The Relationship of Sleep & Cortisol in Running Injuries
Sleep & Cortisol for Running Injuries
This episode is another big step in knowledge towards injury prevention. In order to train hard, you need to sleep hard. We also need to lower our stress and cortisol in order to reduce risk of running injuries in order to optimize recovery.
We discuss:
- the connection of poor sleep with injury
- sleep with reduced performance
- the interwoven relationship of cortisol, stress and pain levels.
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