, I told myself. But I woke up the next day to my unfortunate bathroom sitch.potentially damaging the kidneys
After some initial testing at urgent care, I was referred to the ER, where doctors measured my creatine kinase —an enzyme found in your muscles that, when elevated, may indicate damage. I learned just how injured I was: A healthy adult’s CK level falls between 22 and 198 U/L ; mine was a whopping 90,000 U/L.When I was told I would have to be admitted for at least a day, it was a strange pill to swallow. I wasn’t suffering from any other symptoms, like, nausea, or faintness.
If you’ve played tennis forever but feel zapped during a longer or hotter practice, it might be your bod asking for a break.Let’s say you have been training for a race and can’t run as fast as you did last week, but your regimen is the same. Build more recovery time into your plan.