Overview
- Vonn shared Instagram footage showing leg extensions, electrical muscle stimulation, upper‑body work, and carefully standing from a wheelchair roughly one month after her crash.
- She wrote that she is taking recovery one day at a time, focusing solely on getting healthy after returning home to the United States.
- Vonn said she anticipates surrendering the downhill leader bib after holding No. 1 all season, reflecting on podiums in every downhill and two wins before her injury.
- Doctors treated a complex tibia fracture and compartment syndrome, with Vonn crediting Dr. Tom Hackett’s fasciotomy for saving her leg from amputation.
- Reports detail at least four surgeries in Italy followed by additional procedures in the U.S., with estimates of roughly a year for bone healing before decisions on hardware removal and ACL repair.