Fever with acute renal failure due to body massage-induced rhabdomyolysis
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Lai MY, Yang SP, Chao Y, Lee PC, Lee SD. Fever with acute renal failure due to body massage-induced rhabdomyolysis. Journal of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. 2006 Jan;21(1):233–4. PubMed #16204282.
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Interesting, short, and readable story of an elderly man who collapsed after an unusually strong massage.
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These five articles on PainScience.com cite Lai 2006 as a source:
- PS Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain Syndrome — A guide to the unfinished science of muscle pain, with reviews of every theory and self-treatment and therapy option
- PS Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) — The biological mysteries of “muscle fever,” nature’s little tax on exercise
- PS What Could Possibly Go Wrong With Massage? — Rare but real adverse effects of massage therapy, especially “deep tissue” massage
- PS Should You Drink Water After Massage? — Only if you’re thirsty! Hydration and massage are not detoxification treatments
- PS Poisoned by Massage — Rather than being “detoxifying,” massage may cause a modestly toxic situation in the body
