{"id":435758,"date":"2026-01-27T05:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435758\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:04:20","slug":"michael-schumacher-no-longer-bedridden-12-years-after-ski-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435758\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schumacher no longer bedridden 12 years after ski accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-15497959\/michael-schumacher-health-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have emerged<\/a> about Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher\u2019s recovery from a frightening ski accident in 2013, with the Daily Mail reporting Monday he is no longer bedridden.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher, who sustained a serious head injury after falling and hitting his head on a rock while skiing in the French Alps, \u201cis now sitting up in a wheelchair,\u201d sources told the outlet, noting the 57-year-old can be wheeled around in his properties in Majorca and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Since that harrowing ordeal 12 years ago, Schumacher has remained out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>New details have emerged in relation to Michael Schumacher\u2019s recovery. AP<\/p>\n<p>He is tended to by wife Corinna, to whom he has been married since 1995, and a team of medical professionals, such as nurses and therapists, \u201cwho keep a 24-hour watch,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>With speculation swirling about Schumacher\u2019s condition, with one rumor even suggesting blinking was the way of communication, an insider painted a different picture.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe feeling is he understands some of the things going on around him, but probably not all of them,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher and his family have had to navigate other public tribulations in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher with wife Corinna in November 2012. Bongarts\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher skiing in Italy in January 2005. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, three individuals were found guilty of attempted blackmail against Schumacher\u2019s family. It stemmed from the threat to upload hundreds of videos and photos to the dark web unless a multi-million dollar payment was made, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0m1e9v8dv8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The year prior, rumors swirled that Schumacher would make an appearance at his daughter\u2019s wedding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/12962396\/michael-schumacher-didnt-daughters-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reports a family confidant pushed back on,<\/a> per The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher won seven world titles and 91 race wins before retiring from the sport in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New details have emerged about Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher\u2019s recovery from a frightening ski accident in 2013,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,3760,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-435758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-michael-schumacher","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}