Dancing With the Stars' Injury Report
Lance Bass
Season: 7 | Partner: Lacey Schwimmer
Ailment: Broken Toe
Outcome: Lance faced every dancer's nightmare when he broke his toe, but so far the pain hasn't ruined his game; he even danced the Rumba barefoot to help secure a place in Season 7's final four.
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Lacey Schwimmer
Season: 7 | Partner: Lance Bass
Ailment: Endometriosis
Outcome: After fellow pro Julianne Hough was diagnosed with endometriosis (see next slide), Schwimmer realized she had the same symptoms. In her case, the condition is not as advanced, so she will not require surgery.
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Julianne Hough
Season: 7 | Partner: Cody Linley
Ailment: Endometriosis
Outcome: Hough was rushed to the hospital after the Week 5 results show and later revealed that doctors had diagnosed endometriosis and recommended appendix surgery. While she recovers, Linley will dance with Edyta Sliwinska.
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Derek Hough
Seasons: 6, 7 | Partners: Shannon Elizabeth, Brooke Burns
Injury: Neck injury, blackout
Outcome: Hough has experienced a double dose of 'Dancing' injury: he hurt his neck in season six, and blacked out during a Season 7 rehearsal. Luckily, his expert dancing movies remain unharmed.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC
Misty May-Treanor
Season: 7 | Partner: Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Injury: Ruptured achilles heel tendon
Outcome: Despite winning two Olympic gold medals, it was game, set and match for May-Treanor after she ruptured her achilles heel tendon during a practice session. A few days later, she officially withdrew from the competition.
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Susan Lucci
Season: 7 | Partner: Tony Dovolani
Injury: Twisted her ankle
Outcome: Playing Erica Kane for 38 years has given Susan Lucci some serious backbone. Although she twisted her ankle during an early rehearsal, she kept her dancing shoes on, eventually finishing 6th.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC
Jeffrey Ross
Season: 7 | Partner: Edyta Sliwinska
Injury: Scratched cornea
Outcome: Ross had trouble keeping his eye on the ballroom floor after a disastrous week one rehearsal, where partner Edyta Sliwinska accidentally poked him in the eye. The injury won little sympathy: he scored a measly 12 from the judges, and viewers quickly voted to see no more of the funny man by eliminating him first.
Michael Desmond, ABC
Karina Smirnoff
Season: 7 | Partner: Rocco DiSpirito
Injury: Sprained ankle
Outcome: Smirnoff sprained her ankle during rehearsals, and her Season 7 run ended shortly after. She and partner Rocco DiSpirito finished in 9th place.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC
Cristian De La Fuente
Season: 6 | Partner: Cheryl Burke
Injury: Ruptured tendon in bicep
Outcome: De La Fuente's ruptured tendon put him in the hospital, where he later underwent surgery. But the model/actor proved the show must go on when he tangoed and waltzed all the way to an impressive third place finish.
Kelsey McNeal, ABC / AP
Mark Ballas
Season: 5 | Partner: Sabrina Bryan
Injury: Shoulder
Outcome: In Season 5, Ballas learned that injuries can happen even after you're eliminated. He hurt his shoulder during the season finale, which left him hospitalized and without the happy ending he was looking for.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
i wish that they would stop doing all those gymnastics and do more dancing....maybe then the injuries would not happen...dancing is supposed to be fun..it should not send you to the hospital.
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I also believe dancing with the star's very disappointing , And I will never watch it again. It has become more gymnastic than dance Show. Johnson winning this competition shows this result. The most beautiful dancer was Melissa and Gilles. I can't understand how this girl won this show. First of all she doesn't have a dancer body, If there is any thing good about her dancing was her gymnastics. America voted for her because of her popularity.This is very sad. This will be the end of this show.