High intensity exercise can cause inflammation. The acute inflammation itself is healthy: it causes Senescence – old worn out cells are replaced by healthy cells. Ibuprofen blocks this effect.
Study: https://www.aging-us.com/article/205827/text
Some reporting on this: https://gethealthspan.com/science/article/crucial-role-inflammation-exercise-cellular-senescence
This is totally fascinating – it goes against the ideal that all inflammation is bad.
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