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If someone does an intense muscle-lengthening workout on just one muscle group, it can cause serious muscle damage that shows up in blood tests—but they might not pee out muscle protein or hurt their kidneys, meaning the damage could stay local and not harm the whole body.
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Muscle function after exercise-induced muscle damage and rapid adaptation.
Case Report
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1992 MayThe study looked at intense muscle exercise in the arm and found it caused a lot of muscle damage and soreness, but no major health problems were reported. This fits with the idea that extreme muscle damage in one area might not harm the rest of the body.
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