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Exercise does trigger inflammation through a variety of mechanisms (eg.: increased tissue perfusion and diapedesis, oxidative stress, tissue damage...).

However it also releases endocannabinoids, which are anti-inflammatory, and causes a host of metabolic changes which are also anti-inflammatory.

The overall effect of exercise is to increase inflammation acutely, and to decrease it chronically. Regular physical exercise is overall more modulatory than inflammatory.