BRPT - Sports and Sleep , Part One

Course Information

Category: CEU 

Base Price $15.99

BRPT Credit: 1.0 CSTE

Purchase includes Downloadable PDF and access to online test.

Course Description

This course presents an overview of the importance of sleep to the athlete, be they professional or amateur, and is the first in a series of courses on this topic. This presentation provides sleep practitioners with a review of the basics of the relationship between sports and sleep which affects all people, irrespective of their participation in sports and/or other athletic endeavors.  More specifically, practitioners will learn how poor sleep has a negative effect in performance, or worse, a result in potential injury. 

The second in this series will include a podcast containing a discussion of real-life experiences of a sleep physician (and athlete) and a polysomnography technician, both with 35 years of combined experience in sleep medicine. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

• Understand the unique sleep needs of the athlete.
• Be able to describe the negative effects of poor sleep and sleep deprivation, including poor performance and injury.
• Understand and be able to describe sleep disturbances encountered by athletes.