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Measures to Prevent Overuse Injuries in Triathlon Athletes

Harneet Arora

Injuries are so common in triathlon athletes. Since athletes are participating in a lot of sports events, sometimes they do not have time to take rest and recover. Thus, it can lead to chronic injuries. Other times, these athletes overtrain themselves, which can lead to overuse injuries. So, it is so important that measures are taken to prevent these injuries in athletes. It will help in prolonging the sports career of the athletes.Endurance athletes increase their performance by alternating between periods of intensive physical training with periods of rest for recovery. But, if there is an increase in intensive training without giving adequate recovery time, it causes breakdown in tissue reparative mechanisms, resulting in overuse injuries