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13 lut 2012 · King’s decrepit knees ultimately forced her from the game she loved and ruled for a dozen or so years. “That put a knife through my heart,” she recalled last week at this year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting in San Francisco, Calif.
Watch WTT co-founder Billie Jean King on "The Today Show" on Thursday, June 16. King discusses her double knee surgery and the 50th anniversary of her first ...
6 lip 2012 · One common reason: Artificial knees typically only last between 10 and 15 years—a reason King herself put off getting the surgery for so long. But new medical advances mean that doesn’t have...
7 lip 2012 · Her legendary career led to 39 Grand slam titles, including 20 at Wimbledon, and she was a leading activist for social change and gender equality, but it wasn't until recently that King won her...
18 lip 2012 · Tennis great Billie Jean King won her most recent battle against debilitating knee pain in 2010 when she successfully underwent double-knee replacement surgery. Though King won 39 Grand slam tennis titles, including 20 at Wimbledon, she is best remembered among fans of a certain age for her defeat of Bobby Riggs.
Most people don’t have knee surgery until they reach middle age or beyond, but tennis great Billie Jean King is not most people. Slicing across world-class tennis courts year after year inflicted undue wear and tear on her joints, causing her to undergo the first of many knee surgeries in…
11 lut 2011 · One year ago, King had double knee replacement surgery, receiving Smith & Nephew's LEGION knee with the company's exclusive VERILAST™ Technology, which according to lab-testing is expected to...
