# Out of shape - Best pain relievers for muscle pain after exercise

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-shape-best-pain-relievers-for-muscle-pain-after-exercise/753581 "2016-05-01T08:02:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-shape-best-pain-relievers-for-muscle-pain-after-exercise/753581/21 "2016-05-01T21:46:19Z")

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Thanks for the help!!

I really appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-shape-best-pain-relievers-for-muscle-pain-after-exercise/753581/22 "2016-05-01T23:47:34Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Yeah, me too - but it’s a rare treat these days.

Why? Because you are no longer working out much or because you no longer get sore?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-shape-best-pain-relievers-for-muscle-pain-after-exercise/753581/23 "2016-05-02T00:35:52Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> Why? Because you are no longer working out much or because you no longer get sore?

Because I rarely get sore anymore.  
I’ve been training with a new partner, and some of the exercises we’ve been doing are sufficiently different that they make me a bit sore, but generally, even after a really brutal workout, I won’t be sore the next day (or day after).  
I find that what makes me the most sore is high reps to failure, but we are mostly working lower reps/high weights.

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-shape-best-pain-relievers-for-muscle-pain-after-exercise/753581/24 "2016-05-02T01:25:44Z")

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During ill-advised soccer team try-outs in high school, [Tiger Balm](http://www.tigerbalm.com/us/pages/about) was my salvation. It reeked, but nothing else helped the way it did for the muscle soreness in my legs. (And it’s topical, so it won’t upset your stomach.)

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