Jillian Michaels has opened up about overcoming a spinal injury she suffered two years ago.
In an interview with PeopleMichaels, 50, described the steps he took to treat the injury and how it took some trial and error to properly address the pain.
Michaels suffered a fractured L3 vertebra and bulging discs after slipping in the bathroom in 2022. But he has now “fully recovered” and is pain-free.
He opened up to the outlet about the ‘adjustments’ he made to his life to overcome the injury and improve his overall well-being.
‘I have made adjustments in all aspects of my life and it actually improves my overall health. What I mean by this is that I almost never sit down, if possible. I have a small treadmill, like a walking platform. I bought it on Amazon and I walk at 1.7 miles per hour while working on my computer. “I take my phone calls by walking, whether on my walking platform, outside, or on the step mill,” he told the outlet.
Jillian Michaels has opened up about recovering from a slip and fall injury in 2022 that left her with a spinal injury; in the photo 2020
Michaels has remained conscious of not doing anything that could further exacerbate the injury and is “meticulous” in the way she retrieves objects from the ground and rotates her spin.
But it took some time for Michaels to really understand what steps he needed to take to heal.
At first, Michaels believed he was dealing with muscle soreness, but the treatments he took nearly exacerbated the injury.
“If you don’t understand the injury, any type of spinal rotation, it’s like, ‘Oh, I’m in a lot of pain.’ Let me stretch. I made all these mistakes, which is the funniest thing because I owned a sports medicine center.” , he explained.
Michaels first revealed his injury in 2023, admitting that he secretly spent a year recovering from a spinal injury after a slip and fall accident in the bathroom of his Florida home.
“I ran in and hit my back on the edge of the bathtub,” the Daytime Emmy nominee said. People last year.
‘I wish it was a gangster biker story where I told you I was racing motorcycles or that Lindsey Vonn was going downhill at 60 miles an hour, but it wasn’t. He makes it much more disturbing because, in a way, it couldn’t be prevented.”
It took six weeks for Jillian to finally go to the hospital after suffering lower back pain and “a lightning bolt (sensation) going down my leg.”
It took some time for Michaels to really understand what steps he needed to take to heal.
Michaels rose to fame as a trainer on the weight loss reality show The Biggest Loser.
‘I could not sleep. The pain at night was very intense,” Michaels (born McKarus) recalled.
“I really thought, ‘The only thing I think would be worse than this would be the burns.’ It was so crazy. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t stand. I had to crawl on the floor. I’m like, ‘My life.’ it’s over”.
After being misdiagnosed with a “pinched nerve” and “three herniated discs,” the fitness expert met with spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill, who determined that she had actually fractured her L3 vertebra and had a spinal herniation. six millimeters.
“I’m posting old videos from 20 years ago on social media,” Jillian said of keeping her injury a secret.
At first, Michaels believed he was dealing with muscle soreness, but the treatments he took nearly exacerbated the injury.
‘I’m not going to do any press. I have disappeared from the network. Nobody knows. No one has any idea how this is all happening except my immediate circle. I say, “I won’t tell this story until I know how it ends.”
Dr. McGill basically ordered bed rest for Michaels, who also recovered with the help of an “excellent” assisted squat machine that takes pressure off his back called the DB Method.
“I’m riding a horse,” the former ICM literary agent gushed.
‘I’m riding jet skis, snowboarding. “I’m just super, super careful.”