Optimising Your Sleep for a Healthier Back 🧘🏻‍♂️ When was the last time you woke up feeling truly rested - clear, energised and pain-free? If you can't remember, this episode is for you. In today's solo episode, I dive into the science and strategies behind rest and recovery and why sleep is the most underrated tool for reducing pain, repairing your body and managing stress. You'll learn how poor sleep fuels the pain–stress loop, and more importantly, how small changes can reverse it. I'll also show you how recovery connects directly to my core pillars - movement, emotional wellbeing, nutrition and recovery - and why without sleep, the other three can't do their job 💤 If you've been stuck in the cycle of pain, stress, and exhaustion, this episode will give you practical steps and hope to start breaking free. 💡 What You'll Learn in This Episode

• Why quality sleep is essential for tissue repair, stress regulation and pain reduction
• How stress and sleep feed into each other and how to break the loop
• Practical, evidence-backed tips to improve your sleep starting tonight
• The one underrated strategy that resets your body clock (and makes sleep easier)
• How recovery ties into the bigger framework for lasting back health

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