The Science of Why Your Body Takes Longer to Bounce Back After 40

The Science of Why Your Body Takes Longer to Bounce Back After 40

By Alex Janin

Feel like it takes longer to recover from everything these days—whether it’s an injury or poor sleep? That’s the reality of what time is doing to our bodies.

Researchers call our ability to bounce back from health stress “biological resilience.” Evidence suggests that it declines with age, driven by biological and other factors, including parenting, work stress, changes in exercise habits and menopause.

Often, these stresses pile up from early life and can reach a tipping point in our thirties and forties.

There are these moments where the whole system seems to undergo like a vibe shift.