Michael Schumacher Recovery: Updates on Former F1 Star’s Rehab After Ski Crash

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Published: September 9, 2014

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Former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has returned home to continue his recovery from severe head wounds suffered over eight months ago in a skiing accident.

The retired racing driver's manager, Sabine Kehm, confirmed the news on Tuesday, but highlighted that Schumacher was still a long way from a full recovery after hitting his head on a rock in Meribel in France last December, per Jack de Menezes in the Independent:

Henceforth, Michael’s rehabilitation will take place at his home. Considering the severe injuries he suffered, progress has been made in the past weeks and months. There is still, however, a long and difficult road ahead.

Schumacher suffered severe brain damage in the ski crash and underwent two operations at Grenoble University Hospital following the incident.

In June, The Guardian reported that the 45-year-old German had been moved to the University Hospital of Lausanne—nearer his home in Switzerland—after coming out of a medically induced coma.

It seems that now, two and a half months on from his move to the Lausanne facility, the decision has been made to move the seven-time F1 champion back to his Gland home.

NBC Sports' Luke Smith summed up the thoughts of many in hoping that the decision signifies good news for Schumacher and his family concerning the progress of his recovery:



However, Bianca Garloff of Bild reproduced the full statement issued concerning the move which included a cautionary statement concerning assumptions about Schumacher's improved health:



The statement also seemingly contradicts reports from earlier in the year that the Schumacher home underwent major refurbishment to accommodate the recovery, per Alan Hall in The Sun (h/t the Mirror's Richard Hartley-Parkinson).

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