Days after finding out his bicep had dissolved into his bloodstream, sophomore Shane Ryan proceeded to play in the club volleyball semi-final to clinch the win against men\u2019s social club Theta\u2019s rival, men\u2019s social club TNT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a long break from the weight room due to a shoulder injury, Ryan came back too hard, too fast, causing extreme muscle damage, known as rhabdomyolysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to helathline.com, Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of damaged skeletal muscle, which causes the release of myoglobin into the bloodstream. Myoglobin is what keeps oxygen in muscles. If there is an excessive amount of myoglobin in the blood, it can cause kidney damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan said his arms swelled up to twice the normal size, and he could not straighten them after he began lifting again. Once one of his kidneys started to hurt, he knew it was something serious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI went to the doctor, and what was released into my blood was creatine kinase, and your levels are supposed to be between 30 and 200,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cA week after I worked out, they were at 13,947, and my liver enzymes were seven times higher than they were supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan said he was grateful the creatine kinase was released in his liver more than kidney. The kidney is far more sensitive, and the incident could have resulted in kidney failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite this diagnosis, Ryan refused to let it take him out of the big game against his club\u2019s rival, TNT. He said he couldn\u2019t miss it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can’t just let the team down,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cThat’s the game of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Theta belle Sally Roach said the game was intense after Theta lost the first set and came back to win the last two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is kind of like tradition versus novelty,\u201d Roach said. \u201cWe are novelty and our rival would be tradition and TNT is the peak of that, so it was pretty intense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan gave credit to all his teammates and all the fans who came out. He contributed the win to his teammates’ hard work and work ethic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe crowd was huge, and the atmosphere was just awesome,\u201d Freshman teammate Taylor Hill said. \u201cAnd [Shane] was a boost because we weren’t expecting him to play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Theta\u2019s win over TNT in the semi-final, they went on to beat men\u2019s social club Gamma Sigma Phi in the championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are proud of our guys anytime that they go out and have fun,\u201d Roach said.\u00a0
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