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"It might be some time before Derek Hough can dance again.\r\nThe Dancing With the Stars pro, who was partnered with Olympian Shawn Johnson for the show&amp;apos;s All Star season, aggravated a pre-existing neck injury during the program&amp;apos;s October 30 broadcast.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I have a bulging disc on my vertebrae,&amp;quot; he explained to Us Weekly as he iced his neck post-show. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve had it for a couple years. I need surgery on it. It flares up and it did today unfortunately. It immobilizes me but we dance through it on adrenaline.&amp;quot;\r\nThe pain was too much to push through Monday night, however.\r\n&amp;quot;Derek&amp;apos;s injury is really serious,&amp;quot; a show insider tells Us, explaining that Hough will not be dancing Monday. (Mark Ballas is slated to fill in for him, instead).\r\n\r\nIn fact, the choreographer&amp;apos;s condition is so severe, &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s likely Mark will finish out the season for him.&amp;quot;\r\nAdds the insider, &amp;quot;Derek is so disappointed but very badly hurt. He needs surgery.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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