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Recovery Deficit Reduction

Meaning

Recovery Deficit Reduction is a clinical objective focused on minimizing the cumulative physiological debt, such as cellular damage, neuroendocrine fatigue, and substrate depletion, incurred from intense physical or psychological stress. This deficit represents the gap between the body’s required recovery time and the actual time or quality of rest provided. A chronic, unaddressed recovery deficit leads to allostatic overload, impaired performance, and increased risk of injury or illness. The goal is to accelerate and optimize the restorative processes to return the system to its homeostatic baseline swiftly.