James Jordan: ‘It’s killing me’ Dancing On Ice 2019 star’s routine in jeopardy
JAMES JORDAN will be performing on Dancing On Ice 2019 tonight but the star’s routine is in jeopardy as the professional dancer revealed his hip is “killing him”.
Dancing on Ice's James Jordan: My hips are killing me
James Jordan, 40, topped the leaderboard on Dancing On Ice 2019 last Sunday with a score of 36.5 points out of 40.
However, his routine may not go as smoothly tonight as James revealed he has injured his hip.
Taking to Instagram this week, the former Strictly Come Dancing professional filmed himself on the ice to tell his fans he was learning to jump.
But it hadn’t been going too well as James spilled he’s been constantly falling over which has resulted in an injury.
It’s driving me mad
He filmed himself saying to the camera: “Today I’m learning to jump, with the main man, the jump machine… Mark.”
“Still on the ice trying to master these jumps,” he said. “It’s driving me mad!”
James continued: “I’ve got my hockey pants on because I keep falling over and my hips are killing me.”
The star, who is married to wife Ola Jordan, remained positive about tonight’s performance.
“But I will get there,” he added.
James further spoke out about his injury in his Best magazine column this week.
The dancer revealed he took a tumble and landed badly on his hip, he divulged: "I fell practising a jump the other day and landed on my hip.
"Given I have arthritis there, it wasn't ideal. It hurt - a lot."
James, who is partnered with Alexandra Schauman, is now having physiotherapy.
He said: ”I’m getting daily physio and trying to man up. The last time I was in this much pain was when Brendan Cole and I were messing around backstage at Strictly, and he accidentally pushed me down a set of stairs.
"I sprained my ankle and it went black!"
Ahead of the live shows, James told Express.co.uk he has many suffered injuries over the years, mainly from his dancing career.
The former Strictly Come Dancing professional revealed he has struggled with arthritis for years in his hips and has also damaged his shoulder in the past.
“I’ve got old injuries from dancing like my rotator cuff, and I have arthritis in both my hips,” he divulged.
He explained: “So I can’t lift my leg very high and I can’t open my feet up on the ice. There’s a lot of things I’m limited to because of my hips.”
Dancing On Ice airs tonight on ITV at 6pm.