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It’s Women in Sport week, and one of the key points we can lose women from sport is in the postpartum period. Our recent work looked at the PP return to exercise and sport, and we’re going to share a key insight from our paper, daily this week 🙌 bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/1/e…

Final Push on this 10 min survey! Elite Athletes, Coaches and Support Staff, working in sporting environments, your insights are needed for Sleep Research! To complete my PhD Questionnaire please scan the QR code in the image or click the url attached. forms.office.com/e/uX9vfqLqAq

Maria Doherty (Faulkner) 2. Regaining and reclaiming personal time, physical fitness and holistic health were powerful motivators & benefits of a PP return. Role modelling for their children was also a strong motivator for many 💪 Sadly, some felt a negative pressure to regain & reclaim fitness PP.

Day 2 of our key findings Maria Doherty (Faulkner) #womeninsport #WomenInSports #womeninsportire

Maria Doherty (Faulkner) 3. Many women experienced a sense of being in a new body (physical fitness and PF function) which they needed to get to know and had felt unprepared for. This impacted their return. There was also a shift in perspective, incl. improved balance, gratitude, and time efficiency PP.

Day 3, Theme 3!

Maria Doherty (Faulkner) 4. The mental load of a return often felt heavy, and women felt pulled in multiple directions by their competing priorities. Women spoke of guilt at the time they spent on their sport, and some felt judged by friends, family and HCP in their return PP.

Maria Doherty (Faulkner) 5. There was a lack of appropriate knowledge and support to return, incl from HCP and clubs/coaches. A lack of visibility of PP women returning was thought to contribute to the lack of awareness negatively impacting the return and support available

Maria Doherty (Faulkner) 6. Support [from their own parents and/or partner], a supportive club environment, women-only settings, and child-friendly settings were crucial to the PP return. Provision of such settings were however flagged as lacking, making the PP return more challenging.

2 kiwis before bed may improve multiple aspects of sleep. A 2023 open-label, single-arm study (PMID: 37242157) looked at the effects of eating 2 green kiwifruits 1 hour before bed for 4 weeks in 15 elite athletes (runners and sailors - male and female, 26 years of age).

The Power of Kiwifruit for Sleep 🥝💤 Sleep is fundamental to human health and performance, but so many people struggle with sleep issues‼️ Could kiwifruit provide a natural food-first strategy to help? 🧐

Delighted to share my recent chat with michelle lyons about our recent publication Maria Doherty (Faulkner) It was a brilliant conversation and I’m excited for what’s to come 🎧

New Blog: Liam O'Meara is the lead S&C coach for Barnet F.C., the recently crowned champions of the National League. In this blog, Liam discusses the importance of internships and making the most of opportunities to develop as a practitioner. isesa.ie/blogs

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📝 New Blog: Neil Irwin is the performance nutritionist with Dublin Senior Men’s Football and a second-year PhD candidate at TUS, funded by the Irish Research Council. Read here isesa.ie/blogs

Great job Gavin Rackard presenting some preliminary sleep data from elite athletes and coaches at the Irish Sport and Exercise Sciences Association conference. Really exciting projects with lots more to come! Dr Lisa Ryan Sharon Madigan @laurakeever #TURISE #EUinmyregion #ISESA2025 ATU Donegal