What are the dangers of excessive exercise?

In life, some people like to stay at home, while others have a great passion for sports. The former stays at home every day without exercising, while the latter insists on exercising every day and even exercises too much. In fact, both excessive and insufficient exercise can cause harm to the human body. Studies have shown that the human body should not exercise more than 14 hours a week, otherwise it will lead to excessive exercise. So, what are the dangers of excessive exercise?

During exercise, the body often experiences symptoms such as thirst, hunger, sleepiness, fatigue, cold, heat, bloating, pain, and numbness. If we over-exercise, we will feel nausea, chest tightness, shortness of breath, panic, and extreme fatigue. These are signals the body is sending us. We must not ignore these warning signals during exercise and must take them seriously.

1. Thirst and nausea

It is normal to feel thirsty after exercise. However, if you drink a lot of water but still feel thirsty and urinate frequently, this is an abnormal phenomenon and a precursor to overexercise. You should stop exercising immediately. If the condition does not improve after rest, you should check your pancreatic function.

2. Hunger

After strenuous exercise, you may temporarily lose your appetite, but your appetite will improve after resting. This is normal. It is abnormal if you don't want to eat and have anorexia for a long time. You should check your digestive function. Increased appetite after exercise is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, if the appetite increases dramatically and persists, you should go to the endocrinology department to check the pancreatic secretion function.

3. Dizziness

During fitness activities, you generally won't feel dizzy except when you start practicing certain rotational movements. If persistent or short-term dizziness occurs, it is a signal of poor blood supply to the heart and brain. You should also pay attention to examinations of the cardiovascular system and cervical spine.

4. Headache and palpitations

You should not have headaches during or after any physical activity. When a headache occurs, you should stop activities immediately and focus on examining the nervous, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.

5. Mental fatigue

This is a sign of kidney deficiency, and it may also be liver damage. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver is the "root of fatigue", so patients with liver disease should reduce their exercise. If they still feel tired after reducing their activity, they should check their liver and circulatory system.

6. Weakness in limbs

It is normal to feel weak after fitness activities. Generally, you will recover after resting for about 15 minutes after the activity. If the condition fails to recover after several days, it indicates that the spleen is damaged, because the spleen controls the muscles of the limbs. If accompanied by bloating and loss of appetite, you should reduce your exercise.

7. Heavy breathing

Panting is a normal phenomenon during exercise. Panting will occur to varying degrees depending on the intensity of the exercise. It will return to normal after rest. This is a normal physiological phenomenon. If you become out of breath after a little activity and cannot recover even after a long rest, it is possible that your lungs are damaged, because the lungs control the qi and breathing. If the lung qi is damaged, the breathing will be heavy, and if the lung qi is weak, the breathing will be uncontrolled. When this happens, activities should be stopped and focus should be placed on respiratory system examination and treatment.

8. Chest sweat

Generally, you will sweat when you exercise. If you exercise too much and sweat profusely on your chest accompanied by shortness of breath, it may be a sign that your heart is affected because sweat is the fluid of the heart. At this time, you should stop strenuous exercise immediately.

9. Joint pain

If pain occurs in or near a joint and there is joint dysfunction, it may be a ligament sprain. In addition, because women have weaker physical strength, they are more likely to suffer knee meniscus injuries when exercising. The currently popular "bosozoku" may suffer from the sequelae of "march fracture", that is, fatigue fractures or periostitis of the tendons and bones, which leads to constant pain in the feet after running. Also pay attention to abnormal sensations such as numbness and swelling.

10. Muscle soreness

It is normal for people who have just started activities, have stopped activities for a long time and then resume activities, or change to new activities to experience muscle soreness in certain parts of the body. This muscle soreness will appear the day after exercise and will generally disappear in about 2 to 3 days. If your muscles are sore for a long time, it is possible that excessive exercise has caused damage to the muscle soft tissue.

The above are ten dangers of excessive exercise. I didn’t expect that excessive exercise would cause so much harm to the human body. Therefore, friends who love sports must pay attention to it, control the amount when exercising, and don’t exercise excessively. Don't let exercising to stay healthy turn into exercising to cause harm. The most important thing is to stick to the principles of exercise.