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I'd be surprised if the Strictly contract doesn't exclude her from taking on other work, ie the jump , during the strictly show period.
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I think it's very unlikely Ola's dancing career is over, she will be out of a action for a few months, then she will be back doing whatever she would have been doing if she hadn't had the accident. Footballers have ligament damage all the time, they recover, they are back playing again, I cannot envisage it is any different for dancers.
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What part of not fulfilling your contractual obligations is not clear? She voluntarily went and practiced a dangerous pursuit with the considerable risk of injury - even a sprained ankle would be enough to put her out - and now she cannot fulfil her side of her contract that would have been laid down from the start. It's nothing to do with it being 'exclusive' or whatever, the fact is, she along with other eliminated pros are expected to all be there and performing on the final. Ola has been very unprofessional.
It was an accident, just like millions of people have accidents and have to miss work. Playing sports at the weekend, riding motorbikes, doing DIY... You can't expect people to never do anything with the slightest risk attached. People have to live. You seem to think she's gone out and deliberately hurt herself to try and get out of being in Strictly! I will say it again - it was an ACCIDENT! |
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Not fulfilling contractual obligations would be refusing to show up for no good reason - or suddenly taking another job on Saturday nights. Having an accident and being too unwell to work is a different matter. For it to be "unprofessional" there would have to be an explicit clause that said "no winter sports" in the contract. If there isn't, tough.
It was an accident, just like millions of people have accidents and have to miss work. Playing sports at the weekend, riding motorbikes, doing DIY... You can't expect people to never do anything with the slightest risk attached. People have to live. You seem to think she's gone out and deliberately hurt herself to try and get out of being in Strictly! I will say it again - it was an ACCIDENT! And I'm sorry but I have direct experience of the business as it actually works..... |
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One thing she definitely is, is unemployed. And so desperate for fame that she took part in a show that could have jeopardised her dancing career.
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I saw that photo in the papers yesterday.
Now do we have a doctor in the house?? Whilst I wish the woman no ill nor do I have an axe to grind with her (I can take her or leave her tbh) but I was gobsmacked to read she has 'torn knee ligaments' !!! Excuse me, but I have had torn knee ligaments and although medicine and treatment has improved in the 20 years since I did mine, I most certainly wasn't walking out of hospital just a few days later with just a kneebrace and crutches.. She didn't even appear to have any strappings on the knee. I spent 6 months in full plaster and was on crutches for 8 months. I must admit mine was a tad more than just plain ligaments but I find it hard to believe she has torn hers. Most knee surgery is done arthroscopicaly and that is a heavy duty knee brace. I am not sure what more you want, if Ola does not look in pain enough for you it think you have been watching too many horror movies, poor girl. I hope the injury is not career changing and she gets back to dancing soon. |
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One thing she definitely is, is unemployed. And so desperate for fame that she took part in a show that could have jeopardised her dancing career.
Strictly is not her only source of income....she does plenty of cooperate gigs in the UK and internationally, teaches privately and has an endorsement deal with Proactive skin care. She had a bad shoulder injury once when she dropped during a lift. She'll be more than fine in due time....it's probably not what you want to happen but hey, you'll just have to deal with it
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It does not seem to start until the new year i.e. after the end of the Strictly series. Are you suggesting that the professionals cannot make any arrangement for work over the rest of the year until the end of the series?
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One thing she definitely is, is unemployed. And so desperate for fame that she took part in a show that could have jeopardised her dancing career.
I doubt that she is desperate for 'fame', tempted by a very large fee possibly (quite likely more than she would get from Strictly Come Dancing). |
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My mother had an accident in Tenerife a few years ago and had crucial ligament repair over there and flew home 4 days later with the aid of crutches
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It's just an unlucky accident. End of. Yes she was more likely to pick up an accident doing ski ing then she was dancing. But she could easily have picked up the same injury dancing from a lift going wrong or anything tbh. Yes it was more unlikely for her to be injured dancing or doing anything else she would usually do. But accidents happen I know for myself as my friend was just walking tripped and broke her leg. Completely accidental. No ones fault.
Some careers, sport carry more risks then others. But what ever you do in your life carrys some degree of risk. Getting up in the morning, walking down the stairs, getting in a car, crossing the road.. The list is endless. |
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It's just an unlucky accident. End of. Yes she was more likely to pick up an accident doing ski ing then she was dancing. But she could easily have picked up the same injury dancing from a lift going wrong or anything tbh. Yes it was more unlikely for her to be injured dancing or doing anything else she would usually do. But accidents happen I know for myself as my friend was just walking tripped and broke her leg. Completely accidental. No ones fault.
