The Sleep Benefits of Heating

Rhonda explains how elevating core body temperature through exercise and heat modalities like hot baths and saunas can stimulate ATP release, increase adenosine, and promote sleep. Adenosine is a neuromodulator that accumulates in the brain, causing drowsiness and promoting the transition from wakefulness to sleep. Caffeine binds to adenosine receptors, blunting its effects and providing acute alertness.