«Due to high volume grip training and heaving rowing / lifting workouts at the CrossFit box, I developed
severe wrist pain; severe pain that would not allow me to perform a normal palm down push - up.
Rickettsia rickettsii is the causative agent of a relatively
severe tick borne rickettsiosis, which is characterized by hyperthermia, cephalagia (headache), bone and muscle
pain and a rash (humans), which first appears on the
wrists and ankles and subsequently becomes generalized and may become hemorrhagic.