deca for recovery vs tb500

Deca wont in any way help you heal. It has anti inflammatory properties that may help your shoulder feel better, but will not help the healing to any significant degree.
TB500 would help the actual healing. Also it would IMO help you to do a more effective physical therapy post surgery, which would be an indirect, but significant help in the healing process.
If you were going to be cruising on test anyway and had some deca Id say sure throw it in at a low dose but I would not go out of my way to get it and run it for the purpose of helping to heal your shoulder.TB500 I would get specifically to assist with that because I believe it will help you on a few levels.

Just so you know, I’ll repeat my recent story regarding shoulders and surgery. Eight years ago, I had my right shoulder operated on for torn labrum and cuff tear. It took about 6 months to be feeling strong again. Unlike many, I recovered full ROM. Aside – I also had an NFL doc do my surgeries and went to a true sport rehab therapy clinic (provides services to a AAA baseball team). So, I got great resources.

Now, on Oct. 9, 2014, I had my left shoulder done. Torn cuff, bad labrum tear and a bicep tendonesis. Looking for the quicker recovery or at least help since I was 53 years old at the time, I looked into HGH and TB500, as well as other options. TimesRoman, PistolPete, and others on here were very positive on TB500. I read TimesRoman’s log on his use of it. I didn’t have a good source for HGH, so I decided to go the TB500 route. I utilized it for a total of 10 weeks, starting one week after surgery. I started physical therapy 11 days after surgery (that’s pretty quick), but the doc knows me. Well, by Jan. 16, 2015, I was discharged from PT with full ROM and a significant gain in strength. Now, I worked like heck in rehab.

The question is, though: Did the TB500 help/work? I cannot truly say so, but my recovery was extremely good. I didn’t have a baseline to compare my recovery to a recovery without TB500. While I didn’t use it 8 years ago, the injury was different. However, I would definitely use it again.

As for more PT prior to surgery, I’m in favor. At the very least, there is no harm and can possibly improve your condition.

Best of luck!

I could not agree more. I did the same as galaxy, My surgeon is our local NFL and MLB top surgeon. Unlike most doctors he only had me in a sling for 3 or 4 days and I started PT 4 days after surgery. I’m still not 100% but I blame myself because I stopped PT early, I got tires of hurting every day for 3 months.

I have pretty good ROM but not as good as my other are and really my strenth is only about 70%.

I agree with all the others also, NO steroids because you are about 90% more likely to do more damage than good. I used the TB500 and think it also helped with my recovery. I know my doctor was impress. He was also impressed with the amount of damage I had done to my shoulder and what did not show up on the MRI. After my surgery he was all excited to tell me that it took him twice as long as he had planned and I had 4x the damage he had figured from the MRI. He said he had no idea how I was able to use it at all. lol

You mentioned you have had to effected your daily lifestyle and I had to modify your training. Well I was to the point I could not even do 10 lbs overhead without severe pain so if you are much better than that I would give TB500 and about 3-6 months rest a try 1st.

Have you had a MRI with conntrast dye yet? If not then 100% dont consider surgery before knowing what real damage is done. Shoulders are slow to heal but they can/will heal if the damage is not to extensive and that is always better than surgery.

Here are the pictures from my shoulder surgery.,

Once you’ve got back to where you are/were b4 do your joints(ligaments and tendons) will not tear or pop etc… Muscle memory is great and it’ll only take you about 4-6 months to get back to or very close to where you were!