The quality of rest directly influences performance, concentration and physical activity.
Hospiten stresses the key role that sleep plays in both physical recovery and general performance. “While adequate recovery during sleep allows muscle repair, the quality of sleep directly influences physical capacity, concentration and decision making during sporting activity”, explains Dr. Txomin Navajas, head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Service at Hospiten in Tenerife and Hospiten Lanzarote.
Therefore, understanding how sleep affects these two aspects is fundamental to optimising sports performance. «Sleep is essential for the formation of muscle-related macromolecules, which facilitates recovery from injuries, especially muscle injuries, although this benefit can extend to other types of injuries,” says the specialist. “It plays an essential role in injury prevention and in the fixation, memorisation and implementation of learning acquired during training, covering both the physical and psychological dimensions,” he says.
Under the slogan “Innovating in Health”, Hospiten Paitilla (Panama) held the 50th edition of the Hospiten Paitilla 2.0 Scientific Conference, an event that, over five decades, has established itself as one of the main academic and scientific meetings in Panama in the health sector. Two days of conferences were attended by doctors from Spain, the United States, Mexico and Argentina, including Dr. Navajas, who also spoke about new perspectives in the treatment of chronic insomnia. The specialist in sleep disorders presented an innovative treatment that is not based on traditional drugs. “This treatment improves sleep quality, daytime functionality and reduces the need for multiple treatments associated with other comorbidities,” he said.
The conference focused on a topic that is transforming all industries globally: the incorporation of artificial intelligence as a key tool for optimising processes, revolutionising both diagnosis and treatment.
About Hospiten
Hospiten is an international healthcare network with more than 55 years of experience committed to providing the highest quality service. It has 20 private medical-hospital centres in Spain, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica, and Panama, as well as 175 outpatient medical centres under the Clinic Assist brand. Founded by Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella, it treats more than three million patients from around the world each year and has a staff of more than 5,000 people. This care will be reinforced in the Community of Madrid thanks to the construction of a general university hospital in Boadilla del Monte, which is expected to be completed in 2026.
MD Anderson Cancer Centre Madrid – Hospiten is a subsidiary of the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas, USA. With more than twenty years of history in our country, MD Anderson Madrid – Hospiten currently has a Phase I Clinical Trials Unit, more than 150 medical specialists trained in oncology, a total of 87 hospital beds and state-of-the-art technological equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of different types of cancer.