The way to recover stronger from surgery is to build the foundation before you ever get to the operating room: go in with as much muscle as you can keep, feed the repair with protein, and get your sleep, stress, and inflammation under control, then layer on advanced tools only with a doctor's guidance.

Zora Benhamou is a gerontologist, healthy aging coach, and host of the Hack My Age podcast. After years of fighting osteoarthritis with injections, diet, and rehab, she had both hips replaced 12 weeks apart. She walks through how she kept her muscle with blood flow restriction bands, what she ate to rebuild bone around the implant, which peptides and other biohacks she tried, and why none of them matter without the basics.

She closes with her three strategies for aging well: nurture your network, learn to breathe through your nose, and understand your hormones.

Time Stamps:

05:05 From looking good to longevity: becoming a gerontologist

08:40 Osteoarthritis vs. osteoporosis and trying to avoid surgery

10:06 PRP, hyaluronic acid, and pentosan polysulfate

15:34 Two hip replacements, 12 weeks apart

18:00 Keeping muscle with KAATSU blood flow restriction bands

20:29 Protein, collagen, and bone-building nutrition for recovery

22:01 The anti-inflammatory diet

23:09 Sleep, stress, and hormones in recovery

26:25 Advanced recovery tools and the Wolverine stack peptides

31:57 Methylene blue

34:02 The biohacking pyramid: foundation first

36:31 Test one thing at a time

38:52 Wellness strategy 1: nurture your network

41:05 Wellness strategy 2: functional nose breathing

43:24 Wellness strategy 3: understand your hormones and protect your bones

Links:

Zora Benhamou: hackmyage.com (website, podcast, and all her social channels)

Hack My Age podcast: hackmyage.com

40+ Fitness coaching (3 slots open, 16 weeks plus 2 freeze weeks): email coach@40plusfitness.com