that I tried giving myself a shoulder shot by myself. I'm using a 1 inch, 25 gauge needle.
Pretty sure I hit the right spot, but I tried injecting after the needle was in and no matter how hard I pushed I couldn't inject any test. I pulled the needle out and the fucking thing was bent.
What the hell happened? I'm pretty sure I shot low enough to not hit bone, how did I screw that up? I really don`t want to do that again.

 

[theCaptn']

fuck always use a fresh needle before pinning!

 

[dippa66]

25g is way too fine, 23g or 21g is what you need.

 

[pyes]

Believe it or not, the bevel of the pin should face a certain direction. I do not think that was you problem though. There are 3 spots you can inject with shoulders. Were you tense? sometimes tensing or flexing as the pin goes in can bow it, bend it, and even break it.

 

[aja44]

You should always draw with one needle and then change and shoot with a new one so its fresh and clean.

 

[irontime]

I do use a seperate needle to draw and then put on a fresh one. I may have been a bit tense.

 

[ROID]

25g is way too fine, 23g or 21g is what you need.

25 has always worked fine for me.

 

[letsgetbig]

I use a 23 to draw and a 25 1 inch to stick, also i hit my shoulders in many differant spots..

 

[Mudge]

I've bent 1.5"s a couple times, but never a 1 incher! If you lean on the pin at an angle (like when trying hard as hell to force gear through a 25g pin) that is probably how it happened. When in awkward spots (hard to reach a shoulder with your opposing hand), try not to twist/lean on the pins... other than excess scar tissue buildup, if you didn't break it, life goes on.