278: Dr. Chris Winter, Owner of Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine Clinic and CNSM Consulting: Why Trying Harder Can Make Sleep Worse

Dr. Christopher Winter has been involved with sleep medicine and sleep research since 1993. Currently he is the owner of Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine clinic and CNSM Consulting. He is the author of The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It as well as The Rested Child: Why Your Tired, Wired or Irritable Child May Have a Sleep Disorder – and How to Help.

In addition to working with numerous professional sports organizations to help their athletes optimize sleep (including the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder), he is the host of the podcast Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter which has consistently ranked as one of the most popular medical podcasts in the country.