Dancing With the Stars is a dangerous show. But Melissa Rycroft's head injury, reported just last night, may be the worst and scariest injury in the show's history. Of course, it was also inevitable.
This all-stars season is all about upping the ante and everyone is trying to compete with Shawn Johnson who, as we may recall, is an Olympic athlete. That's pretty hard to top. Poor Rycroft suffered a head and neck injury while working on her group dance and doing camera blocking for Monday night's show.
The fact is, even as recently as last week, Rycroft seemed headed toward some kind of injury. She was attempting flips and turns that would have made the average person's head spin. And now, this.
Her partner, Tony Dovolani sent out mysterious tweets saying things like:
Really concerned about @MelissaRycroft..... we don't know if we are dancing tomorrow !!!!! Please keep us in your prayers #trouper
Scary, no? The dancers on the show make it all look so easy, but in many cases, we are only seeing the finished product. All those flips and turns and dancing in heels comes at a cost to the body. Learning steps quickly and trying to wow people adds extra pressure.
Someone gets hurt in every season and the show makes it extra dramatic. But head and neck injuries are not small things. Sure it's awesome to wow the judges, but at what cost?
Rycroft is a young mom and since she was released from the hospital already, it seems she will likely be OK. But still. Maybe let's leave the tumbling to Shawn Johnson. She has been training for years while Rycroft was just on The Bachelor. It's not worth death to win this thing.
Let's hope she can dance tonight. She is a lot of fun to watch. This should make for quite the dramatic show, too.
Do you think this head injury was inevitable?
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She was not "just on the Bachelor" - she was also a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader which does require some gymnastics ability. Although I think she is in over her head with some of the tricks. Love her though.
Not nesessarily, do I think this was inevitable. I think that the dancers should not try to add routines that are for Professional gymnasts only. Everyone , individually, has a strong quality, in their dancing, and I think that should be highlighted in theindividual routines. The audience looks for those strong qualities, in each individual. If everyone is trying to do the same thing, it is not interesting. Let everyone be a bit different, and shine on their own. Hoping Ms. Rycroft will be ok.
It's a dancing competition, not a gymnastics meet. the "tricks" should be left to a minimum. Sean will never get my votes as long as there is more gym than dance in her routines. being a gymnast in my highschool years, I enjoy watching her routines, they are entertaining. But I watch DWTS's for the dancing. Melissa is a good dancer, she should not worry about Seans "tricks" and trying to keep up with her.
Anytime there is a trauma to the head, it is a serious situation. Another trauma could really be even more serious. Going by what I have learned from the two concussions that my favorite NASCAR driver has suffered from recently. Serious enough that it kept him out of his car for the last two weeks. Just hoping that neither Melissa nor Dale, Jr have any lasting effects from their head traumas. Prayers to them both.
Melissa was hurt while working on her group dance. That doesn't sound like it's Tony's fault. Since she has been released from the hospital, I can only hope, and pray that she will be okay!!!