Shiffrin underwent abdominal surgery in mid-December to clean out the puncture wound.
"Making progress over here…I can move and sweat and use my body which is so exciting!" Shiffrin said on Instagram late Wednesday. "This next phase of recovery is all about getting my strength and conditioning back as much as possible while working within the limitations of my obliques. Long hours of gym/rehab time but it's coming along and I'm so happy with that. Hoping to work into some easy turns on snow in the next week or so.
“There’s a little ways to go before I’m ready to truly ski with intensity—from a pain and a fitness perspective—but I am psyched with where we’re at now,” she added.
It remains unclear when the two-time Olympic champion might return to the World Cup circuit, or if Shiffrin will be back in time for the world championships in Saalbach, Austria, in February.
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