what should I do next if my creatine kinase level is 412? Any docs out there?
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Creatine Kinase (CK) sometimes called Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK), is found in skeletal muscle, heart muscle, and brain tissue. Because of the high concentrations in muscle tissue, CK levels are frequently elevated in disorders of the skeletal or cardiac muscle.  However CK is not specific, why you need to be seen by a doctor, to have other tests done to pinpoint what is going on.
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Heres the deal. I was a huge football player myself and I'm glad to see the dedication at your age, good signs for the future. you have to stick with it.  It is not just going to happen over night.  The stronger you are the more advantage you have on the feild.  There is no one powder that will do it all.  What i recomend is mixing a few things.  For instance, get a protein that you can get down.  If you have to drag yourself to the blender everyday you are not going to be able to keep going much longer. I personally like protoplex from vitamin world. Its cheaper and it tastes great. I only have one kidney so i cannot take to much protein though.  Your body at 110 lbs can probably only take about 30-35 grams of protein at a time. The rest will probably pass through. With your protein every morning or an hour or so before the gym, take a tablespoon of glutamine. This will help your body absorb all the nutrients and minerals that are in the drink you are taking.  Also, it helps the recovery.  I also take ZMA at night before bed, another recovery enhancing product. I find that it does work but you have to be persistant. At your age i would not go heywire with the supplements, your body is still growing and over the next couple years you will find your mass will be increasing dramatically.   Don't get hung up on the bench press either. A lot of meat heads judge someones strength and athleticism by there bench press.  In football, the most important thing is going to be legs. get your leg strength and speed up as first priority, then chest and back than arms.  You are already ahead of most football players in your school i am sure, just by attempting to workout at your age. Stay with it. Champions are made in the offseason.  Some of my favorite years were in HS football, live it up with no regrets.  Just work your butt  off and it will come. trry to stay away from too much creatine. I took that stuff in high school and if you ask me it was a waste of money. Didn't do a thing for me. Plus it is really hard on the kidneys. Something that my buddies are taking now is No xplode. they really like it, but make sure you seee your doctor about it, just like all the other stuff, especially with your age.
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Start with a check from your doctor and probably stamina training at a gym with some instruction/advice.
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Creatine is fine for anyone of any age. It it is a supplemental form of creatine that is found in meat and fish. "Loading" ( lots during the first week ) is usually a great way to sell you more creatine, so I'd ignore it if I were you. You might benefit from the extra pump you'll get, especially since testosterone levels steadily decrease after 30. Drink LOTS of water with it during the day, or you won't feel any results.\nWhey protein is a great way to supplement your protein intake. Designer Whey is a great brand. Start with small amounts, as it may take your system a couple of weeks to adjust to the new digestion requirements. It can make you gassy at first. This is normal.\nEat healthy meals - 4 to 5 times a day and use these as supplements, and you'll enjoy your work outs and new muscle definition more!\nGood luck!
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I take the Buffered Creatine. What you guys talking about is the old one which requires loading. My comment is simply nothing wrong if you take the buffered one.
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You've set some good goals for yourself.  Now you need a partner in your quest to be healthy.\nThis is a great time to have a physical so that your doctor can keep track of the many changes that take place on a program like yours.  You want to be sure that your results will advance your goals, not set you back through joint injuries, nutritional imbalances, etc.\nMake an appointment ASAP so that you have a partner at your side as you progress.  Good luck!
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How bizarre - presumably this is your gp that has given you this rather poor information?\nWhat you need to do is have your blood taken and your creatinine level checked.  Your creatinine should be at around 100.  If it is higher than 150 then you will need a referral to see a nephrologist who can organise for a GFR test which will show the exact amount of kidney funciton you have.\nTo say that someone has the kidney of an 80 year old is a load of old rubbish. You need to know exactly what percentage of function you have. What has caused any decline in function and what you can expect.  \n\nIt might be helpful for you to know that many people can survive their whole lives very happily on just one kidney.  I spent most of my childhood and teenage years with only 30% kidney function and lived a pretty normal life. It's also worth knowing that often when a kidney is damaged then it's function will continue to decline slowly over the years.  Healthcare for kidney patients is much improved from the old days.  There is a choice of dialysis - haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis - but it might be that you'll never even need either of these treatments.\n\nIf your kidneys are failing then it's likely that you would feel noticeably tired and sleep more.  When there is very little function left then you would start to feel very sick.\n\nI'm not very impressed with what your doctor has said. He's given you a really inarticulate diagnosis and not provided you with any of the information you might need.\n\nCheck out these site for more information:-\n\nhttp://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.php\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/crf1.shtml\nhttp://www.kidney.org.uk/index.html\n\nI hope you are ok.
