Surgery Recovery Techniques: at 64 With David Stewart

This week, David breaks down the ins and outs of his recent knee operation, the surgery recovery techniques he used and more — from dealing with insurance, to what to ask your surgeon, to the best strategies for choosing a physical therapist. Today, at 7 weeks post-op, he has almost fully returned to physical activity with the help of intensive physical therapy, regular hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions, a clean diet, and more. Listen in to hear about how recovery modalities align with protein intake, catabolic vs metabolic states, Kaatsu therapy, vitamin D, and additional top-level insights. 

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Key Moments
“He said: First order of business, we want to reduce your time in the catabolic state as much as we can, and try to keep you anabolic if possible. How do we do that? Clean diet.”

“He says to me: This is perceived instability. So your brain thinks the knee is unstable because you have this irritation in your meniscus. But your knee is stable.”

“So they reduce the recovery time by 50%. I am not an elite athlete. However, this ‘cutting down recovery time’ sounded really good and so I had maybe an hour-long conversation with Scott about what to do.”

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