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Do anti-inflammatory medications speed up recovery from muscle strains?

April 26, 2017anti-inflammatory medications muscle recovery speed strains

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Do anti-inflammatory medications speed up recovery from muscle strains?

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There is no good evidence that NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) such as Asprin or Ibuprofin increase the speed of recovery from injury. Conversely, there is a suggestion that they may actually slow the rate of recovery the tensile strenght of the muscle-tendon unit.