Val Chmerkovskiy is sharing his pain.
On Wednesday, the Dancing with the Stars pro, 37, took to Instagram to reflect on a painful neck injury he suffered last year, alongside some photos taken while he was in the hospital.
When their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they were prideful in whatever ˹worldly˺ knowledge they had, and were ˹ultimately˺ overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.(The Quran - Chapter Ghafir : 83)
Chmerkovskiy posted images of his X-rays, along with another of himself in a neck brace and hooked up to a drip. A voice behind the camera, appearing to be his wife Jenna Johnson, 29, said, "Okay, time to walk around!"
"Let's do it," the dancer replied, saying he'd have to take his drip off.
A further image showed Chmerkovskiy lying in the hospital bed, while another photo revealed a scar and bruising on the front of his neck. Among the carousel of videos and photos, Chmerkovskiy also shared a picture of himself cuddling his 13-month-old son Rome, along with getting some love from his dogs as he lay in bed in another sweet clip.
Chmerkovskiy showed off his dance moves in a different video, as well as posting an image of his shadow. "This time last year I went through some stuff," he captioned the post.
At the time, Chmerkovskiy stayed quiet about the incident but did say he'd "almost lost" his "ability to move" in a March 2023 post.
While sharing a message reflecting on his year, the dancer included videos from the hospital wearing his neck brace, despite not going into further detail.
"thank you friends and fans and family for the beautiful wishes. This last year I had a son and lost a grandfather. Felt better than ever and almost lost my ability to move," he wrote at the time alongside a montage clip set to Frank Ocean's track "Pink + White".
"I had fallen deeper in love with my wife and had my heart ripped open by a failing marriage elsewhere. Life is hard, and the older you get the harder it becomes. But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today. It all passes, always. I’m happy I got to feel it all," he added.
