Overtraining Syndrome (chronic performance decline)

Veterinary care required

This condition belongs in veterinary diagnosis and treatment. Compounds are at most supportive.

Priority · vet & management

First rule out physical causes veterinarily (lameness, stomach, airways, blood count). The core is training and recovery management: reduce load, plan rest days and variation — compounds are only adjunctive.

Possible causes

• · too high a training density with too little recovery
• · missing rest days and variation
• · insufficient energy/nutrient supply
• · accompanying stress (housing, transport, competition)

Supportive compounds · supplementary feed, not medication

Prevention

Periodise the training plan, schedule fixed rest days and load variation and regularly observe signs of recovery (appetite, recovery, motivation).

Equiterna's take

Equiterna understands performance as an interplay of training AND recovery. Before speaking of overtraining, pain, stomach, airways and metabolism must be ruled out by the vet.