TV star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Nick Knowles is being assisted by healthcare professionals in his recovery from surgery after an injury during rehearsals for the BBC show

Following Nick Knowles ‘ injury during Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals in October, the DIY SOS star has undergone two major surgeries and is now ‘learning to walk again’.

The TV star, 62, who was teamed up with professional dancer Luba Mushtuk on the BBC dance competition, was forved to withdraw after landing badly and injuring his knee. He had actually torn his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and is now navigating recovery from an operation to repair it, which the NHS states can take up to a year.

Now, he’s shared a video of a healthcare professional helping him up the stairs on crutches, with one of his legs bandaged up under a bulky brace. Next to the video, Nick wrote: “So it wasn’t on my letter to Santa for two major operations – one to reattach my bicep and a second to build a new ACL and mend two tears in the meniscus.

“Thank you to my two magnificently talented surgeons – Mr Ahrens for the bicep and Mr Jig Patel for the knee. Three types of knee brace and one type of elbow brace – crutches – game ready ice and pressure machine – pressure leggings – physio stretching out for months ahead but I want to be walking normally by start of February for the next DIYSOS.”

Nick was injured during Strictly rehearsals ( 
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The DIY SOS star has an ambitious target date of February 2025 to be walking normally ( 
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Instagram/ @nickknowles)

Nick added: “Katie my fiancee has been patient and supportive and amazingly patient with me – the worst patient in the world. It’s been frustrating and very expensive but I’m determined to get back to 100% fitness which I hope will be around August 2025 Thanks for all the well wishes and encouragement – happy new year all.”

Nick was forced to pull out of a Strictly live show in October after he injured his knee. He became the third celebrity to leave the show, and admitted he “played down” the seriousness of his injury before he was eliminated.

Speaking with fellow Strictly competitor Wynne Evans on his BBC Radio Wales programme, Nick recently said: “I was trying to play it down, because I was determined to go out dancing rather than sort of go out with the injury… I had the operation four weeks ago and that’s all recovering quite nicely.”

Nick’s fiancée Katie Dadzie, 34, who runs a lingerie company, is supporting him through his recovery. They got engaged in 2023 after meeting through their children, and hope to tie the knot next year. Nick has previously said that his dream of dancing at the wedding is one of the major goals he has to keep him going through his tough recovery. “We’ve booked our wedding for next summer and the plan is for us to be able to do a first dance,” he shared. “It won’t be a full Strictly routine but I’m determined to have a special dance with Katie.”