The impact of COVID on sleep & mental health Coping with COVID in the NBA A significant consideration by the performance staff heading into the NBA Bubble was the potential accumulative increase in player stress and anxiety associated with adhering to the daily NBA Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols,1 2 environmental transition into the Bubble (quarantine […]
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One road to Rome: Exercise
By Dr Nicky Keay (@nickykfitness) Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of symptoms including: hypertension, dyslipidaemia, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The underlying pathological process is insulin resistance which distorts metabolism. Temporal and mechanistic connections have been described between hyperinsulinaemia, obesity and insulin resistance. Insulin levels rise, potentially stimulated by an excess intake of refined […]
Sleep for health and sports performance
“Sleep.. chief nourisher in life’s feast,” Macbeth. By Dr Nicky Keay A recovery strategy vital to support both health and sport performance, during all stages of the training cycle is sleep. In this blog I outline the importance of sleep for athletes of all ages and calibres. Young athletes Sufficient sleep is especially important in young athletes […]
Sleep as a recovery tool for athletes
Article originally published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. By Charles Samuels and Lois James, Canada The athlete sleep screening questionnaire© “If your athletes go to bed, fall asleep within 30 minutes, sleep through the night with brief awakenings, feel […]