Beth Tweddle visiting a psychologist after The Jump injury: ‘It’s been a long road'

Beth Tweddle has said that she’s currently visiting a psychologist to help recover from the injuries she suffered on The Jump.

The Olympic gymnast, who broke her back while competing in the Channel 4 show, said she didn’t realise how ‘serious’ the repercussions would be until she arrived back in the UK.

Speaking on The One Show, the 31-year-old said: “It’s hard to talk about.

“I’m using a psychologist. I didn’t panic at the time. It was when I flew back to the UK.”

“I realised the journey I’d have to go on – the recovery phase, rehab, surgeons, physics. People couldn’t realise how serious it was.

She added: “I couldn’t even deal with it. It's been a long road - rehab every day.”

Tweddle suffered two fractured vertebrae when she hit a barrier during this year’s show and had to be airlifted to hospital.

Surgery was then performed to take a bone from her hip and use it along with pins to fuse two fractured vertebrae in her neck.

Fellow Olympian Rebecca Adlington also quit the show after injuring her shoulder, saying that the pain was “worse than childbirth”.

Holby City actress Tina Hobley dislocated her elbow and fractured her arm in two places, while Linford Christie suffered a hamstring injury.