The Forgotten Foundation: Pelvic Health, Sexual Function, and Longevity
Why pelvic health belongs in every longevity conversation
When people talk about longevity, they usually think about heart disease, metabolism, muscle mass, or brain health. Pelvic health rarely makes the list. That omission matters.
Your pelvic floor is a central hub where movement, circulation, nerve signaling, continence, sexual function, and core stability intersect. When it’s strong, coordinated, and responsive, sexual function improves, injuries decline, confidence rises, and quality of life extends well into later decades. When it’s neglected, subtle dysfunction often shows up years before more obvious decline.
At Torre Prime, pelvic health sits at the intersection of THE TEMPLE (physical power & performance) and THE FLAME (vitality, intimacy & purpose)—because longevity isn’t just about living longer. It’s about staying functional, connected, and alive in your body.
Why pelvic health belongs in every longevity conversation
When people talk about longevity, they usually think about heart disease, metabolism, muscle mass, or brain health. Pelvic health rarely makes the list. That omission matters.
Your pelvic floor is a central hub where movement, circulation, nerve signaling, continence, sexual function, and core stability intersect. When it’s strong, coordinated, and responsive, sexual function improves, injuries decline, confidence rises, and quality of life extends well into later decades. When it’s neglected, subtle dysfunction often shows up years before more obvious decline.
At Torre Prime, pelvic health sits at the intersection of THE TEMPLE (physical power & performance) and THE FLAME (vitality, intimacy & purpose)—because longevity isn’t just about living longer. It’s about staying functional, connected, and alive in your body.
The pelvic floor: not just “Kegels”
The pelvic floor is a dynamic sling of muscles, fascia, nerves, and blood vessels that:
Stabilizes the spine and hips
Coordinates with breathing and core control
Regulates bladder and bowel function
Supports erections, ejaculation, orgasm, and vaginal tone
Influences blood flow to genital tissues
Pelvic dysfunction often begins silently—through tightness, weakness, or poor coordination—long before pain, erectile dysfunction, or incontinence appear.
Longevity requires balance, not just strength. An over-tight pelvic floor can impair blood flow and nerve signaling just as much as a weak one.
Sexual function is a downstream signal
Sexual health is one of the earliest indicators of systemic decline—and one of the most sensitive to pelvic dysfunction.
Because sexual response depends on precise timing between muscle contraction, relaxation, blood inflow, and nerve signaling, it often reveals problems years before standard medical metrics do. From a Medicine 3.0 lens, this is early signal detection—not symptom chasing.
Pelvic health looks different for women, gay men, and straight men
Pelvic health is universal—but how dysfunction shows up, what people notice first, and what gets ignored varies by anatomy, sexual practices, cultural messaging, and medical blind spots. Longevity medicine has to name those differences directly.
For women: strength and safety
Women are often introduced to pelvic health only after something goes wrong—childbirth injury, urinary leakage, prolapse, or pain with sex. But dysfunction frequently starts years earlier, driven by factors such as pregnancy and delivery trauma (even decades later), chronic breath-holding or bracing, hormonal shifts across perimenopause and menopause, and high-impact training without pelvic coordination.
Early signals may include:
Pain with penetration or tampon use
Leaking with coughing, running, or lifting
Pelvic pressure or heaviness
Reduced orgasm intensity
These symptoms are often normalized as “just aging.” From a longevity perspective, they’re early warnings, not inevitabilities. Pelvic care here isn’t about “tightening”; it’s about control, relaxation, load tolerance, and nervous system safety.
For straight men: performance is not just blood flow
Straight men are commonly taught to view sexual function through erections and testosterone alone. The pelvic floor, however, directly affects erectile rigidity, ejaculatory control, orgasm quality, and urinary control.
