What Is Overtraining Syndrome And What Are Its Symptoms?
Fitness and health is important Today there seems to be greater awareness about this aspect, and physical exercise is even fashionable, but as with everything, an excess can entail certain risks.
More and more often, people come to therapy who complain of extreme exhaustion, the causes of which derive from excessive physical exercise without sufficient rest time for the body to recover. Added to this is that maintaining muscles, shape and surpassing the mark daily becomes an obsession that maintains compulsive behavior.
Therefore, in this article We will see what overtraining syndrome consists of as well as its symptoms and main characteristics.
Overtraining syndrome is a set of symptoms that appears due to excessive physical exercise without adequate recovery time Fatigue, insomnia, depressive and stress symptoms are some of its symptoms.
Excessive sports along with work and family demands, emotional state and inadequate nutrition favor its appearance.
This syndrome usually occurs in athletes or elite sportsmen, but sometimes in people who are not professionally dedicated to sports. develop compulsive behavior around physical exercise a sport addiction that can lead to exhaustion or overtraining syndrome.
An important fact to add is that people with overtraining syndrome They are more vulnerable to infections due to a weakened immune system What is positive in principle, both physically and psychologically, can be distorted if it leads to obsession. A good example of sports addiction is vigorexia.
Main symptoms
Let’s see what they are symptoms of overtraining syndrome
These are the physical repercussions of Overtraining Syndrome.
Psychological symptoms
Among the most common psychological alterations associated with this syndrome we find the following.
Psychological treatment
Psychological treatment addresses the causes of the appearance of overtraining, that is, What have been the factors that have predisposed physical exercise to become an obsession? In this way, it is about evaluating the state of self-esteem, work and family burdens, and personality traits such as overdemandingness and perfectionism, often related to addiction to physical exercise, for treatment throughout the therapy.
From the psychological point of view, one of the possible causes could well be, in some cases, compensation for certain deficiencies such as unsatisfactory personal development, low self-esteem and the stress of everyday life, with physical exercise.
Treatment of anxiety and low mood is also essential so that the person regains self-confidence and regains motivation Special emphasis will be placed on resuming physical exercise progressively, ensuring that its maintenance alternates with correct physical and psychological recovery, taking into account the patient’s social and personal context: work demands, family demands, etc. and their coping tools.