Some careers, sport carry more risks then others. But what ever you do in your life carrys some degree of risk. Getting up in the morning, walking down the stairs, getting in a car, crossing the road.. The list is endless. And i remembered Jade Johnson, the long-jumper (European champion) who paired Ian Waite in Strictly 2009 (series 7) injured a knee during the dance show and had to drop out. If the newspaper was correct, this injury shattered her Olympics 2012 dream as well. I believe this says a lot regarding 'risk' Jade Johnson was not at fault for joining strictly. Why should Ola be criticised for planning to take part in the jump and in order to fulfil this plan doing a bit of practice in advance in her own time? |
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She won't be in future series of Strictly. Doing something that had the potential for injury, especially getting ready for employment by another channel, while under contract will have sealed that.
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Anyone know who Steve will dance with in the final for the group dance?
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Anyone know who Steve will dance with in the final for the group dance?
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Anyone know who Steve will dance with in the final for the group dance?
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He might actually enjoy himself .. this time
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Just wanted to add that apparently it was a fluke accident, rather than a practice or something like that going badly. My guess is by the sounds of things, it could have happened anywhere.
They'll be more bothered about appearing in Strictly Dance at Sandals holiday in April than anything else. The tour under discussion with Arlene might be in jeopardy too. |
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He might actually enjoy himself .. this time
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I like Ola but it will be interesting to see him dancing with someone else. I'm constantly mentally re-arranging couples anyway!
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Knee surgery is changing. 4 yrs ago I had major knee surgery,took a ligament from calf area and twisted it through kneecap making a figure of 8 before screwing the ligament in place. All done as a day op. Came home on crutches knee brace and an anesthetic bomb. Now almost 20 yrs ago almost same op was pit for 4 months before then op then 6 mths pot ankle to hip then intensive physio. Now as ola is a dancer she will have some great physio
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While we reminiscing on knee ops. I tore a cartilage in 1978. Ten days in hospital flat on my back with a Robert Jones Bandage (six layers of alternating wool and crepe bandages). I was probably one of the last not to have keyhole surgery. 6 weeks off work, 3 months of physiotheraphy, when it was decided it urgently needed a second opinion because it wouldn't bend beyond 30 degrees. The surgeon who insisted on doing it went lecturing in the USA and finally opened it up in 1984 concluding that a it was beyond repair and a full knee replacement was needed. Forget it!
2003 had a brilliant surgeon correct a problem with my hand and he did my knee replacement. Standing and exercising the following day. Home in 6 days walking with crutches - can't use a walking stick because of arthritic hands. Discarded crutches after 4 weeks. Driving again at 5 weeks. In the hospital with me was a 70 year-old woman who had taken up competitive road cycling two months after a knee replacement 10 years earlier and was back in for a repair so she could continue with it - and she did. Knee and leg surgery has come a very long way in the last 40 years and even more so since my knee replacement. I'm sure Ola will get the right physio and other treatment and be back dancing to the standard she was at before the accident within 6 months. We're getting to the point of almost being bionic. |
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Yes it will. Like Caroline dancing with Tristan on tour .. I wish I could see that. Not wishing Ola ill but I think dancing with Anya might be more like the happy experience Steve had hoped for.
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I read reports about people having knee surgery and replacements and it almost embarrasses me. There are all these people getting out of hospital in a couple of days and making remarkable progress. I was in hospital for 9 bloody days!!! and told under no circumstances to put weight on my R leg for 4 weeks. The first two days after the op I had a morphine drip, let alone think of going home. I know I am a big bloke and my knee had to be specially made for me but it seems odd to me how so many people get home early and I struggled. Even a relative of mine was back running half marathons in 6 weeks. The only person I have ever heard have a bad time through this op was a mates mother and she said the same as me. NO way was we having the other one done. I had my R done in Nov. and was supposed to have my L done in the Jan. When I went to see the surgeon two months after the op, he clapped his hands and asked if I was ready for my L to be done. After falling about laughing at my reply, he said he knew I would say that and thus hadn't ordered my L. He said most people who had this particular op didn't want the other one done. I don't know if there is different degrees of replacement but all I know is it damned well hurt for ages.
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True!
And i remembered Jade Johnson, the long-jumper (European champion) who paired Ian Waite in Strictly 2009 (series 7) injured a knee during the dance show and had to drop out. If the newspaper was correct, this injury shattered her Olympics 2012 dream as well. I believe this says a lot regarding 'risk' Jade Johnson was not at fault for joining strictly. Why should Ola be criticised for planning to take part in the jump and in order to fulfil this plan doing a bit of practice in advance in her own time? |
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