Early pelvic-related signs can include:
Erections that start strong but fade quickly
Difficulty maintaining firmness during position changes
Pelvic or perineal tension
Low-back or hip tightness paired with sexual symptoms
Pursuing medications or supplements without addressing pelvic coordination may limit results and miss the root cause. From a longevity lens, many sexual changes are neuromuscular and movement problems first, vascular or hormonal problems second.
For gay men: a uniquely under-addressed system
Gay men often experience pelvic health stressors that are rarely screened for or openly discussed in medical settings.
These may include:
Chronic pelvic floor tension related to receptive sex
Pain, guarding, or altered sensation
Difficulty with erection or orgasm despite intact libido
Anxiety-driven muscle bracing and shame-based disconnection
Because receptive anal sex requires relaxation, coordination, and trust in the pelvic floor, dysfunction may appear earlier—but is more likely to remain hidden due to stigma or clinician discomfort. Effective care here is neuromuscular, psychological, and relational, aligning directly with THE FLAME: vitality, intimacy, confidence, and embodied presence.
Pelvic health and longevity are inseparable
Pelvic dysfunction doesn’t exist in isolation. It correlates with broader longevity risks:
Falls & instability: poor pelvic control compromises gait and balance
Chronic pain: common overlap with low-back, hip, and SI joint pain
Sedentary avoidance: pain or embarrassment reduces training consistency
Hormonal feedback loops: sexual inactivity can reinforce low libido, mood changes, and stress responses
From a longevity perspective, these are early signals—opportunities for prevention.
Training the pelvic floor the longevity way
Pelvic health should be trained like any other performance system: assessed, individualized, and integrated.
Longevity-aligned pelvic care emphasizes:
Coordinated breathing and diaphragm–pelvic floor timing
Load tolerance during squats, hinges, and carries
Relaxation as much as contraction
Sexual-function–specific motor control
Postural alignment and hip mobility
Generic “do Kegels” advice could worsen symptoms if tightness or poor coordination is the real issue.
Where this fits in the Torre Prime framework
Pelvic health spans multiple Torre Prime phases:
THE SENTINEL — early symptoms, sexual changes, continence clues
THE COMPASS — translating signals into targeted direction
THE TEMPLE — strength, stability, and movement integration
THE FLAME — sexual vitality, confidence, and connection
This isn’t niche care. It’s foundational care.
The long view: aging with agency
Longevity isn’t just about avoiding disease—it’s about preserving agency: moving freely, enjoying intimacy, controlling your body, and feeling at home in yourself as decades pass.
Pelvic health protects that agency.
If you want to be strong at 80, sexually engaged at 70, and confident in your body at every age in between, the pelvic floor cannot be an afterthought.
Why Most Doctors Don’t Have a Longevity Plan — And Why That Means Risk for You
The uncomfortable truth: most doctors do not practice longevity medicine.
If you’ve ever wondered why your annual physical feels brief, reactive, or disconnected from your long-term goals, there’s a reason.
Most doctors don’t have a structured longevity plan for themselves — and therefore can’t build one for you.
This isn’t about intelligence. It isn’t about caring. Physicians care deeply.
It’s about the system they’re trained in.
And the consequences for patients are real: delayed diagnoses, missed risk signals, preventable disease, fragmented guidance, and the quiet erosion of healthspan.
Let’s break down why this happens — and how choosing a practice built on a true longevity framework radically changes your outcomes. - Gabriel Felsen MD
The uncomfortable truth: most doctors do not practice longevity medicine.
If you’ve ever wondered why your annual physical feels brief, reactive, or disconnected from your long-term goals, there’s a reason.
Most doctors don’t have a structured longevity plan for themselves — and therefore can’t build one for you.
This isn’t about intelligence. It isn’t about caring. Physicians care deeply.
It’s about the system they’re trained in.
And the consequences for patients are real: delayed diagnoses, missed risk signals, preventable disease, fragmented guidance, and the quiet erosion of healthspan.
Let’s break down why this happens — and how choosing a practice built on a true longevity framework radically changes your outcomes.
