Anyone resort to pain relievers while riding?
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I've taken ibuprofen during tours, but not for a one day ride. But if I was riding a double century like you, then hell yeah I would.
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As for over-the-counter medicines I take an occasional Aleve with good results. Also, a prescription medicine called Meloxicam that works wonders but is not good to take over a prolonged period.
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Randonneurs say no NSAIDS during the ride. Too often they mask problems which should be show-stoppers, leading to real injury. Injuries are the bane of the athletic life. Plus inflammation is a part of healing, that's why we have inflammation. If it weren't necessary, it wouldn't happen. DNA is almost always right. I ride with people who take NSAIDs before every ride. IMO for sure that's a bad idea.
I hadn't thought about inflammation having a role in heart disease however. Makes sense. Maybe that's the reason that those of us who hit it the hardest are also those at risk for heart disease, counterintuitively. Would the recommendation then be to take it after a hard ride? More positives than negatives? For sure, heart damage is a bad thing.
I hadn't thought about inflammation having a role in heart disease however. Makes sense. Maybe that's the reason that those of us who hit it the hardest are also those at risk for heart disease, counterintuitively. Would the recommendation then be to take it after a hard ride? More positives than negatives? For sure, heart damage is a bad thing.
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For instance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8294842/ and many similar links.
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I've never taken any pain relievers pre-emptively -- i.e., before the ride -- only after, and only if necessary.
However, I was recently gifted a tube of Voltaren pain relief gel, and started wondering if applying that to my chronically-crunchy, one-epic-ride-away-from-requiring-a-TKR knees before starting a ride might work prophylactically. Anyone ever use this stuff? and if so, did you apply it before going for a ride?
However, I was recently gifted a tube of Voltaren pain relief gel, and started wondering if applying that to my chronically-crunchy, one-epic-ride-away-from-requiring-a-TKR knees before starting a ride might work prophylactically. Anyone ever use this stuff? and if so, did you apply it before going for a ride?
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Did most of my many miles with as Collapsed Herniated Disc at L4/L5, using Genaric Aleve.
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I've never taken any pain relievers pre-emptively -- i.e., before the ride -- only after, and only if necessary.
However, I was recently gifted a tube of Voltaren pain relief gel, and started wondering if applying that to my chronically-crunchy, one-epic-ride-away-from-requiring-a-TKR knees before starting a ride might work prophylactically. Anyone ever use this stuff? and if so, did you apply it before going for a ride?
However, I was recently gifted a tube of Voltaren pain relief gel, and started wondering if applying that to my chronically-crunchy, one-epic-ride-away-from-requiring-a-TKR knees before starting a ride might work prophylactically. Anyone ever use this stuff? and if so, did you apply it before going for a ride?
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The thing to remember is that some of these anti inflamatories can cause blood thinning and that could be a problem if you are in an accident or get cut or road rash.
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Yeah, that's actually familiar and makes sense. I seem to remember the explanations I've seen centering on the response of the contractile and conduction systems of the heart to mechanical stresses. However, many distinctions like this ultimately turn out to be meaningless.
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Yeah, that's actually familiar and makes sense. I seem to remember the explanations I've seen centering on the response of the contractile and conduction systems of the heart to mechanical stresses. However, many distinctions like this ultimately turn out to be meaningless.
Any ideas?
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never...now if we are talking beer...that's an entirely different story...