Debilitating Dancing: Jennifer Grey to Have Surgery - BuddyTV

As anyone who watched season 11 of Dancing with the Stars noticed, Jennifer Grey was in some pain throughout the weeks. In addition to the bruises and aches suffered by any DWTS competitor, Jennifer struggled with an old neck injury and eventually a ruptured disk.

And now it looks like she's going to have surgery.

As was announced at the beginning of the season 11 finale, Jennifer Grey had ruptured a disk in her lower back during the previous night's performances. Her participation in the final show was even in question, although doctors did clear her to participate. Not that you would know it from the performances, but Jennifer ended up with painkillers and a subtle icepack to keep the dancing steps coming.

Her dancing finished for now and the Mirror Ball trophy in her grasp, Jennifer can now get back to the process of not falling to pieces. The surgery, scheduled for some time in the next two weeks, should be a minor, outpatient procedure with the goal of reducing back pain. Compared to some surgeries that Grey has had in the past, it doesn't sound too serious.

Jennifer Grey's medical issues began all the way back in 1987, when she was in a serious car crash with then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick. Over the next two decades, she endured pain in her neck and surgeries trying to fix the problem. Doctors found evidence of cancer during one of the surgeries, which resulted in the removal of her thyroid.

There was also that plastic surgery, but that's a whole different story.

Injuries are nothing new to Dancing with the Stars, of course, but Jennifer Grey's troubles seemed to be in a class by themselves. Possibly the injuries and pain were so prominent because, unlike many other injured DWTS competitors, Jennifer stayed on the show. She even managed to win, despite the pain.

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