Physicians are trained in crisis medicine, not prevention.
Medical school is extraordinary at teaching how to diagnose a heart attack.
It is not designed to teach how to avoid one 20 years before it happens.
The system rewards:
Treating disease, not preventing it
Speed, not depth
Reimbursement codes, not root-cause analysis
“Normal range” thinking, not optimal thinking
A typical primary care visit simply isn’t built for advanced risk prevention.
Longevity medicine is.
Attia’s Outlive describes this well — crisis medicine saves lives, but it was never meant to build healthspan. That requires a different skillset, different tools, and a different framework.
Most doctors don’t have time for their own health, let alone a personalized plan.
Doctors are some of the most overworked professionals in the world. Burnout rates are at historic highs. And when a physician’s schedule allows almost no time for their own structured health plan, they cannot authentically guide one for someone else.
A longevity plan requires:
Baseline diagnostics
Deep metabolic assessment
Cognitive risk mapping
Fitness and mobility testing
Sleep analysis
Nutrition strategy aligned with biochemistry
Follow-through
Traditional training simply doesn’t provide the infrastructure for this.
At Torre Prime, we built that infrastructure first — then built the patient experience on top of it.
Medical culture often accepts decline as “normal.”
This is one of the most damaging assumptions in modern healthcare.
Fatigue? “Getting older.”
Weight gain? “Slowing metabolism.”
Brain fog? “Stress probably.”
Low libido? “Happens with age.”
ApoB of 130? “Probably fine.”
None of this is actually normal — it’s just common.
Longevity medicine rejects the idea that decline is inevitable. It asks:
How do we create the best possible health, performance, and clarity for the longest possible time?
This is where mitochondrial health, muscle-centric longevity, and nervous system and sleep regulation integrate into one consistent system.
Doctors rarely get trained in metabolic health, strength training, or VO₂max optimization.
Your lifespan is closely linked to your muscle mass, functional strength, metabolic flexibility, and cardiovascular capacity — the “centenarian decathlon” principles.
Most physicians do not receive training in:
Strength periodization
Zone 2 conditioning
VO₂max development
HRV and autonomic balance
DNS-style stability and mobility
Sarcopenia prevention
Nutrition for mitochondrial efficiency
These are not fringe strategies — they are survival strategies.
And they are not covered in traditional medical education.
This leaves patients with vague advice like “exercise more” instead of the precision needed to bend the aging curve.
The medical system is not built to keep you well — it’s built to keep you alive.
These are very different goals.
Traditional care focuses on:
Managing blood pressure
Preventing hospitalizations
Controlling symptoms
Longevity care focuses on:
Adding decades of high-quality living
Preventing the Four Horsemen of chronic disease
Expanding cognitive, physical, and emotional capacity
Personalizing strategies to your genetics, labs, sleep, metabolism, and lifestyle
Building a healthier baseline every year
If traditional medicine is the fire department, longevity medicine is architecture — designing the structure so the fire never starts.
When your doctor doesn’t have a longevity plan, you end up reacting instead of leading.
Without a roadmap, you get:
Annual physicals that feel generic
“Normal” labs that miss early disease signals
Unclear advice about diet, supplements, and exercise
No strategy for metabolic health or cognitive aging
Fragmented recommendations from specialists who don’t talk to each other
The creeping feeling that something’s “off,” but no one is connecting the dots
A longevity plan eliminates all of this.
At Torre Prime, every patient receives:
Sentinel: advanced risk mapping
Compass: personalized 90-day execution plan
Forge: metabolic optimization
Temple: strength, VO₂max, and mobility
A single physician who knows every layer of your data, story, and goals
This is not concierge medicine.
This is structured, evidence-based healthspan engineering.
So why does this gap matter for you?
Because most age-related disease starts quietly, slowly, and decades before symptoms.
Without a longevity plan, you’re navigating blind.
