Don’t dread the ‘afternoon slump’. Here’s what you can do to combat it.
Articles on Tiredness
Displaying all articles
Food, fluids, sleep and time can all be useful strategies for bouncing back after a workout.
Elite teams plan for heat, recovery and warning signs. Workplaces expecting effort during heatwaves need the same kind of thinking.
We have probably all had the experience of lying awake in bed, our mind turning, unable to sleep.
One clue is the nature of pain and its powerful effect on our thoughts and behaviours.
Swimming and cycling ability declined while there was a rise in eating sugary snacks according to new research.
There’s a blood alcohol limit for legally being permitted to drive. Should we have a ‘fatigue limit’?
A new study found the amount of sleep you had last night can even overwhelm people who have a tendency for kindness.
A good doctor can help you work out when tiredness has crossed over into true fatigue.
Fatigue can drag for weeks, even when the infection is gone, and sleep doesn’t fix it. But there are simple steps you can take to ride it out.
Doing at least 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week can be enough to reduce or eliminate some of the health harms of poor sleep.
Time changes make many people feel tired, irritable, and unable to sleep.
Top contributors
-
General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
-
Professor in Sport Psychology, University of Wolverhampton
-
Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise Science Faculty of Education, Health, and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton
-
Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
-
Associate Professor in Physiology and Metabolism, University of Bradford
-
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
-
Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
-
Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
-
PhD candidate, University of Sydney
-
Bradley Distinguished Professor, Adelaide University
-
Physiotherapist and PhD candidate, Body in Mind Research Group, Adelaide University
-
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University
-
Senior Lecturer in Performance Analysis of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
-
Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Westminster
-
Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol