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It's such fun having a brain that goes "oh, something hurts, maybe take some ibuprofen." gets instantly distracted by something else, then realizes "oh yeah, I was gonna take some ibuprofen" ten minutes later when I shift and the thing hurts again.
Only, like, not.
@coraxcelticus Piece of advice: ibuprofen is associated with massively increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Unless there's some reason you can't (eg: you have bleeding issues, are taking a medication with which it's contraindicated, have an ulcer, etc) I might suggest using aspirin instead.
Aspirin changes the function of the COX-2 enzyme so instead of making pro-inflammatory prostanoids, it makes anti-inflammatory lipoxins, which is super cool. Non-salicylate NSAIDs don't do that.