Longevity medicine
Longevity medicine and preventive health in Munich
Healthy aging means preserving function, strength, endurance, metabolic health and recovery while taking individual risks into account. A useful check-up establishes priorities rather than collecting unrelated tests or products.
At a glance
What matters for this decision.
- Keep function and physical capacity at the center of health
- Prioritize individual risks rather than indiscriminate testing
- Measure values that can inform practical action
- Choose services around a meaningful medical question
Decision guide
Four points to discuss before deciding.
Use these points to prepare the question you want a second opinion to clarify.
- 01
Starting point
Keep function and physical capacity at the center of health
- 02
Available information
Prioritize individual risks rather than indiscriminate testing
- 03
Options
Measure values that can inform practical action
- 04
Next step
Choose services around a meaningful medical question
Your starting point
Consider health systematically, with function in mind.
The appropriate starting point depends on your stage of life, existing conditions, symptoms, activity and personal goal. Medical assessment helps establish which investigations are useful.
Longevity check-up
Identify individual priorities for long-term health.
Health check
Connect prevention, symptoms and risk factors.
Executive health
A focused assessment for demanding professional lives.
Musculoskeletal longevity
Preserve movement, strength and joint function.
Laboratory tests and biomarkers
Choose and interpret measurements in context.
Biological age
What age estimates can and cannot tell you.
Body composition
Interpret muscle, fat distribution and changes over time.
Blood pressure
Reliable measurements and appropriate follow-up.
Wearable analysis
Use device data without treating every reading as a diagnosis.
Prevention after 40
Prioritize health, capacity and sustainable habits.
Sleep, HRV and recovery
Understand recovery in its daily and medical context.
Whole-body MRI
Weigh the specific question, potential benefit and incidental findings.
Responsible prevention
More testing does not automatically mean better prevention.
Every test can produce incidental findings, further investigations and uncertainty. Its purpose, expected benefit and possible consequences should therefore be discussed in advance.
Your starting point
Start with your own question, not a list of services.
Different needs call for different starting points: an initial assessment, an existing finding or a treatment decision. The next step should address the uncertainty that matters to you.
The individual pages are organized around medical questions and decision pathways. Symptoms, function, diagnostic findings and personal goals belong together when deciding what comes next.
Preparing your next step
Make the overview useful for your own situation.
Note your most important question, the course of your symptoms and the goal you would like to reach. A clear starting question is often more useful than a long, unstructured list of symptoms.
For personal advice, bring existing original scans and relevant reports. The consultation can then focus on the decision that remains open instead of unnecessarily repeating investigations.
Author and medically responsiblePD Dr. med. Daniel P. BertholdSpecialist in Orthopaedics and Trauma SurgeryUpdated
Next step
Which performance or prevention question should the program answer?
Describe the goal and current training or health context. The inquiry can then be matched to the appropriate performance or prevention offer.
