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medication to avoid muscle ache when skiing

which medication can I take prior to intensive skiing to avoid muscle ache?
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Eat good first..but you can take up 800 mg of ibuprofen every 6 hours.
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Soreness is natural for skiers, as the intense resistance affecting the muscles of the arms and legs as you down the mountain can create small tears in the muscle tissue, resulting in pain and sometimes noticeable inflammation. When pain from these tears develops 12 to 24 hours after skiing, this is mostly likely delayed-onset muscle soreness,. As the muscle tissue has a chance to heal and rebuild, the pain will subside. As you ski more often, the affected muscles will build back stronger, resulting in less pain after future runs.
In some cases, soreness may be due to an actual injury to a muscle, particularly in cases where the soreness develops while you're skiing. Common ski injuries that could result in soreness include sprains of the knee joint, thumb sprains, meniscus injuries around the shin and knees, pulled muscles and even torn muscles after severe falls or extreme muscle use. If soreness develops into serious pain, or if soreness does not start to subside after 24 to 48 hours, see your doctor.
One way to help reduce the soreness that has resulted from skiing is to stem any associated inflammation with the muscle tears or other injury. You can reduce inflammation by resting the affected muscle, icing the  area and compression, such as wrapping the sore area with a compression bandage and elevate or raising the injured area up to a level that is above your heart.
To treat any immediate pain from sore muscles by taking an over-the-counter pain medication.


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