Fever with acute renal failure due to body massage-induced rhabdomyolysis

Five articles on PainSci cite Lai 2006: (1) The Complete Guide to Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain (2) Post-Exercise, Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (3) Massage Therapy Side Effects (4) Why Drink Water After Massage? (5) Poisoned by Massage 

PainSci notes on Lai 2006:

Interesting, short, and readable story of an elderly man who collapsed after an unusually strong massage.

This is one of three case studies of massage-induced rhabdo in my bibliography: see also Chen and Tanriover.

related content

• “An unusual complication: prolonged myopathy due to an alternative medical therapy with heat and massage,” Mine Durusu Tanriover, Gulay Sain Guven, and Arzu Topeli, Southern Medical Journal, 2009.
• “{Rhabdomyolysis After the Use of Percussion Massage Gun: A Case Report},” Jian Chen, Fan Zhang, Haizhu Chen, and Hui Pan, Physical Therapy, 2020.

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