Grant Denyer to take two more weeks off to recover from back injury

Grant Denyer will take a further two weeks off to recover after pushing himself too hard by returning to TV too early and not allowing himself to fully recover from another debilitating back injury.

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Grant Denyer will take a further two weeks off to recover after pushing himself too hard by returning to TV too early and not allowing himself to fully recover from another debilitating back injury.

Denyer hosted the Dancing With The Stars finale last night after having a month off work, but his wife, Cheryl, said he was too ambitious with his quick return.

TV host Grant Denyer a tear in his lower disc.

“Grant attempted to return to work as he loves his job,” she wrote on Instagram.

“However after being left in significant amount of pain after hosting Dancing With The Stars Grand Finale show last night, he has decided to take a further two weeks off all work to be admitted to a Sports Physiotherapy Recovery Hospital to attempt to recover from his injury.”

Denyer, 41, first suffered back issues when in 2008 he was involved in a monster truck smash.

Grant Denyer with wife Chezzi. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

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Last year, after winning the Gold Logie, he told The Daily Telegraph that breaking his back had left him in a dark place and heavily medicated, leading to what he believed may have been a dependence on painkillers.

“I mentally wasn’t well, I was on pain medication for long time, and I probably wasn’t aware of the effects of that,” he said.

“I just didn’t have an education to be able to deal with it. I think I was caught in that trap and a whole whirlwind of emotions that meant I was at my lowest.”

Dancing With The Stars hosts Grant Denyer and Amanda Keller.

Denyer’s latest injury — a tear in his lower disc, or an annular fissure — occurred when he was using a mallet to hammer in some pegs in a paddock on his farm.

“We are hopeful Grant will be back to his usual happy and pain free self then,” his wife wrote.

“A big shout out to all the families with the loved ones suffering from painful back injuries and conditions right now. You are in our thoughts.”