Many older athletes pop something like Ibuprofin as a regular part of the workout ritual. Some refer to it as “Vitamin I“.
In a study published in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, nine healthy trained men cycled using different combinations of ibuprofen, no ibuprofen and rest.
The study found that ibuprofen aggravates injury in the small intestine, based on measurements of cell leakage in the gut lining.
Whether the leakage leads to pathology isn’t known and will take a longer-term study to determine.
“This is the first study to reveal that ibuprofen aggravates exercise-induced small intestinal injury and induces gut barrier dysfunction in healthy individuals,” Kim van Wijck of Maastrict University Medical Centre and her co-authors wrote.
“We conclude that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs consumption by athletes is not harmless and should be discouraged.” …
High scorers per event: Women’s vault: Elizabeth Price; Uneven bars: Elizabeth Price, 14.966; Balance beam: Elizabeth Price, 14.033; Floor exercise: Elizabeth Price, 14.266 ; Men’s floor: Kristian Thomas, 15.8; Pommel horse: Daniel Purvis, 14.7; Still rings: Marcel Nguyen, 15.366; Vault: Daniel Purvis, 15.966; Parallel bars: Marcel Nguyen, 15.833; High bar: Yusuke Saito, 15.433.
Well folks, that’s another amazing years worth of major competitions done and dusted. It all concluded today with the final leg of the World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland. The event took place in the brand new Emirates Arena…
And the Glasgow native crowd seem as if they cannot wait for Glasgow to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships. …
Elisabeth Price … pulled off an amazing vault- not Mckayla Maroney amazing, but amazing.
… Canada’s Kaitlyn Hofland put on a breathtaking display of artistry and originality in her (Beam) routine. Including a Valdez to a back handspring to layout step out, an illusion turn and a full twisting gainer dismount. …
One of the biggest surprises on floor was the tiny little Wakana Inoue from Japan. She threw a 3 ½ twist for her first pass …
A massive congratulations to British Gymnastics on pulling off a superb event. Other nations need to follow their example of how to use social media. The British Gymnastics Twitter, YouTube and Facebook was updated instantly. No waiting around for routines. …
… the county’s school system has decided to remove swing sets from all school playgrounds, due to lawsuit fears.
The decision came after the school district faced two different lawsuits from the same parent over relatively minor injuries suffered by his two kids in separate incidents on a school playground. Facing a tight budget because of the current economic situation, the school system determined that it could not afford the potential costs of playground-related lawsuits and decided to remove the swing sets. …
Wilson Maposa for Zicora Mobile Network in Zimbabwe (6 February 2012):
A group of young boys from Mucheke suburb of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, are using old tyres as springboards to do acrobatic moves. Their love for gymnastic have made them to be innovative as there are no gyms around the suburb. …
While the local authority used to provide sporting facilities, they have since reduce or provide no funding at all and the past years have seen some of the playing fields being turned into housing stands …
A Canadian friend of mine worked as a sport educator in Harare. She was eventually evacuated. For the many, many problems in Zimbabwe, I blame most President Robert Mugabe who’s been something of an irrational dictator since 1980.
… top gymnasts from across the African continent contest for Africa Championship titles in the various Gymnastics disciplines of Aerobic Gymnastics; Rhythmic Gymnastics; Trampoline; Double Mini-trampoline and Tumbling.
The South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF) takes great pleasure in hosting the 11th African Gymnastics Championships at Tukssport Indoor Sports Centre Pretoria, from December 9 – 13, 2012. Countries participating will be those from Algeria; Angola; Congo; Egypt; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa; Senegal; Tunisia; and Zimbabwe, with just under 160 participants in total to date. …
On December 6, 2102, Olympic gold and silver medalist, McKayla Maroney, underwent her third surgery in three months. This surgery was to remove two large screws from left tibia, which doctors inserted in a surgery in September. …
Since the Olympics, Maroney become a household name. Recently, Yahoo! news named her “not impressed photo” the most viral photo of 2012, …
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