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Hi All,
Hope I'm posting in the right thread to log my journey. Thanks for accepting me into the forum and community!
Bit about myself
Male
41 yo
173cm
Currently 73kg was 85kg during a heavy lifting phase
Firefighter
Background
I've always been active growing up, playing a heap of sports like afl, cricket, basketball and going to the gym. As fun as all that was i was always pretty banged up afterwards being on the smaller side as a kid, but being young i would recover quickly so i never took rehab seriously. Also couldnt afford to see anyone back in the day. As ive gotten older injuries are starting to re appear and need attention.
I've recently had shoulder stabilisation surgery in sept 2025. The surgery went well and i was healing well until i developed a frozen shoulder. structurally im sound but limited with my movements. ive had a hydrodilitation injection in there which freed it up a bit but not all the way but still experience tightness and pain in the front of it with moving it to its limit and it seems to have slowed down the progress. i also had my left shoulder reconstructed about 20 years ago and had no issues until recently where it started to get sore again in the front as well whether thats because im over compensating for the right its hard to say scans once again show its structurally fine so its probably proper execising to pull my shoulders back in alignment that will fix it
I will also need surgery on my right hip as i have a cam deformity in there (example pictured below) that counter levers my hip out of the socket everytime i move it, theres cartledge damage in there. it aches after walking and running is even worse. the surgery is pretty straight forward but im waiting a little bit before i go under the knife because im still trying to sort out my shoulder. this is quite a common injury apparently and ive dealt with it since i was in my early 20s i just didnt know that was the issue. it has made everything around the area tight (hip, groins/adductors, ITB, psoas and in turn has given me knee issues from the ITB pulling on it. In the past ive been told to just stretch and roll out the tightness but obviously this only helped for a day or 2. Ive been told this is quite a simple surgery where they just shave a bit off the bone, however im at the in between age with the surgery, 20-30yo they would send me in every day of the week, 50+yo manage it and wait for a hip replacement. ive made the decision to do this at my age to hopefully avoid or at the very least delay my need for a hip relacement later down the track. And i want to be able to run around again with having to deal with aches and pains for days post. im not looking to run marathons but even just kicking the ball around or social sports. i tighten up and ache from just walking 1.5Kms
Because of these injuries i have stopped being active, because i figured i would just give my body a rest get them both sorted and then get back into it.
ive stopped lifting weights because of my shoulder and i havent been able to do cardio due to my hip and shoulders, i cant run, do the rower, i just started some swimming but obviously that is hindered by my shoulder. riding a bike is no good either.
Lastly I'm looking to optimise my health, wellness and longetivity. ive had my bloods done (will post them in a new bloods thread) and i have a few issues there namely low test and low iron (transferrin) a little high on Choleserol to name a few.
What im looking for
1. Looking for some help (namely peptides) for the recvery of my shoulder, so i can get back to being active again
2. Help with helping me improve my health and wellness
3. If the i can get on top of the top 2 i think this will cover the number 3 but looking for help to prepare and optimise my recovery once i have my hip surgery.
4. Once all the issues and problems have been sorted i will be looking at ways to optimise my work outs from lifting to aerobic
Thanks for reading if you got this far and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Hope I'm posting in the right thread to log my journey. Thanks for accepting me into the forum and community!
Bit about myself
Male
41 yo
173cm
Currently 73kg was 85kg during a heavy lifting phase
Firefighter
Background
I've always been active growing up, playing a heap of sports like afl, cricket, basketball and going to the gym. As fun as all that was i was always pretty banged up afterwards being on the smaller side as a kid, but being young i would recover quickly so i never took rehab seriously. Also couldnt afford to see anyone back in the day. As ive gotten older injuries are starting to re appear and need attention.
I've recently had shoulder stabilisation surgery in sept 2025. The surgery went well and i was healing well until i developed a frozen shoulder. structurally im sound but limited with my movements. ive had a hydrodilitation injection in there which freed it up a bit but not all the way but still experience tightness and pain in the front of it with moving it to its limit and it seems to have slowed down the progress. i also had my left shoulder reconstructed about 20 years ago and had no issues until recently where it started to get sore again in the front as well whether thats because im over compensating for the right its hard to say scans once again show its structurally fine so its probably proper execising to pull my shoulders back in alignment that will fix it
I will also need surgery on my right hip as i have a cam deformity in there (example pictured below) that counter levers my hip out of the socket everytime i move it, theres cartledge damage in there. it aches after walking and running is even worse. the surgery is pretty straight forward but im waiting a little bit before i go under the knife because im still trying to sort out my shoulder. this is quite a common injury apparently and ive dealt with it since i was in my early 20s i just didnt know that was the issue. it has made everything around the area tight (hip, groins/adductors, ITB, psoas and in turn has given me knee issues from the ITB pulling on it. In the past ive been told to just stretch and roll out the tightness but obviously this only helped for a day or 2. Ive been told this is quite a simple surgery where they just shave a bit off the bone, however im at the in between age with the surgery, 20-30yo they would send me in every day of the week, 50+yo manage it and wait for a hip replacement. ive made the decision to do this at my age to hopefully avoid or at the very least delay my need for a hip relacement later down the track. And i want to be able to run around again with having to deal with aches and pains for days post. im not looking to run marathons but even just kicking the ball around or social sports. i tighten up and ache from just walking 1.5Kms
Because of these injuries i have stopped being active, because i figured i would just give my body a rest get them both sorted and then get back into it.
ive stopped lifting weights because of my shoulder and i havent been able to do cardio due to my hip and shoulders, i cant run, do the rower, i just started some swimming but obviously that is hindered by my shoulder. riding a bike is no good either.
Lastly I'm looking to optimise my health, wellness and longetivity. ive had my bloods done (will post them in a new bloods thread) and i have a few issues there namely low test and low iron (transferrin) a little high on Choleserol to name a few.
What im looking for
1. Looking for some help (namely peptides) for the recvery of my shoulder, so i can get back to being active again
2. Help with helping me improve my health and wellness
3. If the i can get on top of the top 2 i think this will cover the number 3 but looking for help to prepare and optimise my recovery once i have my hip surgery.
4. Once all the issues and problems have been sorted i will be looking at ways to optimise my work outs from lifting to aerobic
Thanks for reading if you got this far and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
