A 34-year-old member asked:
What happens to your bones when you overtrain?
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Dr. Thomas Deberardinoanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 34 years experience
Pain, stress injury: Overtraining is manifested in your bones by causing pain and a spectrum of injury. Your long bones have an outer layer call the periosteum that can become inflamed (periositis, [-itis, inflamed]) and painful with activity and to the touch. Bones can further develop a stress reaction often not seen with regular x-rays and better seen by mri. A stress fracture is the final event with overtraining.
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Dr. Brian Chimentianswered
Sports Medicine 29 years experience
Stress response: Overtraining can lead to a stress response in the bone. This can vary from pain and inflammation to a stress fracture. If the increased training is at a manageable pace, then the body will adapt and the bone can strengthen as a response to the increased load.
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Last updated Dec 24, 2013
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