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Danielle Fishel<\/a> is battling an injury as she heads into Week 3 of her time on\u00a0Dancing With the Stars<\/a><\/em>. The actress posted an Instagram video revealing the massive bruise that\u2019s overtaken her leg amid rehearsals.<\/p>\n \u201cHow I talk to my knees after 4 weeks of rehearsals and 2 live shows,\u201d she wrote with the video, which featured her lip-syncing to lyrics from Destiny\u2019s Child\u2019s song \u201cCater 2 U.\u201d The clip shows Fishel mouthing, \u201cBaby, I see you working hard, wanna let you know I\u2019m proud, let you know that I admire what you do, don\u2019t know if I need to reassure you, my life would be purposeless without you.\u201d<\/p>\n To put fans\u2019 minds at ease, she captioned the video, \u201cI promise my leg feels better than it looks.\u201d<\/p>\n Her fellow Season 28 contestant Elaine Hendrix<\/a> jumped into the comments section to write, \u201cHealing healing healing LOVE to that leg!!!!!<\/p>\n \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n .\u201d<\/p>\n During the September 23 episode<\/a> of\u00a0DWTS<\/em>, Fishel revealed that she had a hamstring tear. She ended up getting a deep tissue massage, which \u201cbroke every blood vessel in the back of my leg,\u201d she shared, adding that she was \u201cpushing through the pain\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cI had to meet with a surgeon to see if I needed surgery on top of an already kind of grueling rehearsal schedule,\u201d she revealed to Us Weekly<\/a> after the live show. \u201cTo find time to take care of myself has been, probably, the biggest challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n The competition continues with the next episode of Tuesday, September 30. This week, the remaining 12 couples will dance to songs that have gone viral on TikTok. Fishel and her partner, Pasha Pashkov<\/a>, are performing a Foxtrot to \u201cManchild\u201d by Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n