NSAIDS and Marathon

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Are my kidneys at risk if
I continue with the NSAIDs...?

No, not as you are using them.

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I just got the NYC Marathon handbook in the mail. In there it states
that runners should not take NSAIDS before during and up to 6 hours
after the race because of potential kidney damage and hyponatremia.
I've been taking Alieve before and after my long runs, about once a
week; in a struggle with lower back problems. Are my kidneys at risk if
I continue with the NSAIDs...?

the NYC folk are being ultra careful. Because they could be sued
for any advice they give, they need to err on the side of caution.

Of course, NSAIDs are tough on the kidneys. You should read up
some more and see if what you are doing is sensible. You should
talk with your doctor about the risks. There are plenty of side
effects to any drug. Only you can decide if the pros outweigh
the cons.

Also, what I read seems to indicate that if your kidneys are
already damaged, NSAIDs are worse. So you should get
some tests done to check.

Just one more thing. Let me asume you are running for
health reasons. Not just because you like it. Then balance
the health gain with the health risk. Perhaps cutting your
long runs down will be a better idea. Up to you.
....thehick

Possibly.
A pro basketball player developed kidney
damaged from chronic use for knee ailment.

Once a week does sound too chronic,
but beware of GI irritation,

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Quoted message said:

I just got the NYC Marathon handbook in the mail. In there it states
that runners should not take NSAIDS before during and up to 6 hours
after the race because of potential kidney damage and hyponatremia.
I've been taking Alieve before and after my long runs, about once a
week; in a struggle with lower back problems. Are my kidneys at risk if
I continue with the NSAIDs...?

Dr. Lew Maharam is the Medical Director for the NYCM and also the
Marathons put on by elite racing: Rock & Roll; Country Music and the
RnR in Tuscon and one or two halves.

As Sam, Don and others have pointed out the issue is that the use of
NSAID or aspirin or...other pain relieving medications mask the pain
that is there for a reason. I've know enough people who have damaged
themselves or were unable to run due to chronic damage caused by not
listening to what their body was telling them about letting ongoing
injuries have some time to heal.

Again back to the issue of form and style. I believe that many of the
problems are from the millimicro injuries that hundreds of thousands or
millions of steps can create because of small problems that turn into
injury stoppers.

The left hamstring problem can be caused by the back pack you carry
over your right shoulder, that causes the right arm from elbow to
shoulder to not swing freely creating an imbalance on foot plant.

Or leaning on the right elbow on your desk as you type can cause all
kinds of imbalances the result of which might be the hamstring problem.

If you are slouching as you sit all day...and doing it unconsciously...
you are not only shortening the hamstrings; you are also impacting the
Psoas big time.

If you want to see how tight the hamstring is;
1. Sit on the edge of a chair with right foot on the ground and the
left foot out straight and resting on the left heel.

2. Allow your body to do its normal slouch.
3. Lift the left leg up.
4. Sit up straight so you are on the sitz bones so your pelvis
isn't rolled back on the tailbone.
5. Lift up the left leg again. You'll see how much harder it is
6. Sitting properly on the pelvis doesn't allow the hamstring to
shorten as it does when you slouch and the pelvis rolls
back toward or on the tailbone.

A few of you will read this and want to know what I am saying.

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The book you want is by Bess Mensendieck, M.D. called: Look Better
Feel Better printed in 1954.

The other book that you might want for your Library is by Paul Blakey
from Canada. the book is called: "The Muscle Book." wonderful little
book that will be most helpful.

In health and on the run,
Ozzie Gontang
Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975
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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:25:18 GMT, Ozzie Gontang <[email hidden]>

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. . .
1. Sit on the edge of a chair with right foot on the ground and the
left foot out straight and resting on the left heel.
2. Allow your body to do its normal slouch.
3. Lift the left leg up.
4. Sit up straight so you are on the sitz bones so your pelvis
isn't rolled back on the tailbone.
5. Lift up the left leg again. You'll see how much harder it is
6. Sitting properly on the pelvis doesn't allow the hamstring to
shorten as it does when you slouch and the pelvis rolls
back toward or on the tailbone.
. . .

Gee, Ozzie. You've posted this before and every time I do it you catch me
slouching. Why oh why didn't they emphasize posture from kindergarten
on??? I've gotten cramped and crooked from over forty years of sitting at
desks! Started running last year at the age of 46. Making progress.

Thank you.

--
Daniel
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After a marathon i only drink water with a high PH, normaly value 9.
Alcaline water not acid water.
Good runs.
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Quoted message said:

I just got the NYC Marathon handbook in the mail. In there it states
that runners should not take NSAIDS before during and up to 6 hours
after the race because of potential kidney damage and hyponatremia.
I've been taking Alieve before and after my long runs, about once a
week; in a struggle with lower back problems. Are my kidneys at risk if
I continue with the NSAIDs...?