you shouldnt be cruising on deca to start with, even if its a low dose... deca is not going to help you recover shit man... its just band aiding the wound... its not healing anything.. in fact, it can make it worse because its masking it for the time being... Deca increases the synovial fluid in the bursas between our joints. So the relief from joint pain is actually more cushion. As far as healing properties versus masking symptoms? Deca is buying some time for your joints, and wont necessarily make them any worse, but when you come off of deca, synovial fluids decrease, and you are back to where you were and could be even worse...