This Friday 13th March marks World Sleep Day 2026, and this year's theme, Sleep Well, Live Better, couldn't be more relevant to what we do as physiotherapists every single day. Because the truth is, no matter how good your rehabilitation programme is, if you are not sleeping well, your body simply cannot recover as well as it should. Sleep is not downtime. It is one of the most active and essential biological processes your body performs, and its impact on injury repair, pain