{"id":311,"date":"2023-10-28T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/?p=311"},"modified":"2024-03-09T23:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:24:18","slug":"knee-monia-a-tennis-coachs-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/knee-monia-a-tennis-coachs-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee-monia, A Tennis Coach\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Once upon a time back in the early 1970s, along the quaint streets and ocean breezes of the coastal town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, Michael Grant developed a love of the sport of tennis after following his older sister, Janice to the tennis courts every day after school at Jack Russell Park. From the time he held his first racquet as a young boy, tennis became more than a pastime; it became his passion, his joy and his way of life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, he competed on courts across the United States. For more than 16 years, he was the director of Tennis at Stonegate Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. As time rolled by, with all the twisting, turning and pounding, the wear and tear on his knees became increasingly evident. After consulting with his doctor at Jacksonville Orthopedic Institute and weighing his options, Grant decided to undergo knee replacement surgery. It was a tough choice. He knew it would mean temporarily stepping away from the sport that has defined his life. But he also knew it was necessary for his long-term health and mobility. It was a challenging road filled with physical therapy sessions and moments of frustration but his determination never waivered.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tennis-star-Michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-946\" style=\"width:256px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tennis-star-Michael.jpg 426w, https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tennis-star-Michael-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tennis-star-Michael-150x176.jpg 150w, https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tennis-star-Michael-300x352.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish I had taken care of this sooner. My injury would not have been as severe if I had put the brakes when I began to feel intense pain,\u201d he said. \u201cAt age 60, going through the recovery process was the toughest match of my life but I was inspired by my students who visited me at home, delivered meals, sent cards and were ready to get me out to hit balls again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Jacksonville, he has taught at Ponte Vedra Inn &amp; Club and Marsh Landing Country Club among other locations. He currently coaches players at the Florida Yacht Club.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant says you shouldn\u2019t prolong the inevitable and to take good care of yourself. \u201cDo it the right way and you\u2019ll be back on the court in no time.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group nfd-my-0 nfd-py-stack\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns nfd-grid nfd-grid-cols-12 nfd-grid-rows-1 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-53642b31 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom nfd-col-start-1 nfd-col-end-8 nfd-row-start-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:100px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top nfd-col-start-6 nfd-col-end-13 nfd-row-start-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time back in the early 1970s, along the quaint streets and ocean breezes of the coastal town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, Michael Grant developed a love of the sport of tennis after following his older sister, Janice to the tennis courts every day after school at Jack Russell Park. From the time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlexon-dev.com\/senior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}