DWTS14 Maks Chmerkovskiy Gives Injury Details, Information On Classical Week, And More
Maks has written a new blog for TV Guide. He catches us up to speed on his foot injury. He has the green light to dance, but, he has Val with him just in case he can’t handle it. More below including some info on he and Melissa’s next dances.
First, I want to get you up to speed on my injury. Yes, I had an MRI on Tuesday on my foot. I have a lot of pain in my joints and ankle area. It’s not pleasant and I was hoping that there’s something that I could do to get rid of the pain. My doctor, who’s one of the best foot specialists in the world, warned me that I might not be able to continue if there’s a chance my injury could get worse. Luckily, I got the results back yesterday and he said I could continue, but I have to rest it as much as I can. It was completely not what I thought it was. He said, “You should continue, but don’t use your foot too much.” I’m like, “It’s not Sitting with the Stars!” In all seriousness, I am trying to rest it and take it day by day because I don’t want it to get worse. My doctor understands the profession and he is a little more in depth when it comes to treatment for those who don’t have the opportunity to stop what they’re doing. Right now, I’m hoping I will feel better by Monday.
That’s really all I can say about it right now. The show will focus on it a little bit more on Monday. I don’t want to milk stuff like this. If production decides to put in cameras in my MRI office, I can’t do anything about that. I think with these types of activities, injuries are normal. It’s nothing to highlight. Unfortunately, if I tell producers that I might be able to continue, that’s why they have to be present, so the audience can see what’s going on.
Val is here, so I’m gonna have Val come in to our rehearsals until I see how I feel. I’m happy I have the green light right now, but I’m a little worried. The range of motion that we do with our feet is so great. It’s not just walking, which is painful in and of itself. There’s also a machine called a bone simulator that’s supposed to expedite the process. I think if the pain doesn’t go away by Monday, then I’m gonna get a shot. The problem is, with this type of aggravation in the bone, the shot might make it worse. We’ll see how it is.
Next week is Classical Week and we also have a team dance. Our dance is the Argentine tango, so it’ll be a clashing of styles to the classical music. Even though Val’s here, it’s still my vision for the dance. I don’t want it to be a two-person thing. But to be honest, having another person just sitting here helps. I’m very stubborn. I don’t use outside help because nobody knows Melissa better than me and someone else might make it worse. But it is useful to have another set of eyes there and Val is very, very good. It’s all about maintenance. I want to maintain the direction we’re going in and what we’re doing.
You can read the full blog at TV Guide. Let’s hope all goes well for these two!! Being both Maks and Melissa have been injured, it has to be taking it’s toll. Both are such fighters though, so, here’s hoping for their best dances to come.
UPDATE: WLOS ABC 13 has a new interview up with Maks. You can listen to it HERE. He gets up really in the morning to talk about “Propel Zero Just Dance Off” battle taking place in Los Angeles this weekend. He also discusses the challenge to come up with new dances every week for Dancing With The Stars. He says Melissa is one of the best partners he’s ever had and lots more. They ask some cool questions.
Why is Maks complaing about his injury?when you had Maria with two broken ribs ,fracture foot then perform threw all of that pain without complaining, that’s what you call a true trooper,
Maybe because he’s not Greek? 🙂
don’t think he is complaining, just keeping his fans updated on status of his injury. he was getting a lot of tweets after they noticed him limping .
Maks seldom, if ever, mentions any of his injuries. People noticed last week when he limped off the dance floor and Val had mentioned earlier, after Melissa’s injury that Maks was also suffering from injuries to his foot and elbow. Maks has been bombarded on Twitter asking about these injuries. I was shocked, personally, to see him talking so openly about it in his blog because he never does that. I think it’s a combination of things – it’s become serious enough injury that Val’s rehearsing with Melissa, anything to stop the flood of twitterings and it sounds like it’s going to be part of the package for Monday night to the point of sending cameras along when he went for the MRI on Wednesday morning.
I guess they learned with William’s injury to send cameras. And look at it from the producer’s standpoint… OMG, one of the favorite dancers on the show is injured and may not be able to compete with his celebrity partner come Monday! WHAT WILL HAPPEN!! TUNE IN to US, not that singing show and FIND OUT!
I agree Evaine. I’d rather they come out and update us on their injuries themselves versus hearing sensationalism or half truths on their conditions, etc in the tabloids. I just love Maks’ blogs.
Cute little interview, Vogue, thanks for finding and posting it! And I just have to say, Maks never got up for that – he hasn’t been to bed. *LOL*
Oh, and did you notice how his face visibly softened when they mentioned Val? He adores his brother. 🙂
Oh, I love how his face always softened the way it did when Val was mentioned. So true. Also (and in light of what you mentioned), I loved it when Val mentioned Maks as being his mentor and first dance teacher when he was little too in the Dance Junkies TV interview. They adore and respect each other so much. It’s so cute.
And LOL…. yeah, Maks never goes to bed past 4am, does he? lolll Hilarious!
And YW and thank you!! xx
Wishing Maks’ foot a speedy recovery 🙂
He…is …not…complaining …..about …his….injury. Man o man.
Wanted to add one more thing. Maks is from tough Ukrainian stock, same as me. In my opinion, he might complain about a perceived unfairness in scoring but never whine or complain about an injury.
I think DWTS has always had cameras follow any injury and doctor’s visits. I remember they followed Ralph Macchio when he had his MRI done on his leg a couple of season’s ago. DWTS likes to milk injury stories and medical visits (look how much attention they’ve paid to Maria’s and William’s injuries). I don’t think the dancers (pro or celeb) get any say in the matter. Even if they wanted to keep it quiet, between DWTS and the papparazzi and media informants, it comes out anyway. So they might as well try to control the story to the extent they can by telling us about it themselves and minimizing exaggeration. I do wish a speedy recovery to Maks. It would be interesting if Maks couldn’t continue – would Melissa get to substitute Val as her new partner?
@Sandra77….I kinda just took it for granted that if Maks was unable to dance, since Val is practicing with Melissa to give Maks a chance to rest his foot, that he would dance on Monday if Maks was unable to…But, I really dont know. I would hope so.
I’d imagine Val would dance with Melissa if Maks is unable to dance, just like Maks danced with Joanna Krupa when Derek was sick.
Hope Maks is sound enough to dance on Monday. In the unlikely event he can’t continue, I’m sure Val would become Melissa’s partner. When Mark was injured while dancing with Shannon Doherty and was told he wouldn’t be able to come back that season, they had Corky lined up to take over. However, it became a moot point because Shannon was eliminated the next day.
Odd. We’ve seen others just report on injury without the dramatics. And that was B4 HIPAA!