Ice Skating may look graceful and beautiful, but it is actually quite a dangerous sport. Emmerdale actress Emily Symons knows this more than most as she prepares for the Dancing On Ice Launch this Saturday with a broken rib.

Emily had her rib broken just before Christmas when her skating partner was lifting her and squeezed her a bit too hard!

“I broke my rib on the last day of training before Christmas. I came off the ice thinking ‘that really hurts’ and the next day I couldn’t walk or breathe very well,” Symons said.

“I had to ring the physio and say ‘we have a problem’. I’m taking painkillers. It should take six to eight weeks to recover but I told the physio I needed to be sorted in two.”