When Muscle Soreness May Be More Serious Than "No Pain, No Gain"

Training is hard. It is supposed to be hard. Recruits are working to get ready to defend the country, and to do that they need to be in top shape. But, along with hard training comes bumps, bruises, muscle soreness and, on occasion, more serious issues.

One health risk that is receiving increased attention is exertional rhabdomyolysis. According to most definitions, exertional rhabdomyolysis is a condition or syndrome of skeletal muscle breakdown with release of myocyte contents into the circulation, which may arise from a variety of stresses that cause injury to muscle tissue.

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