Republican US Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said on Thursday that he had been discharged from a rehabilitation centre and would continue his recovery from home.
The former Senate leader was first admitted to hospital on June 14. He disclosed weeks later that his hospitalisation was the result of a fall and said he was undergoing physiotherapy.
McConnell, 84, gave no specific date for his return to the Capitol, but senators are expected to soon leave Washington for the traditional August recess. Votes are unlikely for the next five weeks once they adjourn.
“On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period, and I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business,” McConnell said in a statement released by his office.
McConnell had polio in his early childhood and has long acknowledged some difficulty walking and climbing stairs as an adult.
The Office of the Attending Physician has said McConnell was undergoing a strenuous course of physiotherapy and rehabilitation since he left the hospital, which includes multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls.