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Why sleep and comfort are the first line of defence against poor health

Posted on by Kris Wood
better sleep better health
21
Dec

Mammoth’s Human Performance Specialist, Dr Jonathan Bloomfield, investigates how sleep and comfort can have a profound effect on health and wellbeing. Before we can consider how best to improve sleep among the general public, we must first understand the scale and the nature of the problem. Let me put a few statistics in front of […]

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Mammoth helping search and rescue helicopter pilot to rest and recharge: Penny Grayson case study

Posted on by Kris Wood
better sleep RAF
06
Jul

At Mammoth, we talk a lot about pressure relief. In fact, our reputation is built on it. But few people understand pressure like Penny Grayson. Having joined the Army in 1996, Penny transferred to the RAF in 2001 and has spent over a decade flying Merlin and Sea King helicopters. Having been involved in operations […]

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All Articles, Expert Advice, Sleep Science

How to handle a problem like sleepwalking

Posted on by Kris Wood
Sleep walking
16
Jul

The condition of sleepwalking, formally known as somnambulism, is estimated to affect up to 15% of the general population. And although 1 in 3 people are likely to experience it at some point in their lives, most of us are still unsure what the condition really entails . . . or how to deal with […]

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Top Five Sleep Problems

Posted on by Kris Wood
Problems with sleep
11
Mar

Problems with sleep are the most common compliant of patients visiting their GP. It can have a devastating impact of people’s physical and mental health. Professor Jason Ellis, Head of Northumbria University’s Centre for Sleep Research and Director of Sleep Science at Mammoth describes the top five sleep problems:   Insomnia – the NHS reports […]

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Expert Advice, Sleep Science

The role of sleep in athletic performance

Posted on by Kris Wood
sleep and athletic performance
11
Mar

While much focus has been placed on attaining optimum levels of performance through better exercise routines, nutrition and recovery techniques, it is only recently that attention has turned to the role sleep has to play. Research at Stanford University found that achieving nine hours of effective sleep improved basketball players’ performance by as much as […]

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