Lisa Riley was rushed to hospital for surgery after suffering 'massive damage' during a 'very bad fall', she revealed on Wednesday.
The actress, 49, who plays Mandy Dingle in the soap, fell off one of her 'extremely slippy' bar stools at home.
Joking that she was sober at the time, the explained that her fall caused serious damage to her thumb, which led to her needing an operation to repair her Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) at Leeds General Infirmary.
Surgery-requiring damage to the UCL is caused by tearing the ligament on the inside of your thumb's main joint.
In her post, Lisa cheerfully posed for a selfie post-procedure alongside her surgeon, Dr Thorton, and was also pictured leaving the hospital with her arm in a sling.
Alongside her Instagram post, the actress praised the , branding the service 'incredible' and thanking the medical team who provided her care.
Lisa Riley was rushed to hospital for surgery after suffering 'massive damage' during a 'very bad fall', she revealed on Wednesday
Joking that she was sober at the time, the Emmerdale actress, 49, explained that her fall caused serious damage to her thumb, which led to her needing an operation to repair her UCL
Lisa wrote: 'OUR NHS @nhsengland IS INCREDIBLE…….I have to massively thank my specialist surgeon Mr Daniel Thornton at LGI LEEDS hospital and all the beautiful team, every single one of you who treated me this afternoon
'I had a very bad fall over the weekend (no I'm sober) no drunk jokes-it was my extremely slippy breakfast stool and a woollen cardi-my left thumb took all of it.
'So today hence the massive damage I have had my operation, surgery, treating my UCL in my Thumb repaired. (sic)'
Friends and fans flocked to her comments to wish the star a speedy recovery and share their warm comments.
Scarlet Moffatt penned: 'Sending love chick xxxx' while Steph McGovern wrote: 'Oh no!! Sending love xx'.
Lisa post comes after she as she opened up about her friend and former Strictly Come Dancing star Robin Windsor's 'downward spiral' before his tragic death in 2024.
Robin, who passed away at the age of 44, was dropped from the BBC dancing competition after sustaining an injury during a cast party in Blackpool, which .
Talking to the Loose Women panel, Lisa admitted that the dancer's 'light went out and he felt he wasn't wanted anymore' after leaving Strictly and spiralled with his mental health.
Alongside her post, the soap star praised the NHS, branding the service 'incredible' and thanking the medical team who provided her care
Friends and fans flocked to Lisa's comments to wish the star a speedy recovery and share their warm comments
She told Kaye Adams, Coleen Nolan and Janet Street-Porter: 'Soon as he lost his job on Strictly, you saw this downward spiral in him and the light went off, the magic.
'His mental health started to struggle, he felt that he wasn't wanted anymore, he felt that he couldn't get a boyfriend anymore - all he ever wanted...
'I just wish that he could hear how loved he was, I said that at his funeral.'
Looking back on their friendship, Lisa added: 'He is my one in a million friend and meeting him I just knew he was, like my firework and my male me. It's been really hard since he passed and it's been two years.
'Last Thursday was the anniversary, two years have gone by and you think to yourself 'How could I have lost such a wonderful person in my life? Why was his life taken so, so soon?' He was too young to die.'
She continued: 'It was a friendship like no other and I said at his funeral 'Why would he not want to be here anymore?'
'With suicide, it's hard because you don't understand why they're going to take their life.
'I will always have him, I said it before, he was my backpack in life, I keep him with me, and I want to keep that going forever.'
