Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance
by oostevo on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @10:54AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis
It's usually caused by crush injury, but if you're enough of a knucklehead, you can give it to yourself in the gym too.
Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance
by Alex3917 on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @11:31AM
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Thanks for the link, I really appreciate that.
Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance
by iamelgringo on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @03:37PM
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It's kidney failure, not liver failure. I've seen several cases of it as an ER nurse. It's fairly common for people running marathons to go in to Rhabdo afterwards, but they usually just orally rehydrate and they're fine. (Flush the system out). When people run in to problems is when they don't hydrate enough.
Re:"Cool" invention triples athletic performance
by Alex3917 on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @10:11AM
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"When the total CPK level is very high, it usually means there has been injury or stress to the heart, the brain, or muscle tissue. For example, when a muscle is damaged, CPK leaks into the bloodstream. Determining which specific form of CPK is high helps doctor's determine which exact tissue has been damaged."
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003503.htm
The part about muscles releasing proteins when working out is definitely true, I just don't know about the rest. It's something I was told by my sports doctor though.
I've never heard of muscles breaking down proteins, nor have I ever heard of proteins causing liver damage (that doesn't make any sense).
Muscles do release lactic acid, which will eventually cause enough pain to make you stop, but I never heard of any serious damage caused from it. And this cooling method won't prevent that feedback.
It's obviously possible to inure a muscle, but it will hurt, and this cooling method won't affect that.