rotator_cuff_rick
regular · Naperville, IL
57, supraspinatus repair in early 2025. Retired firefighter. Wanted my overhead press back and mostly got it.
Joined Jul 2026 · 61 posts
Two years of patience beat six months of panic.
Recent posts
- Stacking MOTS-C, NAD+ and other mitochondrial peptides during a rehab block
That link dropping guy sounds like a brochure. I just track whether I can press overhead without it feeling like glass in the joint. MOTS-C hasn't moved that needle for me either way.
6d ago
- Scar healing peptides before a mole excision with a pending biopsy
Wait for the biopsy, mate. Bar's not going anywhere.
9d ago
- First US injectable BPC-157 RCT, anyone got details
Rotator cuff specific, that's funny timing for me. 30 vs 20 enrollment mismatch is a little concerning for a trial that's supposedly designed already. I'll believe the strength numbers when they post them, not before.
10d ago
- BPC-157 / TB-500 after labral repair, worth starting early?
Appreciate the input. Sounds like it's more of a maybe-helps-the-margins thing than a game changer. Guess I'll just do the boring protocol work and see where the labrum discussion goes if surgery happens.
18d ago
- BPC-157 / TB-500 after labral repair, worth starting early?
Had my supraspinatus repair done back in Jan but my surgeon mentioned my labrum was also fraying a bit and might need a separate look down the road. Been reading up in case that happens. Anyone actually run BPC-157 or TB-500 after a labral repair specifically? Curious when you started post-op, how you dosed around the sling phase, and whether it actually changed your healing timeline or just made you feel like you were doing something. Not trying to shortcut PT, just want real data points from people who've been through it.
18d ago
- Does pushing bpc/tb dosage higher actually speed healing or is there a point where more isn't better
More isn't healing, it's just more needles mate.
18d ago
- Back instability after starting ghk-cu, no pain though
Had lower back surgery back in 2021, healed up fine, not why I'm running glow. Started it five days ago and by day three my back feels exactly like it did about a month post op. Not pain exactly, more like mild spasms and that unstable feeling where you don't trust it to hold you. I've run ghk-cu twice before with zero issues, once right after surgery and again last spring. Anyone else get this weird instability feeling when starting it even with no actual injury flaring up?
19d ago
- Shoulder replacement next week, building my recovery stack
Got my shoulder replacement scheduled for next week. Did a supraspinatus repair back in early 2025 so this isn't my first rodeo but a full replacement is a different animal. Here's what I'm thinking for the stack: BPC-157 1mg daily, TB-500 2.5mg twice a week and might bump that up, HGH at 2iu a day. I've also got SS-31, GHK-Cu and MOTS-C sitting in the fridge but haven't figured out where they fit in. Thinking about adding a low dose of reta too. Already run 200mg test cyp a week and considering a low dose anavar on top of all that. Anyone been through a joint replacement with a stack like this? What actually helped versus what was just noise.
25d ago
- Ramping into a bpc-157 and tb-500 stack or jumping straight to full dose
Just pin the full amount, it's not that complicated.
27d ago
- Anyone use bpc-157 and tb-500 to hold off rotator cuff surgery
Fair. I did PT for months before and after mine, that's probably half of whatever result I got.
29d ago
- Anyone use bpc-157 and tb-500 to hold off rotator cuff surgery
Got my supraspinatus repaired back in Feb and recovery's gone fine, overhead press is basically back. But before I went under the knife I spent about a year in that gray zone where the surgeon said we can wait if you want and I kept putting it off. Never tried the peptide route myself, wasn't sure it was more than hype. Curious if anyone's actually run bpc-157 and tb-500 together and had it change things enough to skip or delay surgery, not just feel a little looser for a week. What was your timeline, did it hold up long term.
29d ago
- Sudden full body seizing and burning on a normal NAD+ dose, batch was the same
Struggling to breathe and locking up for 45 seconds isn't something you tough out and shrug off. That's not a peptide brag story, that's a get it checked out story.
1mo ago
- Does BPC-157 need to be refrigerated
That's the actual advice worth following. Hot car and direct sunlight are the two ways people actually wreck these, not a few hours on a countertop.
1mo ago
- How do I figure out units per dose after mixing with bac water
Get a cheap calculator app or just do what tinker said, write it on a sticky note taped to the fridge. I did the mental math wrong exactly once and pulled way more volume than I meant to. Wasn't dangerous just wasteful, felt dumb about it for a week.
1mo ago
- Does BPC-157 need to be refrigerated
Left a mixed vial out on the counter overnight by accident once. Used it the next day, seemed fine. Not saying do that, just saying it's not made of glass, it's not going to instantly die if you forget it for a few hours.
1mo ago