"Dancing with the Stars": Maria Menounos Powers Through with 2 Broken Ribs!

 

We’ve all seen a lot of injuries throughout the many seasons of Dancing with the Stars, but I’m not sure we’ve seen such a severe one this early before. Maria Menounos suffered two broken ribs after falling on her partner Derek Hough’s knee during rehearsal. This is only the second week of the competition and her ribs could take months to heal! You definitely couldn’t tell she was in pain last night though. She’s powering through this injury like it’s nothing more than a stubbed toe!

Though she’s been told by doctors to relax and take it easy, Maria has been pushing herself in rehearsals and worrying about her injury after. Derek was worried, but her drive to succeed pretty much vetoed any of his efforts to slow down! She is taking additional precautions outside of practice though.

"I'm icing when I get home. My friend Joe drives me from rehearsals and I have a pedicure station with ice in it in my car, so I ice my whole body down,” she said. "Once I get home, I get in a hot tub and in an Epsom salt bath. I can't believe how dangerous dancing is! I told Derek, 'I don't understand! I played ice hockey, football, basketball -- when did I get so fragile?' Unfortunately the Hough's too rough!"

Monday night, Derek and Maria earned a 25 out of 30, tying William Levy and Cheryl Burke for second place. Not too shabby for an injured contestant! The first elimination of the new season is tonight at 9 p.m. on ABC!

 

Source: Fox, US

Source: http://blog.starcam.com/post/Dancing-With-The-Stars-Maria-Menounos-2-Broken-Ribs.aspx

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