Increasing cases of people working out too hard

WEBVTT >> IT WAS SUPER DUPER SORE. EVERYTHING HURT. IT HURT TO THE TOUCH. >> 17-YEAR-OLD JARED SHAMBURGER JUST GOT A NEW GYM MEMBERSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY. HIS DAD AND OLDER BROTHER HAVE BEEN LIFTING WEIGHTS FOR YEARS >> I HAVE TO CATCH UP TO THEM. >> BUT AFTER AN INTENSE ARM WORKOUT LAST WEEK THE SORENESS AND SWELLING WERE NOT GOING AWAY. >> THE FARTHEST I COULD MOVE WAS LIKE TO HERE, AND I WAS LIKE THIS IS NOT RIGHT. >> JARED’S MOM JUDY SEARCHED THE SYMPTOMS ONLINE AND WHAT SHE FOUND WAS FRIGHTENING. >> THE MAMA BEAR IN ME KIND OF TOOK OVER AND I CALLED THE PEDIATRICIAN AND SAID, I REALLY THINK MY SON HAS RHABDO. >> SHE WAS RIGHT. JARED WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 5 DAYS WITH RHABDOMYOLYSIS. IT CAN BE CAUSED BY MANY THINGS INCLUDING INJURY, INFECTION AND HITTING THE GYM TOO HARD. IT CAUSES A BREAKDOWN OF MUSCLE TISSUE, RELEASING A PROTEIN INTO THE BLOOD POSSIBLY DAMAGING THE KIDNEYS AND LEADING TO KIDNEY FAILURE. JARED IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. HE SAYS HE PLANS TO GET BACK IN THE GYM SOON BUT HIS FAMILY HOPES OTHERS WILL BE AWARE . MUSCLE PAIN, WEAKNESS AND SEVERE SWELLING AFTER INTENSE EXERCISE MAY WARRANT A TRIP TO THE >> IF HE HAD NOT CAUGHT IT IF HE , HADN’T TOLD ME, IF WE HAD JUST GONE OUT OF TOWN ABOUT OUR WAY. I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE. EMILY: AGAIN, THIS IS RARE BUT , TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO TO AVOID THIS CONDITION. BEFORE YOU START A NEW ROUTINE, DO A LESS INTENSE VERSION FIRST TO HELP YOUR BODY ADJUST. AND HONESTLY KNOW YOUR LIMITS. , DON’T BE AFRAID TO STOP OR LEAVE A CLASS IF YOU’RE STRUGGLING. BEN: NEVER HEARD OF THAT. EMILY: LAST YEAR THE AMERICAN JORNAL OF MEDICINE SAID IT WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. IT IS RARE, I DO WANT TO SAY TH