Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
#64 - Sleep and the Gridiron: Your Country Needs You To Play Football
It's that time of the year again...football season. With the excitement building as rivalries renew both at the collegiate and professional level, it seems an appropriate time to look at the sleep through the lens of the sport of American football. In this episode we will:
- Preface the episode by considering the first athletic trainer in history, James Robinson of Harvard
- Explore some of the early research looking as sleep and football player/team performance
- Dissect the controversy regarding the actual risk of sleep disordered breathing in American football players
- Differentiate the differences between professional football sleep and collegiate sleep both in and out of season
- Touch upon the evidence for increased injury in underslept players
- Look ahead to innovative programs designed to manage the sleep of football players both active and retired
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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Thanks for listening and sleep well!
