Julie Goodwin's next move following injury on Dancing With The Stars
Julie Goodwin's highly anticipated debut on Dancing With The Stars has been postponed, following an injury.
The 53-year-old was forced to withdraw from the first round on Sunday night after suffering two serious tears to her calf muscles during rehearsal with her dance partner, Andrey Gorbunov.
She was taken to hospital and immediately treated.
"I was jumping on poor Andrey here and something snapped. Fortunately, it was my leg and not his back," she told DWTS show hosts Sonia Kruger and Dr Chris Brown during the premiere.
But on Monday, she appeared in good spirits and vowed to hit the dance floor again.
“Despite being told that I probably should withdraw, I’m going to give it everything I’ve got, so I don’t quit easy,” Goodwin told The Morning Show hosts.
“And the beautiful thing about this production is that they’ve got some marvellous people. They’ve got the dance doctor in Bondi, who is all over this.
“So I’m getting acupuncture, homeopathic treatment, massage. I’m swimming, I do healing meditations and listen to healing tones in my headphones.
“So, I’m absolutely going hell for leather to get as well as I can in the hope that I can be up and dancing again very soon.”
Goodwin is rumoured to return on the show in the third episode.
In the interview, she also praised her dance partner, saying: "He’s amazing and he’s also very patient. He’s also very strong. And he’s also just so capable."
“He would just be so patient and I’ve loved it. He got me sort of doing steps that I never, ever thought I would do. As you can see from the footage, we have laughed and laughed.”
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