A structured longevity framework means:
You understand your risk long before it becomes disease
You train your body for the next decade, not the last one
You protect your brain and cognitive future
You build metabolic resilience instead of waiting for a diagnosis
You sleep better, recover better, and age slower
You gain clarity, purpose, and direction
Longevity is not a trend — it is the evolution of modern medicine.
And it only works when it is intentional.
The takeaway
Most doctors don’t have a longevity plan because the system wasn’t designed to create one.
But your life is long enough, valuable enough, and meaningful enough to deserve more than “reactive healthcare.”
You deserve a roadmap — tailored, precise, and built for the long game.
If you’re ready to know where you stand and what to do next, start with The Sentinel.
It’s the foundation of every transformation we create at Torre Prime.
Why Do I Wake Up in the Middle of the Night?
Why Do I Wake Up in the Middle of the Night?
Understanding 2–4 AM Cortisol Spikes, Stress Physiology & What to Do About It
Waking up in the middle of the night is common—but not normal. Learn why cortisol spikes, blood sugar swings, stress, and hormones trigger 2–4 AM awakenings, and when to seek a physician’s evaluation. Torre Prime explains the science and next steps.
Gabriel Felsen
Understanding 2–4 AM Cortisol Spikes, Stress Physiology & What to Do About It
Waking up in the middle of the night is one of the most common sleep complaints I hear at Torre Prime—especially from people who eat well, exercise, and still can’t stay asleep.
If you find yourself wide awake at 2, 3, or 4 AM, heart a little faster than you’d expect, mind suddenly alert, this article is for you.
And the key player is often cortisol.
Your Body’s Nighttime Cortisol Curve: What’s Supposed to Happen
Cortisol follows a natural 24-hour rhythm:
Lowest around midnight
Begins rising around 2–3 AM
Peaks around 7–9 AM to help you wake naturally
Gradually falls throughout the day
When everything is working smoothly, you sleep through the small early-morning rise without noticing.
But certain factors can cause an exaggerated cortisol spike, and that’s when people wake up—alert, restless, sometimes anxious.
Why Cortisol Spikes Wake You Up
You may be experiencing a nighttime cortisol surge if your awakening feels like:
Sudden alertness rather than a gentle stir
Heart rate a little elevated
Busy thoughts or problem-solving mind
Difficulty falling back asleep despite feeling “tired”
Common reasons your cortisol rhythm can misfire:
1. Blood Sugar Drops Overnight
If you eat a high-carbohydrate or late dinner, your blood sugar can swing low at night.
The body responds by releasing cortisol (a glucose-releasing hormone), which can wake you up.
2. Chronic Stress & Sympathetic Overdrive
Unresolved stress shifts your nervous system toward “fight or flight,” which increases nighttime awakenings.
Conditions like overtraining, emotional burnout, and nighttime rumination amplify this.
3. Alcohol
Even small amounts disrupt REM sleep, increase nighttime heart rate, and cause early-morning cortisol spikes.
4. Hormonal Changes
Perimenopause, low testosterone, thyroid imbalance, and growth hormone decline all affect nighttime recovery and cortisol balance.
5. Sleep Fragmentation from Poor Downstate Reserves
As Dr. Sara Mednick explains in Power of the Downstate, your body needs deep daytime restoration (parasympathetic recovery) to support consolidated sleep. Without this, you’re more likely to wake up in the early morning hours.
6. Hidden Sleep Disorders
Sleep apnea and upper-airway resistance can activate the sympathetic nervous system and fragment sleep even in lean, athletic, or “normal-sleeping” people.
A Few Things You Can Try Tonight
These strategies are safe, gentle, and appropriate for most people—but the root cause often needs medical evaluation.
Stabilize Blood Sugar Before Bed
Try:
A small protein-rich snack before bed (e.g., cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, a handful of nuts)
Avoiding high-sugar desserts within 2–3 hours of sleep
For many Torre Prime patients, this alone reduces early-night and early-morning wakeups.