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Taking creatine should not be a problem. Creatine does nothing that would complicate your condition. Just don't overdo it; that goes for all creatine users. Your body only needs 3-5g of creatine phosphate per day, and in in the interest of keeping your system stable, do not follow the loading period sometimes recommended on the packaging - just start right off with the maintenance dose.\n\nA little background about creatine for those who are interested: creatine phosphate provides a quick way for muscle cells to regenerate ATP, the universal cellular energy source. However, creatine stores are depleted rapidly, usually within a few seconds tops. As far as comparisons to other athletic supplements, creatine usage is not considered doping and honestly is not anything to worry about. In fact, your liver actually makes a small amount of creatine, and for those of you who eat meat, you get a gram or two of the stuff from your diet everyday. You would get more, but cooking food denatures creatine to creatinine, the waste product of creatine. Your body is designed to absorb up to 3-5g daily from dietary intake though, so that is why supplementing with creatine will help most short-burst athletes. A quick final note about dosing: taking more than 5g per day will not give you any added benefits, and will only put your kidneys into overdrive.
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Your doctor should be listening to you.  If you don't feel right, tell the doctor.  I switched doctors a year ago, was prescribed Armour and Synthroid(previously it was only Synthroid), and now she had added Cytomel(T3).  Find a doctor who will listen to you.  For a list of good doctors who will prescribe Armour......
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Get to your doctor....have your potassium level and your thyroid checked.....I had to have my thyroid killed off due to Graves Disease (hyperactive thyroid), afterwards, I had to wait for those charlie horses, to show that my thyroid was officially dead and the doctor could prescribe replacement meds....my husband gets them if his potassium level drops too far....has to do w/ the diuretics he's on.
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when you do any exercise your muscles breath aerobically. after a while, if you can't get enough oxygen your body breathes anaerobically. you produce lactic acid leaning to cramps.\nboth of these methods are not 100% efficient and both produce ATP (energy). creatine "resynthesises" the ATP to produce more energy. therefore you can go on for longer, lift more weights etc.\ncreatine is found in all meats, please ignore a lot of the people who just blindly rant  about how rubbish and dangerous it is, if it were it would be illegal, like steriods.\nthe best advise that i can give you is this, go to a gym for about 3 weeks, so you have a good idea of where you are physically and how much you can lift. then take creatine and see if you notice a difference. if you don't like it; stop. if you're not 100% sure about wanting to take it, then don't\ni have been using creatine for years, and will swear by the results, so will most top sportsmen (not that i'm one). that doesn't mean i'm trying to force you to take it. it will help you build more muscle because you will be stronger. but try it and see for yourself, its not addictive so you can stop whenever you want.\n\nas a note if you decide to use it you should use it for 6 weeks at a time then stop for 4 weeks. repeat. the first week should be a loading phase (you take twice the dose to flood your body)\n\nthis link might help you:\n\nhttp://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/likness2.htm
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poor circulation. Start exercising and get that blood pumping also I suggest bananas for potassium.
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Recommended maintenance dosage is 0.03 grams per kilogram of body weight, so for 160 lbs. you could take 2 grams per day for no more than 30 days. Try taking it about 30 minutes before exercise.  As far as it helping to build muscles, one of the side effects of creatine is that it makes cells absorb water, so you will get slightly bulkier muscles, but it will be mostly water weight. I will not recommend its use for track and field because it may cause you to dehydrate too early, which will be detrimental to your performance.
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from a fellow body builder to another try L-Arigine at 1000 mg 3 times a day. (can be found at GNC for 12 bucks) it is a complex amino acid. that are the building blocks for protin and creatine. builds mass and pomotes fast healing. I also stack with L- otherdine for some fast healing. just so i get 4 days a week of heavy lifting and 2 on light.\nfor more tips brother check out www.trulyhuge.com good site and good people.
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If your goal is to bench a heavier amount, then you have to lift heavier amounts.  You can't lift heavy if you're doing high reps.  Firstly, you should be at least an intermediate weight trainer (2+ years experience) before even considering what I'm about to advise.  \n\nThere are three primary energy systems in the body, phospho-creatine, glycogen-lactic acid and aerobic.  If you want to lift heavy, you must focus on the phospho-creatine system, meaning your lifts should be no more than 8-10s (or less than 6 reps).  If you extend beyond this limit, you begin to kick in the glycogen-lactic acid system which is more related to strength gains than power.  6 reps or less will allow you to stimulate the appropriate energy system so that you may adapt to lifting heavier with more power as your training regimen progresses.  Creatine supplementation is also advisable and works very well with this type of training.\n\nPlease seek the advice of a professional trainer if you are not an experienced lifter.  Training 6 reps or less takes considerable knowledge on the basics before you can excel at this level.  Always use a spotter and you should be maxing out on the 5th or 6th rep and no more.  Also, stay away from any aerobic or cardiovascular activies as they will hamper your progression.  If you don't need to run then walk, if you don't need to walk then stand, if you don't need to stand then sit, if you don't need to sit then lie down, and if you don't need to stay awake then sleep.  The goal is to maximize growth and power, and you need plenty of rest and plenty of calories to achieve this.
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Creatine is an organic acid that acts as phosphate storage in cells (such as busy muscle cells) where the ATP:ADP ratio might get too low. A kinase is always an enzyme that phosphorylates something, that is, it adds a phosphate group. So creatine kinase is an enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of creatine to store phosphate, and the reverse reaction to transfer the phosphate back to ADP to form ATP.
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Go and have a bloodtest ( chemists do it for free in the UK )\nyou might be diabetic !