Elaine Hendrix is dancing through her pain .

The Parent Trap alum had the ballroom in tears during the Oct. 21 Wicked Night episode of Dancing W ith the Star s after she and partner Alan Bersten performed a contemporary routine to “Defying Gravity.” And as she explained, every day on the show she was defying her own odds due to injuries she sustained after a 1992 car accident.

“I have a titanium joint in my right foot,” Elaine shared during her intro, “so that renders half my foot unusable. Every week, my body shifts into a new pain spot, but I just don’t wanna let it stop me.”

The choice to dance to the powerful “Defying Gravity” was a deliberate one, as Alan wanted the 54-year-old to realize “she can trust herse

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