Support a Calmer Nighttime Nervous System
Simple, evidence-aligned practices:
5–10 minutes of slow breathing before bed
A warm shower
Gentle stretching
Ending screens 30–60 minutes before sleep
These increase parasympathetic tone and smooth the cortisol curve.
Helpful Supplements (Generally Safe, But Not Always Enough)
These can be supportive but are not substitutes for medical evaluation:
Magnesium glycinate (100–200 mg) to help relax the nervous system
L-theanine (100–200 mg) for calming racing thoughts
Glycine (3 g) to gently lower core body temperature
Ashwagandha for chronic stress regulation
Phosphatidylserine for elevated nighttime cortisol (needs professional guidance)
Always check with a physician if you take medications, have thyroid disease, are pregnant, or have autoimmune conditions.
When Middle-of-the-Night Waking Is a Sign of Something Else
At Torre Prime, we evaluate:
Cortisol rhythm (salivary or urine testing)
Heart-rate variability trends
Blood sugar dysregulation
Thyroid function
Testosterone and estradiol
Sleep apnea risk
Alcohol patterns, caffeine timing, and nighttime light exposure
Overtraining vs. under-recovery patterns
Nervous system imbalance
Sleep is one of the strongest levers for long-term cognitive and metabolic health. Frequent awakenings—even if short—can impair glucose control, cognition, emotional resilience, and cardiovascular risk.
When It's Time to Get a Physician Involved
You should seek a medical evaluation if:
You wake up in the middle of the night more than 3 times a week
The awakenings feel stressful, sudden, or heart-related
You feel unrefreshed even after 8+ hours in bed
You rely on supplements or alcohol to fall back asleep
You snore, wake with a dry mouth, or suspect fragmented breathing
You’re in your 40s–60s and your sleep has changed without explanation
You feel exhausted during the day despite “normal” sleep duration
A personalized plan is almost always more effective than self-treating.
The Torre Prime Approach
At Torre Prime, your sleep evaluation includes:
Mapping nighttime awakenings to physiologic patterns
Oura/Whoop HRV and temperature trend interpretation
Assessing cortisol rhythm, metabolic signals, and recovery debt
Looking at nutrient status, hormones, and cardiometabolic drivers
Designing a structured plan using Medicine 3.0 principles
Creating a personalized Downstate protocol to stabilize nighttime recovery
Follow-up accountability so changes actually happen
Most patients experience improvement within 2–4 weeks once the underlying drivers are identified.
The Bottom Line
Waking up in the middle of the night is common, but not normal.
It usually means your body is trying to tell you something—about stress, metabolism, recovery, hormones, or sleep physiology.
You can try the simple strategies above, but persistent awakenings usually need physician input to uncover the real cause and build a targeted plan.
If your nighttime wakeups have become a pattern, Torre Prime can help you understand why—and guide you toward deeper, more stable, more restorative sleep.
Most Back Pain Doesn’t Need Surgery: The Torre Prime Guide to Real Recovery, Real Strength, and Real Longevity
Why therapy, precision-based exercise, and Stuart McGill–style spine science outperform quick fixes.
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. It’s also one of the most over-treated and poorly treated conditions in the modern medical system. Every year, more than a million Americans undergo spine surgeries—yet a significant percentage of these were never necessary and never address the root cause.
At Torre Prime, we see a different path forward. One rooted in longevity science, functional resilience, and what researchers like Stuart McGill have shown for decades:
Most back pain is mechanical, modifiable, and highly responsive to the right combination of coaching, movement, stabilization, and intelligent loading—not surgery, opioids, or endless MRIs. - Gabriel Felsen
Why therapy, precision-based exercise, and Stuart McGill–style spine science outperform quick fixes.
