The “Star Treck” veteran spoke about shoulder surgery to repair an injury he suffered late last year when he fell from a horse.
William Shatner recently revealed that he suffered an injury to his right shoulder late last year after falling from one of his horses and that he would have to undergo surgery.
During the 53rd annual edition of the Saturn Awards, from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, in California, USA, last Sunday, Shatner spoke about the riding incident while accepting the Hall of Fame award on behalf of the “Star Trek” franchise.
According to a report from Page Six, while describing the accident to the press, the actor — who turns 95 on March 22 — said he felt “old, tired and a little sore.”
“I ride horses that can compete in equine skills, which involve fast descents and sudden stops,” he explained. “And the horse I had, I fell off,” he said, adding that the animal “had a habit of going a bit too far, about fifteen centimeters to the side.”
According to the veteran actor, not even his stunt skills prevented him from getting hurt; “I’m not a young stuntman anymore. I started to roll, but I hit my shoulder on the ground. So I injured my shoulder.”
Shatner told the journalists present that he was scheduled to undergo a “new type of shoulder surgery called some kind of reverse surgery” on March 11.
“You put the head of the femur into the socket and the socket into the prosthesis, and you walk out 10 hours later without pain,” he explained. “So that’s what I’m heading toward.”
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