NSAIDS (ibuprofen, Naprosyn, etc) and running. What the literature says.
|Steve Magness (www.scienceofrunning.com) recently wrote a great review of what the true effects of taking anti inflammatory medications has on our body. He discusses several recent articles published in the Journal of Applied Physiology which demonstrate the negative effect NSAIDS have on the normal role of inflammation in our bodies. The tradition view was that inflammation impairs recovery. New studies are showing inflammation in muscles and tendons, which is commonly experienced by runners, is actually part of the adaptation process and by inhibiting it one will impede improvement.
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4 Comments
Taking a drug that prevents death by curing a terminal disease or infection may well be a good idea. But taking a drug to relieve acute pain or lower moderate fever will impact the body’s ability to self heal. Thanks for posting. You are one of the very few that I read online.
Thanks for comment and for reading Doug! Trying to help all runners here. Feel free to share any info.
And what of chronic inflammation, such as in the case of tendosis–Achilles in my case?
That’s a very good point Fred. It seems that the literature is now supporting anti-inflammatory use only for acute situations. In more chronic case such as Achilles tendonosis I would be more favorable in not treating it with NSAIDs and doing more strengthening.