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. It’s also one of the most over-treated and poorly treated conditions in the modern medical system. Every year, more than a million Americans undergo spine surgeries—yet a significant percentage of these were never necessary and never address the root cause.
At Torre Prime, we see a different path forward. One rooted in longevity science, functional resilience, and what researchers like Stuart McGill have shown for decades:
Most back pain is mechanical, modifiable, and highly responsive to the right combination of coaching, movement, stabilization, and intelligent loading—not surgery, opioids, or endless MRIs.
The Problem With Insurance-Driven Back Pain Care
Traditional insurance-driven medicine creates a perfect storm:
1. Over-imaging → Over-diagnosis
MRI findings don’t correlate well with pain.
Disc bulges, mild degenerative changes, or annular tears show up in pain-free people every day. But once they’re on the report, fear escalates, surgeons get involved, and everything spirals.
2. Fast referrals to specialists who specialize in… surgery
If the only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Patients are rushed toward injections or surgery long before they’ve had targeted, evidence-based rehab.
3. Under-prescribed physical therapy
Insurance caps PT visits, pays poorly for long appointments, and often constrains therapists to “generic low-back pain protocols.”
True spine rehab requires precision, coaching, time, and individualization—not 8 minutes of Theraband exercises.
4. Painkillers instead of root-cause analysis
Opioids, muscle relaxers, and steroids can mask pain but rarely solve anything.
5. No one teaches the patient how to move
Most back pain is aggravated by everyday mechanics:
How you get out of a car
How you bend to tie a shoe
How you lift groceries
How you sit at work
These habits matter more than an MRI ever will.
Torre Prime was built to fix exactly these failures.
The McGill Model: The Gold Standard for Spine Longevity
Stuart McGill, PhD—arguably the world’s leader in spine biomechanics—has shown that most chronic back pain improves through:
1. Removing the painful triggers
Not with rest, but by identifying which movements cause the pain.
2. Rebuilding stability
The “Big 3” (McGill curl-up, side plank, bird dog) are foundational.
Not flashy, but incredibly effective.
3. Teaching spine-sparing movement patterns
Hip hinge
Neutral spine
Bracing
Power breathing
These are longevity tools.
4. Progressive loading and resilience
A spine that is strong, stable, and well-conditioned is a spine that lasts.
No surgery required.
No injections.
No unnecessary imaging.
Just science, coaching, and disciplined precision.
This is the essence of how Torre Prime approaches back pain within the broader longevity framework:
Build the body. Build capacity. Build resilience. Build the future.
Why Back Pain Is Different for Different People
A special section for Straight Men, GBQ Men, and Women
Back pain doesn’t show up in a vacuum. It interacts with lifestyle, culture, identity, expectations, and stress patterns. Torre Prime recognizes these nuances—because personalization is central to longevity.
For Straight Men: “Strength ≠ Ignoring Pain”
Many straight men have been conditioned to “tough it out,” ignore early symptoms, and push through mechanical flaws until something tears, spasms, or breaks.
Common patterns we see:
Weekend warrior injuries
Poor hip/ankle mobility from desk jobs
Heavy lifting with poor mechanics
Avoiding medical care until pain is severe
Belief that surgery is the “fix”
What they need:
A science-driven, ego-free approach that rewrites movement patterns, rebuilds true core strength, restores mobility, and gives them back confidence in their body without the “take a pill and go” culture.
At Torre Prime, we emphasize:
Performance-based spine health
Stability work as strength, not weakness
A long-term “decathlon mentality” over quick fixes
For GBQ Men: “Your Body Is Central to Your Identity—Protect It”
Many gay, bisexual, and queer men live in environments where physical expression, sexuality, aesthetics, and performance all intersect. Back pain affects:
Confidence
Sexual expression
Energy
Fitness identity
Emotional regulation
GBQ men also face unique stress pathways (Minority Stress Theory) that increase muscle tension, sleep disruption, and systemic inflammation—factors that amplify pain.
