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Dancing with the Stars 7

Misty May-Treanor undergoes successful surgery for 'Dancing' injury

By John Bracchitta, 10/08/2008

Misty May-Treanor is on the mend.

The 31-year-old beach volleyball star and former Dancing with the Stars contestant underwent successful surgery to repair the Achilles tendon rupture she sustained while rehearsing a jive for the dance competition show with her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy on Friday, Us Weekly reported Tuesday.

"Thanks for all your concern and well wishes for Misty," May-Treanor's representative told Us. "I wanted to let you all know Misty had a successful surgery on her ruptured Achilles this morning. She is currently at home recovering. Her husband, Matt, is with her."

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Doctors estimate that it will take approximately nine months for May-Treanor's Achilles tendon to fully heal.

May-Treanor appeared on Dancing with the Stars' performance show on Monday -- wearing a brace on her left leg and bound to crutches -- to announce her departure from the show.

"It felt like I got hit in the back with a baseball bat," she told Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron of the injury, which she first noticed after hearing a "pop" after jumping backwards and landing on her left foot.

"I was like 'Ok I'm an athlete. Tape it up and get right back out there.' I tried to put more weight on it and it just felt like nothing was there. I didn't have an ankle, I didn't have a foot," she added.

Both May-Treanor and Chmerkovskiy said that they would remain friends, while May-Treanor added that she planned an eventual return to Dancing with the Stars once she had healed

"When I get healthy we're gonna come back and do the jive," May-Treaner told Bergeron on Monday. "That's what I want."

(Photo credit ABC)

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