Before You Let Them Cut: Protecting Your Tennis Career After 50 I Dr. William Kang

About this episode

Dr. William Kang discusses essential questions to ask before surgery and insights on tennis injury recovery for players over 50.

Every competitive tennis player over 50 will eventually sit in a surgeon's office. Most walk in completely unprepared. In this episode, orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Kang — who plays and treats tennis players — gives you the exact questions to ask before agreeing to surgery, the truth about PRP and whether it's worth your money, and the recovery timeline reality that most players get completely wrong. What you'll learn: The 3 questions to ask any surgeon before going under the knife Why PRP beats steroid injections for tennis injuries The "year after the year" recovery truth no one tells you How to read your body's signals before things get serious Dr. Will Kang is an orthopedic surgeon and founder of Black Tie Orthopedics, a practice specializing in non-operative treatment of tennis injuries. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blacktieortho/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@BlackTieOrthopedics #SeniorTennis #TennisInjuries #TennisFitness #Over50Tennis #TennisHealth #OrthopedicSurgeon #TennisRecovery #CompetitiveTennis #USTA #SeniorAthletes ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 Before You Let Them Cut (Intro) 01:18 Why 50 is Young in an Orthopedic Office 03:05 The 3 Questions to Ask Before Any…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Rogers

Guest: Dr. William Kang

Topics covered

• tennis injuries
• surgery preparation
• recovery timeline
• PRP treatment
• senior athletes

Keywords

• tennis
• surgery
• PRP
• recovery
• injuries
• orthopedic surgeon
• senior tennis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Tie Orthopedics

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