Rolled Ankle

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

After a major knee injury in 2003, I continued to have, at various times, other troubles with various parts of my lower legs (shins, ankles, arches). I found that if I take one dose of advil before my game, I tend to have no post game pain. However, if I skip the pregame dose, even several postgame doeses (appropriatly spaced) don't do much, if anything...stuff still hurts....and hurts for 2-3 days. So, I chose 1 dose per game instead of 4-6 doses.

So, one pregame dose prevents whatever was hurting from hurting (probably by preventing the inflammation at all) where the postgame dosing was too late, the inflamation was already there and the advil would reduce but not eliminate it.

I've had pretty much the exact same experience this year. The last two years I've had moderate to severe shin pain due to fallen arches. New orthopedic arch supports have made a world of difference this year, but I still have some pain.

The key I finally found was taking ibuprofen prior to the game. I've had little to no problems since, except on the game days I forget to do so. Then I'm sore for 2 or 3 days afterwards.

No idea how or why it works, but I'm going to keep at it.