Hannah Selleck is an award-winning rider, successful entrepreneur, and occasional model, but while she swears "horses will always be part of my life," she was almost permanently sidelined from competing due to a nasty fall. Speaking with Palm Beach Illustrated, Selleck revealed that she's had "many" broken bones over the years, but that she never required surgery — until 2018. While competing in Calgary, Selleck's horse failed to make its jump, instead turning unexpectedly. Her magnetic stirrups should have automatically released but didn't, and her foot became stuck. The result was a broken tibia and fibula, which required six hours of surgery and months of rehabilitation. As Selleck shared with Modern Luxury Palm Beach, her recovery wasn't guaranteed, and "being told that I might not run again was pretty intense."
However, she needn't have worried, as she was able to return to competing in 2019. During her seven-month absence, she did traditional physiotherapy and also "worked with an energy healer" doing "a lot of guided meditations and visualizations." She shared how she'd imagine herself and her horse "in a protective white light" and it worked: During her first competition back, she placed second. "I consider myself to be very lucky with injuries in this sport," she told Palm Beach Illustrated. What's more, being forced to take time off had a silver lining. "For the first time, I feel like it's given me more balance in life," she explained, noting how athletes "always have goals and sometimes we forget to enjoy life."
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