Common patterns we see:
Tight hip flexors/glutes from high-intensity training
Sedentary desk work + nightlife cycles
Stress-driven bracing patterns
Postural imbalances from aesthetic-driven training
Fear of losing physical capacity or sexual vitality
What they need:
A longevity-driven model that accounts for biomechanics, stress physiology, sexual health, and the cultural expectations placed on GBQ men’s bodies.
Torre Prime specializes in this—because this is your community’s space in the program.
For Women: “Back Pain Isn’t ‘All In Your Head’”
Women are too often dismissed or minimized in traditional medicine. Back pain is written off as:
Stress
Hormones
“Weak core”
“Just part of aging”
Women face unique contributors to back dysfunction:
Pelvic floor imbalances
Pregnancy-related changes
Hormonal shifts
Osteopenia/osteoporosis risk
Hypermobile joints
Undiagnosed sacroiliac dysfunction
What they need:
Precision assessment, not dismissal.
Strength development, not patronizing explanations.
A longevity program that honors how women’s bodies actually move, age, and adapt.
Torre Prime has now expanded to fully include women—and this is exactly why:
Women deserve more than the insurance-driven standard. They deserve science, respect, and results.
How Torre Prime Treats Back Pain Differently
1. Precision biomechanical evaluation
We assess patterns, not just pain.
2. A Stuart McGill–inspired stabilization program
Customized. Progressive. Measurable.
3. Movement-based diagnosis
We test what makes your pain better or worse—this guides everything.
4. Longevity principles
We integrate:
Zone 2 training
VO₂max development
Strength and stability protocols
Anti-inflammatory nutrition
Sleep optimization
Stress physiology
Recovery states (Downstate cycles)
5. High-touch care → No insurance limitations
Long appointments
Real coaching
Integrated training plans
Data-driven progress metrics
And yes—access to your physician whenever you need guidance.
The Truth
Most people don’t need back surgery.
They need:
Better movement
Better coaching
Better strength
Better recovery
Better long-term planning
They need a longevity framework, not a pain-management treadmill.
They need Torre Prime.
Why Torre Prime Is Expanding to Include Women—And Why a Program With a Special Space for Gay, Bisexual & Queer Men Is Ideal for Women’s Longevity
Originally created with a specialized focus on gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men, the demand from women has grown rapidly. Women have asked for a precision-based, emotionally intelligent longevity program that respects their physiology, their lived experiences, and their need for care that goes beyond templates. - Gabriel Felsen MD
For years, longevity medicine has been fragmented—traditional healthcare focuses on disease, while the wellness world focuses on quick fixes. Torre Prime was built to bridge that gap with a structured, data-driven program for deep, meaningful, lifelong health transformation.
Originally created with a specialized focus on gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men, the demand from women has grown rapidly. Women have asked for a precision-based, emotionally intelligent longevity program that respects their physiology, their lived experiences, and their need for care that goes beyond templates.
That’s why Torre Prime is expanding.
And, perhaps surprisingly, the very reason Torre Prime works so well for GBQ men is exactly why it works so well for women.
Part 1: The Demand From Women Was Clear
Women who reached out to Torre Prime consistently expressed:
• frustration with rushed, superficial care
• exhaustion from navigating conflicting wellness advice
• the desire for personalized, physician-guided optimization
• interest in structured prevention rather than crisis intervention
• a need for care that respects stress, sleep, hormones, and emotional load
• the wish for non-judgmental, inclusive conversations about sexual and relational wellbeing
Women already recognized something unique about Torre Prime: a program built for a marginalized group often produces the most thoughtful, precise, human-centered medicine.
Part 2: Why a Program Built With a Special Space for GBQ Men Naturally Serves Women
This is the part that surprises people—but makes perfect sense.
A longevity program designed for GBQ men requires:
Nuanced understanding of stress physiology.
