Dancing With The Stars contestant Julie Goodwin has revealed she will continue on the show despite being forced to postpone her debut due to a ‘brutal’ injury.
The MasterChef season one winner, 53, was set to take to the dance floor on Sunday with dance partner Andrey Gorbunov, but was forced to withdraw from round one at last minute.
Just moments before her first performance, Julie sustained a ‘sudden’ grade two calf muscle tear which ‘took her breath away’ and left her in agony.
However, Julie told Channel Seven‘s The Morning Show on Monday, she’s determined to return to the dance floor.
‘Despite being told that I probably should withdraw, I’m going to give it everything I’ve got, so I don’t quit easy,’ she said.
‘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.’
Dancing With The Stars contestant Julie Goodwin has revealed she will continue on the show despite being forced to postpone her debut due to a ‘brutal’ injury
The recovery time to completely heal from a grade two strain is between three and six weeks but Julie is believed to be returning to the show in the third episode.
Calf muscle tears occur when the calf is suddenly overstretched and can be caused by quick pivots, jumps or abrupt stops during sports.
The injury came after an intense two-month-long training schedule which saw Julie going to the gym five times a week and swimming three to four times a week.
The moment Julie sustained the agonising strain was shown during Dancing With The Stars’ premiere, with the chef appearing in the studio to discuss the accident.
The MasterChef season one winner was set to take to the dance floor on Sunday with dance partner Andrey Gorbunov but Julie sustained a ‘sudden’ grade two calf muscle tear which ‘took her breath away’ and left her in agony
The footage showed Julie screeching in pain as her leg gave out while dancing, before she was shown getting the crushing news in hospital.
‘We need you to stay off that calf so we can give you every opportunity to be dancing as quickly as possible,’ the health expert advised.
Despite the setback, Julie remained optimistic, telling hosts Sonia Kruger and Dr Chris Brown: ‘It’s gonna be alright… we’re gonna be alright. Bedazzle a moon-boot and away we go.’
The footage showed Julie screeching in pain as her leg gave out while dancing, before she was shown getting the crushing news in hospital
SAS Australia’s Ant Middleton, AFL legend Shane Crawford and Olympian and former senator Nova Peris will also be strutting their stuff on the dance floor.
Rounding out this year’s competitors are comedian Nikki Osborne, Home and Away’s James Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens presenter Adam Dovile and chef Hayden Quinn.