# Avoiding (and recovering from) athletic injuries: Strategies, tips & stories from the trenches

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Published: 2026-06-06T18:58:24+00:00
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Whether you’re a lifelong athlete or a newbie gym rat, adventure racer or alternative exercise aficionado, how we think about, prevent and deal with injuries makes a big difference in life satisfaction. Because, there’s no two ways about it: athletic injuries after 50 are harder to overcome. Sometimes they don’t go away; we just manage them. There’s a reason physically active people over 50 refer to Ibuprofen “Vitamin I.” Wendy & Paul: Different athletic experiences & injuries My conversation with Gwendolyn Bounds , recorded live Friday, June 5, presents two complementary case studies in preventing, managing and recovering from athletic injuries after 50. In one corner, there’s Wendy, 54, a helluva Spartan racer , nationally ranked in her age group. But by her own description, before 2018, she was a certified non-athlete. As you’ll hear in our conversation, she made some significant newbie mistakes as she began tuning up her body and mind to compete in timed ass-kicking adventure races after leading a life in which the hardest sprint was usually to the elevator or train platform. She’s negotiated several significant injuries, none needing surgery, thankfully. In the other corner, there’s me, a 59-year-old lifelong, multisport athlete (soccer, squash, surfing, cycling, triathlon, tennis, track, wrestling and, yes, rollerblading when it was cool in the early 90s) and 40-year gym rat. The two decades I spent lifting heavy produced large muscles back in the day but also set in motion the consequences: a broken collarbone, a torn biceps tendon and 7 orthopedic surgeries, the last four of which all occurred in the past 9 years—since turning 50. caveat athleta senior In summary, my advice is caveat athleta senior —"let the older athlete beware." By all means, start or continu…

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