Chris Hemsworth has shared a rare health update after revealing that his career could be ‘killing’ him earlier this year.
The Thor star, 41, is working with Dr. Adeel Khan, a global leader in regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy.
‘Really enjoyed meeting Dr. Khan,’ Chris wrote on Instagram Saturday.
‘His work with MUSE cells – an incredible type of regenerative stem cell, is unique.’
Chris looked the picture of health as he posed for a photo with the world-renowned Canadian doctor, in a pair of black shorts and loose tank top outside one of his Eterna clinics.
Dr. Kahn, who posed for a picture arm-in-arm with Chris, has treated Royal families, celebrities like Zac Efron and Justin Baldoni, and elite athletes with his cutting-edge stem cell therapy.
Muse cells, which are found in the bone marrow and connective tissue of nearly every organ, have a tremendous capacity to function as restoring cells for a wide range of tissues and organs.
They are able to recognise damaged tissue and selectively accumulate at the site of the damage by intravenous injection.
Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth pictured with world-renowned regenerative stem cell scientist Dr. Adeel Khan
‘The fact that Dr. Khan collaborates directly with Professor Mari Dezawa, who pioneered these cells, made me feel confident that I was in the hands of someone at the very forefront of regenerative medicine,’ Chris continued in his caption.
In May, it was reported the beloved actor was filming the Limitless series in 2022 when he found out he is ‘between eight and 10 times’ likelier to develop Alzheimer’s than the general population.
Shortly after the news broke, Chris took a step back from Hollywood and reports began to swirl that the Hollywood star was retiring, or had already developed the disease.
‘The imagined scenario is always worse than the reality,’ the Aussie actor recently told Body + Soul magazine as he got back to work in Los Angeles filming thriller Crime 101 with Mark Ruffalo.
Chris spent one year recovering from a back injury, which he sustained while filming Thor: Love and Thunder, and coming to terms with his diagnosed genetic predisposition.
At 41, the Thor star said he’s never been more optimistic about his health, or about getting back on set in Los Angeles, where he relocated for a stint of filming at the start of October.
The upcoming movie is based on the Don Winslow novella, which focuses on a detective called Lou Lubesnick who investigates jewel thefts across the Pacific Coast.
Although he’s back at work, Chris’ health scare has set him down a path of seeking out the world’s best health and wellness practitioners to keep him fighting fit.
Chris Hemsworth attends the European premiere of Transformers One at Cineworld Leiscester Square on September 19, 2024
‘Our stem cells are engineered with the goal of restoring normal function to damaged tissues and organs by repairing or replacing them with new, fully functional cells and tissues,’ a description on Dr. Kahn’s website reads.
His Eterna clinics, one of which Chris posed outside, are based in Mexico, Canada, Lithuania and Dubai.
‘I would go from job to job and be stressed,’ Chris said about his life before taking the break from work.
‘I was always giving an extra 20 per cent of my time. Sometimes it just ended up being excessive, and sometimes it had diminishing returns.’
He realised that pushing himself to his mental and physical limits would force something to give, and it was better that someone was one film than his ongoing wellbeing.
Chris Hemsworth took a planned break from making movies to slow down and spend time with his wife Elsa Pataky and three children. Pictured at the Transformers One premiere in Sydney
‘There may be a project I’d love, but doing it means less time at home,’ he said.
‘Alternatively, I can see that I’ve been at home enough to feel like I’m not going to go to work and be full of guilt that I should be home. And that’s sort of the daily conversation we all have in our lives, whether you’re in this business or another.’
And so he planned some time to spend with his wife Elsa Pataky and their three children in their sprawling Byron Bay compound – surfing, riding dirt bikes, and horses.
‘I used to have the mentality that if I’m not crawling out of the gym, I haven’t worked hard enough, which isn’t necessary,’ Chris said.
‘I’m also listening to my body more, being patient with the process and not just smashing myself in every single session.’
Despite having a net worth of over AU$220million, Chris admitted he still felt unresolved ‘stress’ stemming from his troubled upbringing doing acting to pay off his parents’ debt.
After having bloodwork done for the program, he is one of only two to three percent of people with two copies of the gene APOE4.
Chris lives in a $30million mansion with his wife Elsa and daughter India Rose, 12, and twin sons, Sasha and Tristan, 10.
