When Home Does Not Mean Recovered: What 18 Years of WNBA Data Tells Us About Travel Performance
In elite sport, travel is often discussed as a logistical problem: flight times, hotel arrivals, transport and training schedules. Once the team is home, the journey is assumed to be over. Physiologically, it may not be. A new study published in Sports Medicine – Open examined 3,489 regular-season Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) games across […]
How Blue Light Really Affects Sleep
Blue light has become one of the most widely discussed topics in sleep science. Phones, tablets, laptops and LED lighting are often blamed for delayed sleep onset, poor sleep quality and disrupted circadian rhythms. While there is evidence that short-wavelength (blue) light can influence the body clock (1;2), this relationship is more nuanced than often […]