JD - good to hear your on the mend. "Creatine kinase is elevated slightly above the normal range but not sky rocketing high. It was 262 instead of 29-143 U/L."
207 would be upper limit for female, if your above 315 - 325 (1.5X normal) you need to pay attention. However, some people read higher because their muscles produce more CK AND
"I have been trying to do more exercises for the lower back to balance the overworked bending forward muscles."
false high test readings can occur after someone has exercised. Levels can increase up to 30X the upper limit of normal within 24 hrs of strenuous physical activity, with greater elevation in those who are untrained. Even stretching can elevate CK (up to 62% within 24 hrs). Post exercise, CK Levels decline slowly over 7 days.
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, fibrates that decrease triglycerides and LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, colchicine, HCQ, Ang-II & Beta blockers can all increase CK.
Do you feel like muscle damage or wasting is occuring? Do you take a creatine supplement or anything that would increase levels (ceterach & nettle tea)? Did you engage in any exercise in the seven days prior to the test?
What appears to be an elevated CK level may in fact be normal and unless other muscle symptoms present, increased CK levels are not necessarily a bad thing, as they have been linked to lower inflammation. (The tea's are working?)
This one is interesting - It seems we are told to hold a stretch and not 'bounce' it but this says bounce is better for less pain later.
I do tend to gently pulse - it is increasing aether energy I think, having learned about that. Feldenkrais method uses gentle pulsing motions with a stabilized joint.
"The purpose of this study was to determine if static and ballistic stretching would induce significant amounts of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and increases in creatine kinase (CK). Twenty males were randomly assigned to a static (STATIC) or ballistic stretching (BALLISTIC) group. All performed three sets of 17 stretches during a 90-min period, the only group difference being that STATIC remained stationary during each 60-s stretch while BALLISTIC performed bouncing movements. Subjective ratings of DOMS (scale: 1-10) and serum CK levels were assessed before and every 24 hours post stretching, for 5 days. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect due to time (p < 0.05), with peak soreness occurring at 24 hours after (M = 2.8 +/- 1.6). Surprisingly, a group effect (p < .05) demonstrated that DOMS was significantly greater for STATIC than for BALLISTIC. At 24 hours there was a 62% (p < .05) increase in CK for combined groups. These findings indicate that similar bouts of static and ballistic stretching induce significant increases in DOMS and CK in subjects unaccustomed to such exercise. Furthermore, static stretching induced significantly more DOMS than did ballistic." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8451526/ I do indeed exercise a lot more than that: "3 sets of 17 over 90 minutes".
So my CK may simply be normal background level for my level of activity.
Strenuous activity may be it then. I haven't been taking my DHEA and feel like I'm losing some muscle tone but not really. My focus on more back exercises has helped my tight shoulders somewhat. Lower acidity helped that too. I have strained those muscles with overstretching or trying to loosen it up. I also am currently healing a bad bruise on my cheekbone so more of a bone bruise but it swelled. (I'm listening to a webinar so didn't look at the links. I think the tea's are working and that diuretic effect leads to lower electrolytes and I have to watch that.
I’m so glad you’re better and those pics of that stairwell and architecture are fascinating!
Thanks 🙏
Cool stairwell! 😃
Stairs are cool. Especially spiral ones.
JD - good to hear your on the mend. "Creatine kinase is elevated slightly above the normal range but not sky rocketing high. It was 262 instead of 29-143 U/L."
207 would be upper limit for female, if your above 315 - 325 (1.5X normal) you need to pay attention. However, some people read higher because their muscles produce more CK AND
"I have been trying to do more exercises for the lower back to balance the overworked bending forward muscles."
false high test readings can occur after someone has exercised. Levels can increase up to 30X the upper limit of normal within 24 hrs of strenuous physical activity, with greater elevation in those who are untrained. Even stretching can elevate CK (up to 62% within 24 hrs). Post exercise, CK Levels decline slowly over 7 days.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8451526/
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, fibrates that decrease triglycerides and LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, colchicine, HCQ, Ang-II & Beta blockers can all increase CK.
Do you feel like muscle damage or wasting is occuring? Do you take a creatine supplement or anything that would increase levels (ceterach & nettle tea)? Did you engage in any exercise in the seven days prior to the test?
What appears to be an elevated CK level may in fact be normal and unless other muscle symptoms present, increased CK levels are not necessarily a bad thing, as they have been linked to lower inflammation. (The tea's are working?)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5973606/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28796313/
This one is interesting - It seems we are told to hold a stretch and not 'bounce' it but this says bounce is better for less pain later.
I do tend to gently pulse - it is increasing aether energy I think, having learned about that. Feldenkrais method uses gentle pulsing motions with a stabilized joint.
"The purpose of this study was to determine if static and ballistic stretching would induce significant amounts of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and increases in creatine kinase (CK). Twenty males were randomly assigned to a static (STATIC) or ballistic stretching (BALLISTIC) group. All performed three sets of 17 stretches during a 90-min period, the only group difference being that STATIC remained stationary during each 60-s stretch while BALLISTIC performed bouncing movements. Subjective ratings of DOMS (scale: 1-10) and serum CK levels were assessed before and every 24 hours post stretching, for 5 days. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect due to time (p < 0.05), with peak soreness occurring at 24 hours after (M = 2.8 +/- 1.6). Surprisingly, a group effect (p < .05) demonstrated that DOMS was significantly greater for STATIC than for BALLISTIC. At 24 hours there was a 62% (p < .05) increase in CK for combined groups. These findings indicate that similar bouts of static and ballistic stretching induce significant increases in DOMS and CK in subjects unaccustomed to such exercise. Furthermore, static stretching induced significantly more DOMS than did ballistic." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8451526/ I do indeed exercise a lot more than that: "3 sets of 17 over 90 minutes".
So my CK may simply be normal background level for my level of activity.
Strenuous activity may be it then. I haven't been taking my DHEA and feel like I'm losing some muscle tone but not really. My focus on more back exercises has helped my tight shoulders somewhat. Lower acidity helped that too. I have strained those muscles with overstretching or trying to loosen it up. I also am currently healing a bad bruise on my cheekbone so more of a bone bruise but it swelled. (I'm listening to a webinar so didn't look at the links. I think the tea's are working and that diuretic effect leads to lower electrolytes and I have to watch that.