The Podium
Welcome to The Podium, a production of Podium Sports Medicine. This discussion was created as a resource for the patients in our practice, where we have the pleasure of working with a small group of professional athletes and high-performing individuals from around the world. Our podcast dissects the principles of performance for our patients, and then disseminates pertinent, actionable information with them in mind.
The Podium
2. Overtraining
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Dr. Kevin Sprouse
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Season 3
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Episode 2
The term "Overtraining" gets thrown around a lot, often inappropriately. There seems to be a good deal of confusion around this issue and the associated physiologic processes. In this episode, we dig into the continuum of Overtraining Syndrome (OTS)...Functional Overreaching, Non-Functional Overreaching, Overtraining. What are the symptoms of each stage along this continuum? How is this diagnosed? How do you treat an athlete with OTS, and more importantly, how can an athlete avoid a state where exercise becomes detrimental?