Protein support
A structured protein-focused approach before surgery, continuing into the postoperative period to support muscle preservation and recovery.
Perioperative Nutrition Protocol
Stronger patients. Better surgical recovery.
Orthonutracare is a structured perioperative nutrition protocol designed to support muscle, metabolic resilience, and recovery before and after surgery.
Why this matters
Surgical recovery starts before surgery
Surgery places real physiological demands on the body. In the lead-up to an operation, nutritional status, protein intake, muscle reserve, and general resilience may all influence how well a patient enters the perioperative period and how well they recover from it.
Orthonutracare is built around a simple idea: preparing for surgery should involve more than scheduling the operation. Nutrition should be part of that preparation.
The protocol
A focused perioperative framework
The current concept is built around four core elements intended to support patients in the lead-up to surgery and through the early recovery period.
Creatine
Included as part of the wider strategy to support muscle energy reserve and recovery support around surgery.
Vitamin support
Designed to complement a broader nutritional pathway rather than replace it.
Carbohydrate preparation
A perioperative carbohydrate strategy intended to support metabolic preparation immediately before surgery.
Current product concept
A simple, structured format
The current Orthonutracare concept is a sachet-based protocol designed for use before and after surgery. The plan is for two sachets daily, beginning one week before surgery and continuing for two weeks afterwards.
Each sachet is planned to contain approximately 30 g of protein, 2 g of creatine, and 500 mg of vitamin C, with vanilla, berry, and chocolate flavours proposed.
The aim is to make perioperative nutrition support simple, practical, and easy for patients to follow.
For patients
Designed to be practical
The goal is to create a straightforward pathway that patients can use whether they are moving through private care or the public system.
It is intended to support patients preparing for surgery without unnecessary hype, complexity, or supplement-style marketing.
For clinicians
Designed to be clinically usable
Orthonutracare is intended to sit comfortably within real surgical practice: clear in purpose, measured in tone, and respectful of the broader clinical context.
It is being developed with an initial focus on hip and knee replacement, while remaining relevant to wider perioperative care over time.
About the wolf
Strength, endurance, beauty
The wolf remains central to Orthonutracare.
It represents strength under stress, endurance through challenge, and the deeper beauty of resilience and recovery. In this setting, those qualities are not about performance for its own sake. They are about preparing well, coming through surgery well, and returning to function with confidence.
Designed for real-world practice
Built for patients, clinicians, and surgical pathways
Orthonutracare is being developed as a practical perioperative nutrition protocol that can support patients across both private and public care. The aim is to make nutritional preparation more structured, more usable, and more clearly connected to surgical recovery.
Built around protein optimisation, creatine supplementation, vitamin support, and perioperative metabolic preparation.