My impression with injuries and healing has more to do with one's wisdom gained through time and experience than with the perceived advantages one has with youth. The older you are the more one tends to be smarter and hence more conservative towards getting back to doing those activities we enjoy. Youth often times carries with it the attitude of indestructibility through ignorance of the consequences of one's own actions. It's a learning process gained over time with pain most often being the stern teacher. It is troubling to hear of some miraculous recovery/healing from a major injury and subsequent surgery just a few weeks or even days afterward when the body just does not heal that quickly regardless of age.
