Jeremy Renner’s Physical Therapy Was ‘Excruciating’ Initially Says His Physician
etcanada.comJeremy Renner had a bumpy road to recovery after his near-fatal accident. After being run over by a 7-ton snowplow in January, the actor suffered over 30 broken bones which left him in “excruciating” pain according to his chiropractic sports physician. “I mean, it’s bad enough with one of those traumas.
The fracture through his tibia was so severe that that alone … mentally you can’t deal with that much pain,” Christopher Vincent told People. READ MORE: Jeremy Renner Jokes About Learning To Drive His Snowplow ‘Better’ As He Plans On Keeping The Machine From His Accident “When you’ve got 30 of those, your body is just sending pain signals to your brain from every part of your body.
You can’t override them,” he continued. “You’re mentally just trying to quiet them down. It’s happening 24 hours a day, so it’s not like he gets a reprieve when he’s sleeping.
It doesn’t sleep, so it’s affecting your sleep, and that lack of sleep is affecting your recovery.” While Renner had a full team of professionals including Vincent, it was still difficult to override the pain. “[Renner was] meditating and just trying to calm himself to override this. … As he’s in bed, we’re moving his shoulders, moving his hips, moving his limbs.
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