Brooke Burke Suffers Injury on Dancing with the Stars

Dancing can be hazardous to your health.

Dancing with the Stars has been a rough place to compete this year. During the first week, Jeffrey Ross suffered a scratched cornea thanks to his partner Edyta Sliwinska’s acrylic nails and Karina Smirnoff twisted her ankle while practicing with Rocco DiSpirito. During the third week, Derek Hough tripped and knocked himself momentarily unconscious the day after Misty-May Treanor ruptured her Achilles Tendon, forcing her to drop out of the competition for surgery and physical rehabilitation.

As the show entered its fifth week, Brooke Burke, the current front runner and our personal favorite, was performing her jitterbug (one of four new dances on the show) with her partner Derek Hough (swoon) during a camera blocking rehearsal Sunday afternoon when she came down hard on her right foot. She was taken to the hospital where it was determined she just has a severe bruise.

DWTS is like climbing Everest, there are fallen comrades at every turn. Get better, Brooke. You and Derek need to win this bad boy!