muscle breakdown
Protein fiber deterioration
Muscle breakdown is the process by which muscle tissue is damaged or degraded, either through intense exercise, injury, or disease.
After strenuous workouts, controlled muscle breakdown triggers repair and growth.
Pathological breakdown, as in rhabdomyolysis, releases proteins into the bloodstream that can damage kidneys: The marathon runner was hospitalized for severe muscle breakdown.
- dark urineDeeply pigmented urinary output
- kidney failureLoss of blood-filtering function
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- catabolismMetabolic molecular dismantling
myoglobin · acute phase · soreness · fatigue · weakness · degeneration · necrosis · tissue damage · overtraining · strain · tear · dystrophy · deterioration · cachexia · fibers · damage · inflammation · stiffness
- breakdownsfailure, emotional collapse, meltdown, crisis, collapse
- toxic symptomsswelling, pain, numbness, paralysis, seizures
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
- Kidney Harmchronic kidney disease, renal failure, kidney stones, cyclosporine, NSAIDs
muscle breakdownmuscle growth
Increase in tissue size
muscle building · hypertrophy · anabolism · muscle gain · protein synthesis
muscle breakdownmuscle strengthening
Building tissue power
muscle repair · muscle recovery · muscle conditioning · tissue repair · muscle toning
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