'Na record break her' - Reactions as lady collapses in an attempt to set record for longest massage

A Nigerian lady identified as Joyc Ijeoma has stirred conversations on social media after she passed out during an attempt to set a new Guinness World record for the longest body massage.

On Saturday, July 1, the masseuse posted on Instagram that she will attempt to massage people for 72 hours in Lekki, Lagos.

Ijeoma made an appeal to Nigerians for encouragement and invited them to attend the actual establishing of her massage record.

Ijeoma's ultimate goal was to break the record that had been set by Alastair Galpin, an ambitious man from South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

With a marathon massage that lasted an amazing 25 hours and 4 minutes in 2015, the current record holder significantly lifted the bar.

Unfortunately, the ambitious project had a negative impact on Ijeoma's health, as she passed out during the massage-a-thon despite having endured an amazing 53 hours of nonstop massaging.

Although she didn't complete the massage-a-thon as she had hoped, her effort has ignited a global dialogue about perseverance, the human spirit, and the always developing field of massage therapy.

See some comments here

omes.beautymart: "When doing these, you guys need to do a lot of stress & endurance training. And lots of practice to test your limits. These feats are not easy AT ALL."

real.motty: "Na the record break her, no be she break the record"

franyjacobs: "Why who she dey massage still lie down raise leg, e no see say she dey faint?"

ada__amaka: "U re not physically fit...you are doing guineas book of record...hope u knw we don't hv good hospital to treat u , our doctors don japa finish.......don't allow Nigeria to happen to u"

iamjudenj: "I feel sorry for her, cos she attempted something different, unlike those that kept going for what Hilda recently achieved"

nibekudos: "She did great… Welldone 50 hrs not an easy feat"

I.tobiloba: "GWR go hear am for Naija. Record ended up breaking her. Sleep don take the werey she’s massaging, she hang leg like statue"

thegeniusdr_: "You people should take it easy with this GWR thing oh. At least, let medics be on ground in case of emergency PS: When someone collapse and you want to help them please don’t try to pull them up to stand. Let them lie on the ground facing up, and free the space to allow ventilation. We really need to include First Aid as a subject in Nigerian secondary schools"

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