Sleep & Recovery

Learn more about how getting adequate sleep can boost both physical and mental performance for athletes, improving strength, coordination, reaction time, focus, and recovery on and off the field.

This resource focuses on practical sleep strategies to support rest and recovery during travel and away games. It addresses common travel-related sleep challenges and offers simple tips athletes can use to maintain sleep quality on the road.

This resource explains how sleep supports physical recovery, muscle repair, and injury prevention. It highlights the impact of adequate sleep on healing and performance while offering practical strategies to improve sleep quality and recovery.

This resource highlights the role of sleep in supporting athletic performance, recovery, and mental focus. It explains how adequate sleep improves strength, coordination, reaction time, and concentration while reducing fatigue and stress.

Watch this short video on how sleep plays a major role in an NFL player’s performance.

Listen to this podcast with sleep specialist Dr. Mah, who has worked with the Philadelphia Eagles and Golden State Warriors to improve athletes' sleep hygiene in order to optimize performance. Clip about the relationship between lack of sleep and injuries is linked: 

Listen to this podcast with sleep specialist Dr. Mah, who has worked with the Philadelphia Eagles and Golden State Warriors to improve athletes' sleep hygiene in order to optimize performance. Clip about how sleep increases performance outcomes in athletes is linked:

Listen to this podcast to learn more about the role sleep has in recovery and how to manage fatigue. 

Watch this video presented by Dr. Fung-Isariyawongse to find out more about the science behind sleep and why it's so important for athletes.