"Dancing with the Stars" contestant Jennifer Grey is one of the leaders in the competition -- and she has her doctor to thank for it.
"Extra" Lifechanger and spinal specialist Dr. Robert Bray helped Grey overcome crippling neck pain, stemming from a devastating car accident 20 years ago. She never dreamed she would go on "Dancing," but the doc gave her the go-ahead.
"My first impression when she asked if she could dance was 'Not a chance.
"Extra" Lifechanger and spinal specialist Dr. Robert Bray helped Grey overcome crippling neck pain, stemming from a devastating car accident 20 years ago. She never dreamed she would go on "Dancing," but the doc gave her the go-ahead.
"My first impression when she asked if she could dance was 'Not a chance.
- 11/4/2010
- Extra
Jennifer Grey shocked U.S. TV viewers on Monday, October 4 by revealing a never-before-seen X-ray from spinal surgery that saved her from permanent paralysis following her 1987 car crash. The actress and her then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick were involved in a head-on collision in Ireland that left the occupants of the other car, a mother and daughter, dead.
The emotional trauma prompted the "Dirty Dancing" star to withdraw from the spotlight as she underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in her neck - but Grey discovered last year she hadn't received proper treatment.
While undergoing a check-up to make sure she was fit to make her comeback on U.S. TV competition "Dancing with the Stars", doctors discovered her condition had become so degenerate even a minor fall could have resulted in "complete paralysis", according to her spinal surgeon Dr. Robert Bray. An operation to repair a damaged disk resulted in yet another health setback,...
The emotional trauma prompted the "Dirty Dancing" star to withdraw from the spotlight as she underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in her neck - but Grey discovered last year she hadn't received proper treatment.
While undergoing a check-up to make sure she was fit to make her comeback on U.S. TV competition "Dancing with the Stars", doctors discovered her condition had become so degenerate even a minor fall could have resulted in "complete paralysis", according to her spinal surgeon Dr. Robert Bray. An operation to repair a damaged disk resulted in yet another health setback,...
- 10/5/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Jennifer Grey shocked U.S. TV viewers on Monday by revealing a never-before-seen X-ray from spinal surgery that saved her from permanent paralysis following her 1987 car crash.
The actress and her then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick were involved in a head-on collision in Ireland that left the occupants of the other car, a mother and daughter, dead.
The emotional trauma prompted the Dirty Dancing star to withdraw from the spotlight as she underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in her neck - but Grey discovered last year she hadn't received proper treatment.
While undergoing a check-up to make sure she was fit to make her comeback on U.S. TV competition Dancing with the Stars, doctors discovered her condition had become so degenerate even a minor fall could have resulted in "complete paralysis", according to her spinal surgeon Dr. Robert Bray.
An operation to repair a damaged disk resulted in yet another health setback, as Bray discovered a cancerous lump in the star's neck - later removed in two separate surgeries.
The cancer-free actress appeared on breakfast programme Good Morning America, and revealed never-before-seen bone scans from the surgeries, one showing a titanium plate screwed into her neck to stabilise her spinal cord, and another revealing the enlarged thyroid that alerted doctors to the cancer scare.
Grey also uncovered scars left from the operations as she recalled her trauma. She remembered, "The collision was so intense that the ligaments were ripped from the back of my neck and I'd have a headache for four days and I could barely open my eyes because it would send my neck into spasm."...
The actress and her then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick were involved in a head-on collision in Ireland that left the occupants of the other car, a mother and daughter, dead.
The emotional trauma prompted the Dirty Dancing star to withdraw from the spotlight as she underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in her neck - but Grey discovered last year she hadn't received proper treatment.
While undergoing a check-up to make sure she was fit to make her comeback on U.S. TV competition Dancing with the Stars, doctors discovered her condition had become so degenerate even a minor fall could have resulted in "complete paralysis", according to her spinal surgeon Dr. Robert Bray.
An operation to repair a damaged disk resulted in yet another health setback, as Bray discovered a cancerous lump in the star's neck - later removed in two separate surgeries.
The cancer-free actress appeared on breakfast programme Good Morning America, and revealed never-before-seen bone scans from the surgeries, one showing a titanium plate screwed into her neck to stabilise her spinal cord, and another revealing the enlarged thyroid that alerted doctors to the cancer scare.
Grey also uncovered scars left from the operations as she recalled her trauma. She remembered, "The collision was so intense that the ligaments were ripped from the back of my neck and I'd have a headache for four days and I could barely open my eyes because it would send my neck into spasm."...
- 10/4/2010
- WENN
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