T.J. Holmes shares worrying health update after enduring severe pain: 'Hard words to hear'

T.J. Holmes has revealed helium has damaged a ligament successful his limb aft participating successful the New York City marathon with spouse Amy Robach. 

The erstwhile Good Morning America host, 47, and Robach, 51, completed the epic 26.2 mile journey across each 5 boroughs successful 4 hours, 14 minutes and 39 seconds.

However, the podcaster has revealed helium has been suffering with 'severe' symptom since participating successful the long-distance race. 

He decided to sojourn a doc and recovered retired that helium would person to deterioration a brace for the next six weeks arsenic helium recovers from the injury. 

X-ray images from his session sojourn showed harm connected the close broadside of his near ft and ankle. 

'Damn. DAMN. DAMN!!! Hard words for a runner (like me) to hear: "You request to halt running". 

'Post-marathon symptom got terrible capable that I went backmost to the doc who tells maine I perchance person a ligament tear… oregon a ligament strain, astatine best. He enactment maine successful a brace and told maine not to tally for the adjacent 4 to six weeks. 

'Guess that gives maine capable clip to get acceptable for #NYCMarathon2025,' Holmes captioned the bid yesterday. 

Within hours, legions of his fans came unneurotic to nonstop him champion wishes and shared their ain wounded stories - with galore advising him to travel the doctor's orders. 

'Oh bummer truthful sorry! It’s decidedly hard not to beryllium capable to run! Hope you heal quickly,' 1 prayed. 

While different quipped: 'Man…..you’d amended perceive to your Doc. I continued to locomotion connected factual aft they told maine to stop. Cartilage GONE!!! Had to get the full genu replaced. Be safe.'

One instrumentality besides shared: 'My lone proposition is perceive to your doctor. I didn't. I'm 65 now, and astatine 25 my orthopedic doc told maine to stop. I didn't halt until I was 50 and the genu was wholly shot. My titanium genu doesn't similar to run, damnit.'

'Get good soon!! And please, really travel the doctor's proposal and instructions to the letter. They archer you what they bash for a reason,' different added. 

'Wishing a speedy betterment TJ. I'm affirmative you volition beryllium moving again precise soon!,' 1 well-wisher besides said. 

Two days aft the marathon, Holmes had besides posted a photograph of him and his erstwhile Good Morning America cohost looking perfectly exhausted, Robach with her caput successful her hands. 

'How we got from the starting enactment to this… connected a marathon time that included a adjacent repetition disaster, tons of Twizzlers, iPhone chafing, hanging with Gov. Hochul, and vomiting. Lots and tons of [vomiting emoji],' Holmes captioned the photo.

Robach - who was fired from ABC on with her boyfriend past twelvemonth aft their matter was exposed by DailyMail.com - besides took to Instagram and shared immoderate much joyous photos, including her and Holmes clutching their medals.

She wrote alongside the snaps: 'We finished! First 20 were glorious - past 6 - the toughest I’ve had, ever.

'It was a gorgeous time with truthful galore highs and a fewer lows - a immense convey you to the metropolis of New York for pulling disconnected different unthinkable day, arguably the champion time of the twelvemonth for the city: a time of assemblage and unity and joy.'

The wellness update comes a period aft Holmes ended up successful an ambulance after suffering an wounded successful the Chicago Marathon alongside Robach.  

The erstwhile greeting amusement big took to Instagram connected October 13 to station photos and video of himself successful the backmost of an ambulance during the long-distance moving event.

Another 1 of the snaps saw legs and feet portion helium was strapped to the gurney.

There was besides a video which seemed to beryllium taken by Robach showing disconnected his limb and panning to Holmes looking alternatively worried.

He captioned the post: 'So, this happened. Full communicative to travel …. [tearing up emoji] #DNF #chicagomarathon.'

Holmes had antecedently been unfastened astir his wellness struggles portion grooming for the marathon arsenic helium said connected the September 30 occurrence of their podcast Amy & T.J.: 'One of the 2 of america mightiness not beryllium moving it.

'And that 1 was astir successful tears this greeting aft going connected what was expected to beryllium an eight-mile tally and I lone made it 1.6 miles.' 

Robach revealed astatine the clip that her spouse had been struggling with his Achilles tendon arsenic she said: 'I person to say, you person been truthful connected apical of it.

'Every time you’re icing, you’re heating. You’ve gone to a ft specializer who’s done immoderate laser vigor therapy. You’ve done everything you can. You’re connected a dependable dose of Aleve and Advil and it hasn’t gotten better.'

Last month, helium revealed that helium had been suffering from the symptom for 2 months arsenic helium described it astatine the clip arsenic 'inflammation connected the backmost of my heel'.

Robach added that Holmes had been contemplating whether oregon not to tally the contention retired of fearfulness of a terrible injury.