Rhabdomyolysis
In fitness it really just means you beat the crap out of your muscles...badly. Microtears turn into macrotears and bad things happen - Jerred Moon
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Three years ago, Christina D’Ambrosio went to her first spin class, pedaling fast on a stationary bike to the rhythms of popular music as an instructor shouted motivation.
But Ms. D’Ambrosio, who exercises regularly, found the hourlong class was harder than she anticipated. By the end her legs were sore and wobbly. “I thought my body just wasn’t used to that kind of muscle ache because it was my first class,” said Ms. D’Ambrosio, a kindergarten teacher from Pleasantville, N.Y.
Over the next two days, her legs throbbed with excruciating pain, her urine turned a dark shade of brown, and she felt nauseated. Eventually she went to a hospital, where she was told she had rhabdomyolysis,…
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Diagnose on Sight: Rhabdomyolysis
I think the most common rhabdomyolysis history in a patient on whom nephrology is consulted is “found down after a fall.”
What is rhabdomyolysis? The danger of rushing into an intense fitness regimen
There are risk factors which increase the likelihood of developing rhabdo following a workout. These risk factors include exercising in the heat, dehydration, or overhydration, binge drinking, excessive coffee consumption, extreme dietary practices (vegetarian or high protein), and possessing the sickle cell trait.
I Got Rhabdo and It Nearly Destroyed My Body
In January 2011, I was a healthy, fit 28-year-old. I was rocking six-pack abs and was devoted to working out hard. But my relationship with fitness—and the way I would choose to live my life in the future—all changed after I wound up in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV, and fearing for my life. This is how rhabdomyolysis, often known as “rhabdo,” nearly ruined my body, and how I’m still dealing with it today.
CrossFit’s Dirty Little Secret
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Looking at Rhabdomyolysis
Workouts that contain a high volume amount of eccentric movements carry considerable risk for rhabdomyolysis.
Rhabdomyolysis is no joke!!! Here's my story...
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Rhabdomyolysis – Know Thyself
Have you heard the hype? I fee like it goes in waves with high intensity exercises programs…They are perfectly safe….they are dangerous…what is the deal? I know what some of you are saying…Wow, Jerred, back up…what was that…Rhabdo-what? Alright let’s start there.
When Pushing the Limits of Exercise Goes Too Far – Rhabdomyolysis
Imagine this. You’re a healthy twenty-eight-year-old woman at the top of your game. You have a successful career as a fashion stylist and a wonderful social life. You’re in great physical shape. Now imagine you’re the same person, laid up in a hospital emergency room with extreme muscle soreness and fatigue. Your abdomen is swollen to three times its normal size. Your kidney function numbers are through the roof, and your urine is a brown color usually seen only in a glass of cola. You are hooked up to a roadmap of tubes.
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If, after a workout, you’re the most sore you’ve ever been, you might congratulate yourself on your hard work. But if your muscles seem puffy, swollen, or hard, and your pee is reddish or brown, then what you’re experiencing probably isn’t just the side effects of Beast Mode. In fact, you should go to the emergency room...
As Workouts Intensify, a Harmful Side Effect Grows More Common
While almost any intense activity can cause rhabdo, it almost always strikes people who are doing something new. That is why people should always progress from light to moderate and then vigorous intensity when doing a new exercise, said Eric Rawson, chair of the department of health, nutrition and exercise science at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
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Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of skeletal muscle fibres with leakage of potentially toxic intracellular contents into the systemic circulation, characterised by elevated plasma creatine kinase, myoglobinuria and risk of renal impairment.
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