Subject: RE: kaburns1214 Mentor Group - CLOSEDHi everyone, great brick tonight, feeling awesome and I get to sleep in tomorrow!!! (til 6am) Also, just wanted to give my two cents on ibuprofen since I had a back experience --- ibuprofen is an NSAID, and while it works great on pain and inflammation (both of which triathletes know all too well), it can cause ulcers which are very painful. I was using ibuprofen all fall while I trained for my 1/2 mary. I was only running 2x per week, but my knees always hurt. Needless to say end of October or so, I stomach has had it and I was totally sick to my stomach for a full 24 hours. I could only attribute it to the ibuprofen and I didn't use until at all again til mid-Feb when I had some back pain. Used it a couple times in a couple days and the stomach pain was back with avengence. I have been meaning to get with the Dr. to get a test done to make sure I didn't hurt myself, but everyone please beware . . . I was an idiot and didn't listen to my body but masked it with anti-inflams. Ignore if you want, just throwing it out there . . . I hope everyone has a great weekend of workouts. |