PT Snacks Podcast: Physical Therapy with Dr. Kasey Hankins · Kasey Hankins, PT, DPT, OCS

159. Sleep & Sport: How Sleep Impacts Injury Risk, Recovery, and Performance

·17 min·1 clip
If it's between an extra exercise or more sleep for a patient, I'm probably going to suggest sleep as the best recovery tool.
Physical therapist Dr. Kasey Hankins explains the critical, often overlooked role of sleep in injury risk, recovery, and athletic performance. She breaks down the science linking poor sleep to higher injury rates and performance deficits, and provides practical frameworks for assessing sleep quality and hygiene to discuss with patients.

As heard by us

A clear clinical look at sleep, recovery, and performance that stays practical and skips the wellness fluff.

Sleep is treated as a clinical variable here, tied to recovery, immune health, performance, and learning instead of being left as generic wellness advice.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

You want a tight sleep refresher that connects directly to recovery, immune health, performance, and skill.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on