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And Dancing With the Stars Season 23's First Injured Celeb Is...

Exclusive: Jana Kramer reveals her injury to E! News, telling us she "tore some muscles" in her rib cage during the premiere episode

By Tierney Bricker Sep 15, 2016 5:05 PMTags
Watch: Jana Kramer Reveals First "Dancing With The Stars" Injury

Celeb down!

Dancing  With the Stars season 23 just premiered on Monday, and we already have our first injury of the season as country singer Jana Kramer exclusively revealed to E! News she tore muscles in her rib cage during the ABC reality hit's premiere.

"I just pulled something and it continued to get worse," Jana told us, adding that she "tweaked it again really bad" during her rehearsal with partner Gleb Savchenko on Tuesday.  

"I went to the doctor and he said I had torn some muscles in my rib cage," she said. "He's like, You should probably rest and not dance,' and I said, 'That's not an option, so what else can we do?'"

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Her solution? "I'm going to go in the morning and get shots and take steroids. I'm not going to not dance. I'm not giving up on this."

As E! News exclusively reported, Jana and Gleb are set to perform a tango to "I Don't Wanna Be" by Gavin DeGraw for Monday's TV Week theme, a nod to Jana's time on One Tree Hill. "All my One Tree Hill-ers out there, this dance is for you!" Jana said. "We're so excited."

But Jana's injury could possibly impact their routine, with Gleb admitting, "I'm worried because it's one of the things...you have to be careful. The injury can hold you back, there's a lot of things in the choreography we cannot do."

To hear more from Jana and Gleb, watch our interview with them above now.

DWTS airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.