ultramarathoners who are at risk for kidney damage anyway. Dehydration is a big factor. Article itself notes results might not apply to normally-exercising adults.
As for me, I take two in the morning. After a show, MAYBE two in the evening. Well below max dosage per label. And I am careful to drink lots of water.
So I am not worried.
right, which is why my first comment was that this is much more an issue with heavy exercises who regularly do this. But i would still stack the odds and use a non-NSAID when possible. Here and there? No different than having a glass of wine to down your ibuprofen.
You’re definitely not the only one, 61 here and the dressage position has been pretty difficult for me (as opposed to jumping which I used to do more of).
Hip pain and whatever that is in the front of our thigh that joins the pelvis, a flexor something? I can never remember. But it’s a constant issue I’m trying to fix with yoga stretches.
But go us for still doing this, hopefully for many years!
Acetaminophen is an analgesic (Pain affector). Ibuprofen is an anti-inflamatory. The latter is better for muscle aches and pain because it corrects the reason for the pain - the inflamed tissue. When the inflamation goes down, it prevents the muscle or tissue from reinjuring its self simply because it is inflamed/swollen. A side effect is the pain is reduced. With many injuries, just having the site or tissue swollen can perpetuate injury (think a slipped disc or torn ligament, or torn muscle). Many times patients are instructed to keep the ibuprofen on board regularly to prevent the inflamation from returning, thence to need to keep re-reducing the inflamation after it re-swells if one lets the ibuprofen wear off. Ideally, keep it going so it doesn’t wear off.
Sore achy muscles after strain or exercise are usually because of micro-tears, which then heal and become stronger, and anti-inflamatories are perfect for reducing the inflamation and allowing the healing to happen quicker. The reason you are sore-er the day following exercise is that over that period of time between the injury and the next day, the tissues have swollen or become inflamed. Profolactically taking an anti-inflamatory isn’t entirely necessary, but taking one soon after the exercise is helpful.
I use an Incrediware elbow sleeve on my left arm when lifting weights at the gym to help support the tendon that sometimes gets hung up on an old fracture site. I also have the knee sleeves and wear them when my knees are feeling abused. I love both those products but I can’t imagine wearing them while sleeping - they are too hot.
Try being in your 70’s. 
All the sports injuries from my past caught up with me - including more horse-related injuries than I want to think about, and I had gotten to where I could barely mount due to knee and hip pain. Nor could I hold my reins properly anymore due to arthritic fingers, and then there was the neck arthritis that prevented me from doing sitting trot, and the extreme foot and ankle pain later in the day. I’m on warfarin so can’t take Ibuprofen on a regular basis and am not even supposed to routinely take Acetaminophen. So when I lost my riding horse a few years ago, I said “That’s it. My body has taken enough abuse.” 
yes. That’s why ibuprofen works better for me. I was questioning the connection to dehydration and associated kidney issues.
I don’t find them hot at all - knit material, not neoprene… but then I sleep with jsut a top sheet for the most part.
Voltaren gel is great stuff. If you can get your hands on the oral version (by prescription in the USA, OTC in Europe), it’s fantastic!
Interesting. I get so hot wearing my Incrediwear sleeves in the gym that I sometimes end up taking them off partway through my workout routine.
Roger that. I use it regularly on my fingers if I’m going to be riding the keyboard all day and on my shoulder before I lift weights and on my knees before I get on the treadmill. And again afterwards, and again that night. It has saved me from having to get my fingers injected every 6-9 months (an extremely painful procedure).
It’s the SECOND day after exercise that’s the real killer.
Carb up and take whatever works on pain for you and if you can sleep a lot and then it’s just a matter of learning to walk again 
I thought that was just me!
and often the 3rd! LOL
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness - DOMS - is a real thing
Eating high quality protein and some complex carbs right after exercise can help with that to some extent, not just drinking lots of water.
Oh, yeah! I tried out 5 horses (IN ONE DAY!) in Germany last fall. First time back in the saddle after five months of hand-walking my mare. My 68-year-old body was not amused.
I could barely walk after the first day. The NEXT day I re-tried three of the horses. I couldn’t walk right the rest of our time in Germany. OW, OW, OW! 
My husband kept teasing me about my altered gaits. 
A big ole bacon cheeseburger fixes it.
Another Incrediwear fan. I sleep in an ankle sleeve. Both horses get their hind legs wrapped in the equine wraps. Great products!
By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You may also receive promotional emails from The Chronicle of the Horse. You can opt out at any time.
For Customers
Company
Terms of Use
