Chapters Transcript Video Miami Tennis Legend Back on Court After Complex Ankle Surgery I always knew I wanted to be a professional tennis player. I started playing tennis when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I just never stopped, you know, people have injuries in their lives, but not. Career ending injuries, it's every aspect of my life and the thought of that ending was a daunting thought. I'm 63 years old, a former touring tennis professional, now tennis coach for the past 34 years. I was, you know, amongst the top 75, top 50 players in the world playing on a show court, playing at center court at Wimbledon, playing at the US Open. There's something maybe special about Jane. She has a very dynamic soul, active, fun, positive attitu. It was a mission of mine when I when I retired from the tour to stay in good physical condition and physical health, so I was putting a lot of pressure not only on my body but on my ankles. I always felt there was a weakness in my right ankle. So if you really just looked at her X-rays then your immediate response would be, well, this is a bad ankle. She was basically bone. When you play professionally you kind of learn to deal with things like this. So my own orthopedic, he said, you need to see a specialist. The first specialist that I went to immediately looked at it without any reservation, said we need to replace your ankle, and my jaw dropped. I had a little bit of wave of panic. Of course I was gonna go see another specialist, and he said the same exact thing. Then I decided to do some research on on my own. Everybody that I talked to said, you have to see Doctor Sanj Giovanni. I saw uh Jane Foreman back in I believe September of 2023. The most impressive aspect of the team was Doctor Sanjay Giovanni's time that he spent I just felt like I was being taken care of. No matter what the diagnosis is. In the end, we treat patients, so I had to think of a different solution for her. I had my surgery at doctor's hospital on March 12, 2024. When he came up with as a solution for was what's called an osteotomy. You're cutting bone and you're redirecting it. He was gonna actually save my ankle or the other doctors wanted to replace that joint. We didn't fuse the ankle and we didn't do a joint replacement. You're able to keep the mobility of the ankle. And your joint is still your own joint. The recovery was far better than I anticipated. Baptist orthopedic Care was very happy with the outcome of how it looked from day one. Actually, I returned to the court quickly. I made it clear that I was not gonna be sitting around. I think she was on a treadmill running. After a couple of months, which is almost unheard of, and now I'm hitting it full force. I think I'm actually on the court double the amount of time that I was before my injury. You know she's determined. She's a tough cookie. I think her ankle will hold up for the rest of her career. When you decide to play tennis, you can play all the way until the. End of your days you have only yourself as an advocate. I am so happy that I took the time to research who the best is they're out there great doctors are out there. I recommend Baptist Health orthopedic care every day of the week and I'll be forever grateful for that because I feel like I got my life back and more. Created by
