Livvy Dunne ‘Nonetheless Making an attempt to Discover the Stability’ After Fractured Kneecap (Unique)

Livvy Dunne says she’s been “grinding nonstop” since retiring from her gymnastics profession.

PEOPLE caught up with Dunne, 22, at Fanatics Fest in New York Metropolis over the weekend, the place the previous LSU gymnastics star shared perception on her restoration after fracturing her kneecap in March.

“I fractured my kneecap throughout my gymnastics season, and it is getting higher slowly however certainly. I have been grinding nonstop ever for the reason that season ended, however I feel that it’s getting slightly bit higher,” says Dunne, who penned a considerate love letter to her sport after graduating from LSU.

As Dunne transitions into her subsequent chapter, she says she’s “positively” feeling a change in her way of life. “I really feel like as an athlete, I’ve all the time been disciplined and I’ve all the time had my finger on the heart beat of what labored for me and what did not, as a result of even the slightest distinction in gymnastics is big, however, it positively is slightly bit totally different being a non-athlete anymore.”

“It is like I am nonetheless looking for the stability,” she continues, noting that her “self-discipline and way of life” will “translate over properly into not being an athlete anymore.”

Now that her school profession is behind her, Dunne is particularly excited to benefit from her free summers. “I feel the toughest half about being a school athlete for me was balancing my summers appropriately, as a result of I all the time have so many cool, enjoyable alternatives in the summertime, and I all the time do them and go to the seashore and see my mates.”

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It was tough for Dunne to “keep on monitor in the summertime,” she says, “particularly working with going locations and doing model offers.”

Now, she’s feeling a “little little bit of aid” from her former demanding schedule. “However I’ll actually miss gymnastics,” Dunne says. “I’ve all the time been a competitor. I like competing, so it should be slightly bizarre for some time.”

Dunne has her former teammates to lean on throughout the transition, although. She tells PEOPLE, “I textual content my teammates just about each single day. I am tremendous shut with them, and I like to remain involved with them as a result of they have been like my sisters, they usually nonetheless are. I imply, I do not see them each day anymore, however these are my ladies. I like them.”

Dunne suffered her fractured kneecap in March. An avulsion fracture occurs when a fraction of the kneecap detaches due to an “extreme pull of the quadriceps tendon or patellar ligament,” in response to the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

She introduced on her Instagram Tales that her knee damage was stopping her from collaborating within the closing dwelling meet for the LSU Tigers on the time. “Hello mates! Sadly, I’ve been coping with an avulsion fracture of my patella and will be unable to compete on senior evening,” she wrote on Instagram.

“It completely breaks my coronary heart to not get the chance to compete within the PMAC one final time,” Dunne continued, referencing the sector at LSU. “Tiger followers, you’ve been so good to me!”