Minority stress, cortisol load, sleep fragmentation, and autonomic dysregulation—these are not exclusive to sexuality. Women experience them intensely across lifespan transitions, including caregiving, perimenopause, work inequities, and emotional labor.Deep respect for identity, body image, and emotional wellbeing.
GBQ men often face culturally intense body-image pressures. Women live with similar—or greater—pressures. A program fluent in compassion and body neutrality is already years ahead.Precision hormone mapping and individualized care.
GBQ men require thoughtful, non-cookie-cutter sexual-health and endocrine support. Women, especially perimenopausal and menopausal women, need the same depth of precision, not generic answers.An emphasis on connection, community, and relational health.
GBQ men often navigate chosen family, shifting social networks, and community-based resilience. Women do this too—especially during midlife transitions and caregiving cycles.Safety, autonomy, and no-perfection pressure.
Torre Prime’s culture already rejects shame-based or appearance-driven models. Women repeatedly cite relief at feeling seen, not judged, not pushed into a single aesthetic ideal.
In short:
A program designed with sensitivity, personalization, and community-awareness for one group becomes ideal for anyone who wants deeply human, highly competent medical care.
Part 3: Women Also Benefit From Torre Prime’s Strengths in Sexual, Emotional & Performance Medicine
Women often tell us they want:
• better energy
• better sleep
• better relationships
• more confidence
• better sexual functioning
• stable hormones
• less inflammation
• less emotional burnout
• longevity that respects meaning, identity, and purpose
When longevity medicine is practiced well, it becomes as much about identity and self-advocacy as it is about biomarkers. GBQ men understand that inherently; women resonate with it intuitively.
Part 4: The Structure of Torre Prime Makes This Expansion Natural
The Sentinel → Compass → Forge → Temple → Lighthouse → Mirror → Flame model is not gendered.
It is human.
Women recognized this immediately.
• Sentinel gives them advanced diagnostics often missing from standard care
• Compass helps them adapt quickly to life transitions
• Forge builds metabolic and strength resilience
• Temple supports cognition, meaning, and emotional health
• Lighthouse addresses long-term prevention
• Mirror integrates identity, relationships, and purpose
• Flame honors the drive to live powerfully, not passively
Women saw that this wasn’t a program to “fix” them.
It was a program to support their evolution.
Part 5: What Women Told Us They Wanted—and Why Torre Prime Fits
Women asked for:
• longer, deeper visits
• a physician who listens
• data explained without jargon
• longevity without fad diets or shaming
• metabolic clarity
• emotional safety
• a plan for perimenopause and menopause that isn’t dismissive
• guidance on strength and injury resilience
• help integrating relationships, sexuality, and identity
• a program that feels more like partnership than hierarchy
These are not afterthoughts at Torre Prime.
They’re the foundation.
Part 6: What Will the Expansion Look Like?
Torre Prime will now have:
• full longevity programs for men and women
• a dedicated path for gay, bisexual, and queer men
• program adjustments based on sex-specific physiology
• women-specific modules for perimenopause, menopause, and hormone mapping
• expanded sexual-health and relational wellbeing support for women
• no loss of depth or attention for any group
• no division—just personalization
Everyone receives the same high-level longevity medicine.
Each person receives the version that fits their physiology and identity.
Part 7: Why This Matters
Healthcare has long failed many groups—GBQ men, women, and anyone whose life doesn’t fit traditional models. Torre Prime was designed to correct that.
We’re expanding not because the vision changed, but because the vision was always larger than one demographic.
Longevity medicine is for everyone.
And when it’s built with compassion and intelligence, it becomes a home for those who need that most.
Closing Message
Women asked for a place like Torre Prime, and we listened.
A program that understands identity, stress, culture, intimacy, and physiology is not niche—it’s necessary.
Torre Prime now welcomes women fully.
And the specialized space created for gay, bisexual, and queer men remains, not as a limit, but as a model:
the more deeply you understand one community, the better you serve all people.