Carol Vorderman on This Morning in late May Carol Vorderman was rushed to hospital earlier this year after a freak accident near her home left her unconscious. Speaking on Instagram, the former Countdown host recalled: “I’ve got a bit of a story to tell you about my concussion, which might also explain why I was a bit offline in June. “Right at the very end of May, I was walking just outside my house on a public footpath and I tripped over a tree root, which I didn’t see. And I went smash [on the top of my head] on the tarmac path. And I was unconscious. “I can’t remember what happened then, but I do know that an ambulance came, and I was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary.” Carol explained that she was “discharged the next day”, but when she began experiencing “massive vomiting” and “all the bad signs”, she went “straight back to hospital” where she underwent more tests. “I had the biggest black eye, all, bruises all down my face for three or four weeks,” she continued, noting that this is why she wasn’t on camera much in June, before adding that the experience also left her with severe dizziness. “So, I felt as though I was kind of walking on a moving ship, sort of knocking into the wall a little bit,” she recalled. “And when I was in bed, when I put my head back on the pillow, it was like, ‘woah, the room’s spinning’. So, I thought, ‘I’ve got to sort this’.” Carol went on to share that visiting a specialist who used what’s known as the Epley technique helped her overcome this condition. “I am not a doctor, I am not advising people about this,” she pointed out. “I’m just telling you what happened to me. I’ve had three sessions with her and I am now discharged, and I couldn’t be happier.” View this post on Instagram The Epley technique is traditionally used to treat vertigo, and consists of head and body movements intended to use gravity to reassemble inner ear crystals. Elsewhere in the video, she added: “By the way, I also know that they were playing The Final Countdown in the ambulance on the way. That’s another story, but it did make me laugh.” Carol first rose to fame in the early 80s as one of the presenters on Countdown, alongside Richard Whiteley and, later, Des Lynam and Des O’Connor. Outside of Countdown, she has been part of the Loose Women panel, fronted the Pride Of Britain Awards and competed on both Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity, returning for the latter’s first all-stars series in 2023. She and her friend Sally Lindsay are currently team captains on the Channel 5 gameshow Celebrity Puzzling, which is hosted by Jeremy Vine. READ MORE: 'What The F**k Has Happened Here?': Carol Vorderman Is Still Asking The Big Questions Carol Vorderman Has A Very Cheeky Message For Melvin Odoom After He Confessed His Crush On Her Carol Vorderman Makes Bold Claim About Her BBC Exit Over Social Media Guidelines