The potentially life-threatening condition happens when damaged muscle starts to dissolve.
The 45-minute spin class Franco took on Sept. 15 was her first. The Marlborough, Massachusetts, resident loves to ride bikes so when the weather got colder and she joined a gym, her cousin recommended the indoor stationary bike workout.
Over the next day, her legs started to swell and feel “tense,” but Franco thought it was a sign she was building muscle. But Franco developed acute compartment syndrome in her right leg — where the pressure within the muscles builds to dangerous levels, decreasing blood flow. It’s usually caused by a severe injury and can lead to permanent muscle damage,Doctors had to perform a fasciotomy on her right leg, an emergency surgery to cut open the skin and fascia — the membrane that keeps tissues in place — in the affected area to relieve the pressure.
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