At 25, Madelyne Morris was fit and active, but she began finding workouts at the gym increasingly difficult. Her muscles felt heavy and tight, and she no longer experienced the usual burst of endorphins.
"It felt as if, overnight, I had gone from being able to hike 12 miles for fun to barely managing two miles on a treadmill," she said.
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