Press enter or click to view image in full size Your lifestyle may not be conducive to your training needs which may trigger chronic inflammation. You wake up sore. Not the satisfying soreness of a job well done, but something dull, persistent, and suspicious. Your shoulder nags, your knee whispers complaints, your tennis elbow is persistent, and your back feels older than your birth certificate suggests. The common verdict? “I must be overtraining.” But here’s the twist. Science suggests that in many cases, the issue is not the training itself, but the internal environment in which that training occurs. In other words, systemic inflammation may be the real culprit. The Inflammation Lens: A Different Way to See Pain When you train, you create microdamage. That is expected. The body responds with inflammation, a necessary and intelligent process that clears damaged tissue and initiates repair. However, when inflammation becomes chronic or systemic, something changes.…