{"id":234143,"date":"2026-04-12T17:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/lindsey-vonn-breaks-down-challenging-rehab-after-catastrophic-leg-injury-from-2026-olympics-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:53:56","slug":"lindsey-vonn-breaks-down-challenging-rehab-after-catastrophic-leg-injury-from-2026-olympics-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/lindsey-vonn-breaks-down-challenging-rehab-after-catastrophic-leg-injury-from-2026-olympics-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn Breaks Down \u2018Challenging\u2019 Rehab After Catastrophic Leg Injury From 2026 Olympics Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lindsey Vonn<\/strong><\/a> is pulling back the curtain on her rehab after suffering a catastrophic leg injury during the 2026 Olympics.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of rehab,\u201d Vonn, 41, told The Athletic<\/em><\/a> in an interview published on Thursday, April 9. \u201cWake up at 7:30, breakfast at 8, 9 to 11 is rehab at my house. I have a little break, eat some food. Go to a hyperbaric chamber. Do about two hours with decompression in the hyperbaric, and then I come back and have a little break. And then usually work out from, like, 5 to 6:30, little break, shower, dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cThat\u2019s kind of my day every day, six days a week. Sunday is kind of a day off without a scheduled program. But I, of course, always go to the gym on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vonn entered the Olympics in Italy with a torn ACL, which she sustained during a World Cup race in Switzerland on January 30. Pushing through her pain, Vonn competed in the women\u2019s downhill event on February 8 only to crash within 13 seconds<\/a>. After she was heard screaming in pain, the skier was airlifted to a nearby hospital to undergo an emergency orthopedic operation<\/a> to stabilize a complex tibia fracture.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Lindsey Vonn Posts Brutal Video of Leg During Recovery After Olympics Crash<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tLindsey Vonn is currently living by the motto, \u201cNo pain, no gain,\u201d and her recovery videos prove it. The professional athlete, 41, shared a brutal video of her injured leg on Friday, March 13, following her 2026 Winter Olympics crash that resulted in multiple surgeries earlier this year. In the clip shared via Vonn\u2019s Instagram [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cNormally, when you have an ACL or something like that, you start off slowly, but then you eventually, after about a week or two, make pretty good progress,\u201d Vonn said.<\/p>\n

While suffering from a torn ACL and a broken leg, Vonn also learned to navigate scar tissue that built up from the pins that stabilized the bone \u2014 and made it difficult for her to bend her leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these things, it took time,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were so many layers to it. That made it challenging. And then of course, when you have such slow progress, that inevitably becomes more mentally challenging as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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