Just in case anyone here crosses this path here are some things I wish I would have known. Medical professionals or anyone with knowledge on the subject please correct anything I may not be clear on. Short story, did a decent workout, got rhabdo, ended up in the hospital for 8 days. Details below. Sharing so if any of you run in to the same issue you have some frame of reference for when you should get help. I'd imagine dehydrated in the backcountry putting in work this could happen.
Did a yearly WOD a few Saturdays ago and it sucks, it does every time. The recovery was much different this time though. I woke up Sunday with extreme soreness in my biceps/triceps and chest. I could not straighten my right arm and pain meds did little to solve the issue. After lounging around throughout the day I was able to force some mobility and figured it was just getting older and I don't recover as well. The soreness was a little different, there was that constant "pump" in my muscles that usually dissipates after a few hours, this lasted 5 days for me.
Kept my normal routine into Monday work, no gym, too sore, felt like a pansy. Tuesday I was able to wake up do a light cardio workout and get some stretching in my arms with slightly better mobility than the days before. After about 6 hours at work I took a piss that was a dark brown color streaked with what appeared to be blood(first one that seemed off). I did what every good dude should do in this circumstance, crushed two nalgenes worth of water and assess. Had to be dehydration. After a few more much lighter but teaish colored piss breaks called my doctor buddy and went in for a visit. He shortly sent me to ER and I was stuck for a few days. For all those interested in numbers and such my CK was above 42k(unreadable at the hospital I was at) until Sunday. For me there was no damage to my kidneys or liver, they caught it in time to prevent that.
Looking back the biggest initial alert would have been the muscle soreness. It was much different than normal sore. When I have been normal sore I have rarely, if ever, experienced extremely limited mobility. It may hurt to move but you can still move. This soreness did not allow that, it was a constant pain with tightness in the muscle groups and the muscles were inflamed much more than a post workout pump. Definition in my arms was completely gone. The tightness was such that my wife could not move my arms in certain directions. Take it for what it's worth but I don't recommend waiting until your kidneys start throwing blood in your urine to get checked out.
Since none of you know me and there will always be the questions about my physical shape or what caused it. I am healthy, active, eat well, have 0 conditions that would lead to this, and I am in pretty decent shape.
Did a yearly WOD a few Saturdays ago and it sucks, it does every time. The recovery was much different this time though. I woke up Sunday with extreme soreness in my biceps/triceps and chest. I could not straighten my right arm and pain meds did little to solve the issue. After lounging around throughout the day I was able to force some mobility and figured it was just getting older and I don't recover as well. The soreness was a little different, there was that constant "pump" in my muscles that usually dissipates after a few hours, this lasted 5 days for me.
Kept my normal routine into Monday work, no gym, too sore, felt like a pansy. Tuesday I was able to wake up do a light cardio workout and get some stretching in my arms with slightly better mobility than the days before. After about 6 hours at work I took a piss that was a dark brown color streaked with what appeared to be blood(first one that seemed off). I did what every good dude should do in this circumstance, crushed two nalgenes worth of water and assess. Had to be dehydration. After a few more much lighter but teaish colored piss breaks called my doctor buddy and went in for a visit. He shortly sent me to ER and I was stuck for a few days. For all those interested in numbers and such my CK was above 42k(unreadable at the hospital I was at) until Sunday. For me there was no damage to my kidneys or liver, they caught it in time to prevent that.
Looking back the biggest initial alert would have been the muscle soreness. It was much different than normal sore. When I have been normal sore I have rarely, if ever, experienced extremely limited mobility. It may hurt to move but you can still move. This soreness did not allow that, it was a constant pain with tightness in the muscle groups and the muscles were inflamed much more than a post workout pump. Definition in my arms was completely gone. The tightness was such that my wife could not move my arms in certain directions. Take it for what it's worth but I don't recommend waiting until your kidneys start throwing blood in your urine to get checked out.
Since none of you know me and there will always be the questions about my physical shape or what caused it. I am healthy, active, eat well, have 0 conditions that would lead to this, and I am in pretty decent shape.