I could be barking up the wrong tree, but there is a podcast I listen to called Trainerroad (for all you cyclists) and they did a special over a year ago on rec

I could be barking up the wrong tree, but there is a podcast I listen to called Trainerroad (for all you cyclists) and they did a special over a year ago on recovery. They spoke very in-depth and brought experts in studying recovery (in the context of sport). One of the interesting topics was that during recovery from exercise or an acute injury, your body's natural response to repair is through inflammation (not surprisingly). But that reducing or trying to block inflammation inhibits your body's ability to repair and build itself, leading to much slower recovery. All in all, it seems there is a balance between reducing inflammation to prevent it from either killing you or causing pain vs reducing it to the point that it prevents your body's natural build and repair processes.