Wishing Our Injured Dancers The Best On Tonight’s Episode Of Dancing With The Stars
Melissa Gilbert has written a new blog for People. She updates us on her medical condition. So far, so good….no headache yet. She’s planning to dance tonight even though she’s been having a hard time getting her mojo back. Details below…
Recommendation by my neurosurgeon, who made a house call the next day, was to get bed rest, no Tuesday show, anti-inflammatories, ice, gentle massage and a stern warning: If I got a headache within the following week, I must stop dancing and get an MRI immediately.
Thankfully, no headache has appeared yet. Though my neck is still stiff, I have been rehearsing with Maks. In fact, I suggested that we end our dance tonight with the move that took us out last week. We are doing just that.
I must admit though, I’m having a hard time getting my sexy, dancer mojo back. I’m being a bit self-protective, a bit tentative and I’m finding it hard to just let go and have fun. So, that is my goal this week – to let go and have fun.
Yes, I was hurt. Yes, it was scary but, that was then … this is now … It’s time to believe again!
Let’s hope all goes well for Melissa….same with Maria Menounos with her rib and feet issues. Keep your thoughts with William Levy as well who suffered an ankle injury yesterday.
https://twitter.com/#!/willylevy29/status/191737231092891653
Moments ago, Cheryl posted this tweet. Does this mean William has a green light to dance tonight?
https://twitter.com/#!/CherylBurke/status/191938323466567682
Yipes! I was feeling cautiously hopeful for Melissa’s performance this week. I want her to be careful and just have fun. Now I read that Melissa’s struggling to get her mojo back BUT they’re going to redo the move she hurt herself on. What kind of stupid is that? Maks should have vetoed that suggestion the instant it came out of her mouth!
Is it just me or is this season starting to become “Season injury”? First Maria hurts her ribs, then Maria hurts her foot and Melissa gets a slight concussion, and now William has hurt his ankle- they aren’t even at the halfway point of the season and have 4 injuries(5 if we include the injuries Maks said he had last week). you have 12 couples and so far 3 have suffered injuries that’s 25% of the couples! <—-sorry it just seems odd to me to have this many this early in the season.
Here’s a big issue I see with Melissa: the woman has been a performer since she was tiny – 2 yrs old, I think she said in an interview Vogue posted. All during the formative years she was probably learning and practicing what it means to “step up”, get out there and perform even if you don’t feel like it, the show must go on and all that. I think she puts tremendous pressure on herself, and the strained look on her face that so many have commented on when she dances comes from within HER. She really really wants to do well for both herself and her pro.
I think it’s also possible that she doesn’t have the healthiest sense of when to cut herself some slack. One manifestation: not telling Maks when she’s been injured in practice/rehearsal.
All of this throws more pressure on Maks to be the one who says “no”. He indicated in his blog that he was trying to do that now. I’m hoping they’ll both be smart, and at the same time do themselves proud.
I’m thinking she wants that move in there as a “get right back on the horse” kinda idea.
Lisa I agree – she strikes me as a person who would really want to do that
i was just reading William levy’s twitter and he said that he had just had his MRI and would know in a half hour if he could dance. I’m not his biggest fan but i hate to see contest est’s have to sit dances out or have to leave the show due to injury. Hopefully he can dance tonight.
Oh dear… It’s now been almost 2 hours since William tweeted he would have MRI results in 30 minutes… either the news isn’t good, and/or somebody got to him & told him to shush. 🙁 I’m like others on this thread – William isn’t my favorite, but I hate it when people get hurt.
well Cheryl just tweeted ” @CherylBurke Really need your support more than ever. Hope we can make it through tonight. Fingers crossed!” that means he is trying at least to dance…
agreed Sally…i hate it too when ppl get hurt…i really hope he will be ok….Maria has pushed through the pain..and i love for it…but i am sure that Derek would have stopped the rehearsal before putting her in danger…he knows better..all the pros do! here is me hoping for the best and wishing all strength and luck…without the proverbial brake a leg…:D otherwise i will start screaming like Derek…why she keeps breakin? 😀