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Jennifer Grey: 'I feel no shame about chronic neck pain'

Published Saturday, Oct 22 2011, 04:19 BST | By Jennifer Still | 5 comments

Jennifer Grey has insisted that she feels no shame over her battle with chronic neck pain.

The Dirty Dancing star, who underwent surgery last year for injuries sustained while appearing on Dancing with the Stars, has suffered with pain ever since a car wreck in 1987.

Grey has since launched Partners Against Pain, a national education programme geared towards improving pain management for sufferers and encouraging a hands-on treatment approach.

"I have been suffering for so long and didn't even recognise it. I just stopped doing so many things that I used to love to do due to my pain," Grey explained to Parade.

"There are millions of Americans who are suffering from chronic pain. I really believe that we're all in this together. I don't feel any shame about it. It just happened. You get injured, you get older, and you do Dancing with the Stars!"

It was recently announced that Grey will appear as a guest judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, filling in for panellist Len Goodman.