{"id":77348,"date":"2024-02-21T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/amy-grant-says-she-had-to-re-learn-how-to-sing-after-2022-bike-crash\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T01:04:08","slug":"amy-grant-says-she-had-to-re-learn-how-to-sing-after-2022-bike-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/amy-grant-says-she-had-to-re-learn-how-to-sing-after-2022-bike-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Grant Says She Had to Re-Learn How to Sing After 2022 Bike Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3525910\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:148.42857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Amy Grant.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Randy Shropshire\/Getty Images for The Music Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Amy Grant<\/strong> got candid about the lasting effects of her 2022 bike accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have issues with my short term memory. My balance is still weird,\u201d Grant, 63, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/2310301251718\/amy-grant-had-to-re-learn-how-to-sing-after-gruesome-bike-wreck-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E! News<\/a> on Tuesday, February 20. \u201cI made a joke about it last night. You know, sometimes I walk around like I\u2019m drunk and I just have to laugh about all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI can\u2019t remember what I can\u2019t remember. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll get back on a bike. There\u2019s so many great sports to enjoy and so, you know, I don\u2019t know, who knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July 2022, Grant was biking with a friend in Nashville when she hit a pothole. Grant, who was unconscious for 10 minutes, was taken to the hospital and was discharged following one night\u2019s stay.<\/p>\n<p>After the accident, the \u201cBaby, Baby\u201d singer learned she had a cyst growing in her throat. She explained that the cyst went into \u201chypergrowth\u201d due to the trauma from the bike crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had this five hour surgery and they took it out,\u201d she said. \u201cI actually had to learn to sing again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she found a small silver lining in the situation. When she came out of the procedure, Grant noted her neck was \u201ca little tighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.3%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3525909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Amy Grant Says She Had to Re Learn How to Sing After 2022 Bike Crash 769\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Amy-Grant-Says-She-Had-to-Re-Learn-How-to-Sing-After-2022-Bike-Crash-769.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just felt like an old beat-up car that went in and got a paint job, and had the dents knocked out,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it was just, I mean, that\u2019s a gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant opened up about the removal of her cyst in March 2023, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/music\/amy-grant-talks-bike-accident-recovery-rcna72842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a>\u2019s <strong>Craig Melvin<\/strong>, \u201c[I was] working with a vocalist and she said, \u2018What is happening in your throat? Lean your head back.\u2019 And I said, \u2018I know. It\u2019s like I\u2019ve got an Adam\u2019s apple that keeps getting bigger.\u2019 Unbeknownst to me, I\u2019d had a thyroglossal duct cyst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant, who\u2019s married to <strong>Vince Gill<\/strong>, said that she feels \u201cfantastic\u201d after her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, really from 2020 on, I feel like I had to, if I were a car, I\u2019ve made a lotta trips to the shop. And I feel like I\u2019m emerging. I went, \u2018Oh man, I feel like a classic now.\u2019 And actually sort of re-revved up in a really beautiful way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>One year before the accident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amy-grant-undergoes-heart-surgery-to-correct-condition-from-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed<\/a> Grant underwent successful open-heart surgery to correct a birth defect doctors had discovered years later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had open heart surgery to correct a condition from birth the doctors discovered during a heart checkup called PAPVR,\u201d her rep said in a statement to <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cThankfully the doctor said it could not have gone better. We\u2019re praying for a full and easy recovery over the next few days, weeks and months to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/amy-grant-says-she-had-to-re-learn-how-to-sing-after-2022-bike-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Grant. Randy Shropshire\/Getty Images for The Music Center Amy Grant got candid about the lasting effects of her 2022 bike accident. \u201cI still have issues with my short term memory. My balance is still weird,\u201d Grant, 63, told E! News on Tuesday, February 20. \u201cI made a joke about it last night. You know, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}