 Do you feel older than you actually are? WTOP's Nick Ionelli is checking out some study results. We did the study because we really wanted to understand how people over 45 felt. And that's what it's all about. How you feel. A study from the company Motive Health, which focuses on treating knee pain, found that Americans over 45 feel on average 12 years older than their actual age. Rob Morocco is the CEO of Motive Health.