Morgan Freeman has dedicated his rich, distinctive voice to acting. With several awards for his work over five decades, the actor is still one of the most recognizable today. Some fans may be unaware that in 2008, a terrible vehicle accident left the actor with a life-changing chronic condition.

With roles in some of Hollywood’s most successful films, including The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, and The Dark Knight Trilogy, concerns were immediately raised when it was revealed that the aging star was involved in a severe car accident that left both him and his passenger seriously injured.

The singer was traveling near his Mississippi home when he was involved in a car accident. The actor’s condition was “severe,” as he had to be cut out of the automobile and taken to the hospital despite remaining aware and chatting with emergency rescue officials.

According to the editor of the Charleston Sun Sentinel, who arrived on the scene shortly after the incident, Freeman had to be rescued from his Nissan Maxima after workmen used hydraulic cutters, often known as “the jaws of life,” to cut him free.

The actor driving the automobile was found to have overcorrected, causing it to turn over multiple times before coming to a stop.

The crash left the actor with a broken arm, elbow, and shoulder injuries, and he spent four and a half hours in surgery to repair nerves and damage to his left arm and hand.

Shortly after, his publicist, Donna Lee, said that the actor was “doing well” after such an incident. Still, in an interview with Esquire magazine four years later, Freeman disclosed the long-term effects of the collision.

Tom Chiarella, the interviewer, was quick to remark on how the star’s injuries were causing “limitations” in his life. He noticed that Freeman has “lost a little control over his individuality.”

“It hurts when he walks when he sits motionless, when he gets up from his couch, and when he missteps in a moist field,” the journalist observed. It hurts more than it helps. It appears to be agony, yet he never mentions it.

“Despite surgery to treat nerve damage, he was left with an inoperable left hand.

“Most of the time, it is stiffly grasped by a compression glove to prevent blood from pooling there. His pain is a clamp, an icy blast up a relatively useless limb.

“He doesn’t like to show it, but he can’t help but lose himself in a world-ending scowl.”

When asked about his pain, Freeman says he has fibromyalgia, which causes widespread pain and considerable exhaustion.

“Up and down the arm. That’s where things go very badly. “It was excruciating,” Freeman said Chiarella.

In 2017, the actor was observed at a London event wearing a compression glove, indicating that his injuries continue to bother him, despite doctors’ assurances that his condition would heal back in 2011.

“I had nerve damage that hasn’t improved. “I’m unable to move it,” he explained at the time.

“Your hand will swell if you don’t move it. “Did you know your hand moves roughly a million times per day?”

According to the NHS, the specific origins of fibromyalgia are unknown. However, it is thought to be associated with abnormal levels of certain chemicals in the brain and abnormalities in how the central nervous system processes pain sensations throughout the body.

Many cases, such as Freeman’s, appear to be triggered by a physically or emotionally distressing experience.

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