Stop Ignoring These Injuries Before They End Your Tennis Career I Dr. William Kang

About this episode

Dr. William Kang discusses the accumulation of small injuries in senior tennis players and how to prevent them.

What ends senior tennis careers isn't one big injury — it's the slow accumulation of small ones you kept playing through. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Will Kang explains exactly what to watch for before it's too late. In this episode, Dr. Kang breaks down the three most career-threatening injuries for players over 50 — tennis elbow, rotator cuff tears, and knee degeneration — and delivers some hard truths your regular doctor probably hasn't told you. What you'll learn: → Why your tennis elbow brace is making things WORSE (and the simple band exercise that fixes it) → The truth about rotator cuff pain — why it's often a "red herring" and what it's really telling you → The meniscus surgery warning every senior player needs to hear before going under the knife → How injury patterns change as your game improves — and what that means for protecting your knees → Why replacing one joint sets off a cascade of problems in nearby joints The Copenhagen Heart Study says tennis adds 10 years to your life. But only if you're still playing. Dr. Will Kang is an orthopedic surgeon and founder of Black Tie Orthopedics, a practice specializing in non-operative treatment of tennis injuries. Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Rogers

Guest: Dr. William Kang

Topics covered

• tennis injuries
• senior tennis
• injury prevention
• orthopedic advice
• tennis elbow
• rotator cuff
• knee degeneration

Keywords

• tennis elbow
• rotator cuff tears
• knee degeneration
• injury prevention
• senior tennis
• orthopedic surgeon
• tennis injuries
• sports injuries
• tennis tips

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Tie Orthopedics

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