But days after the workout, she said the pain in her legs became “excruciating” and her urine turned dark brown. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“I felt like I was dying,” said Fancey, who lives in St. John’s. At the hospital, she was admitted with a life-threatening condition called exercise-induced or exertional rhabdomyolysis, rhabdo for short. Exercise-induced rhabdo cases aren’t tracked across Canada, though Barter previously said the normal rate of rhabdo is about 4.5 to eight cases per 100,000 people each year. Research in the United States found that, between 2000 and 2019, the condition sent more than 40,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms.

Source: CBC News April 08, 2026 08:10 UTC