ibuprofen for muscle soreness?

I take it for my periods (medically recommended and I only take it as much as I have to & as little as possible ), and if you ARE going to take it, make sure that you have something in your stomach. It can eat away the lining of your stomach.If I don't have food in my stomach when I take it, I get stomach cramps.Seriously, even if it's just a biscuit, make sure that you have something.

I won't comment on the exercise and it because I don't have enough knowledge about it; however, I would say that be careful that you aren't pushing yourself too hard too soon. There's a difference between pushing yourself into success and pushing yourself into failure. Work on knowing your limits and how to work within them correctly. I don't know your medical history or any other factors, but if you're pushing yourself to the point that you need painkillers.... that seems a little bit dodgy.

Maybe you should do research on this .


Good luck and hoping that you get no more pain!

What Matt_Wild said above... Some related info here:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/

Learn how to recover, NSAIDS should be a last resort.

foam roll
stretch
workout to recover
take a contrast shower
take an epsom salt bath
get a massage

^^^^ This

My doctor recommended the following for my running with sore knees:
Take ibuprofen only AFTER exercise not before - ice soreness the first 12 hours after the exercise 3 times a day for 10-15 minutes.

please avoid pain killer if possible. A s you lost weight and shape up the pain will decrease. try hot /cold baths and foam rollers. Pain killers are exactly that killers!

Do not use if trying to build muscle

"A study published in 2001 by exercise physiologist William J. Evans of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and his colleagues showed that both ibuprofen and, to the researchers' surprise, acetaminophen (Tylenol) blocked new muscle synthesis after intense weight training exercise.

Evans' group studied 24 men in their 20s and divided them into three groups -- one that got ibuprofen, one that got acetaminophen and one that got a dummy drug -- after a weight workout of the legs that brought the subject to the point of exhaustion. The researchers also took muscle biopsies -- small samples of muscle tissue -- before and after the exercise, and did numerous other tests.

They found that both ibuprofen and acetaminophen suppress the body's normal response to muscle damage (and thus repair) after exercise."

plus

http://www.kinemed.com/files/Effect_of_Ibuprofen_and.pdf

plus

"Muscle infammation is essential to eliciting various adaptations within the muscle. No imflammation, no adaptations. Here's some research as I'm sure some people will disagree. I can supply plenty more if needed. It deals with antioxidants, though their anti-inflammatory action can be compared to pain killers.


Radical species in inflammation and overtraining. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 76(5): 533?538 (1998)

Abstract: Reactive oxygen species can be important in the initiation of exercise-induced muscle damage and in the initiation and propagation of the subsequent acute muscle inflammatory response. Oxygen radicals generated via the neutrophil respiratory burst are vital in clearing away muscle tissue that has been damaged by exercise and they may also be responsible for propagation of further damage. Intervention by antioxidants to limit the postexercise inflammatory response and its potential to impair optimal muscle function are of interest to serious and recreational sports participants. Although antioxidants have the potential to limit muscle oxidative stress during the postexercise period, direct evidence for their role in this is limited. It is likely that short-term training can protect muscle from subsequent exercise-induced damage and inflammation without necessarily improving muscle antioxidant status. Although muscle antioxidant status may be enhanced by longer term training, diet, or antioxidant administration, the significance of antioxidants in limiting muscle damage during the acute inflammatory response needs to be more clearly defined. It may even be counterproductive to limit neutrophil function during the inflammatory response, since this may inhibit subsequent muscle repair."

I read something very similar in regards to ice baths (I love em post runs). Generally, inflammation is our friend.