“Jessie’s Woman” rocker Rick Springfield says he lives with the lasting toll of a gnarly fall that took place a long time in the past.
The Grammy-winning musician, 75, mentioned a contemporary full-body MRI scan printed he has mind injury hooked up to an onstage tumble he took all through a Las Vegas live performance in 2000. The “Don’t Communicate to Strangers” and “Affair of the Middle” singer instructed Other people in an interview revealed Monday concerning the fall and its enduring results.
“I assumed I had simply damaged my wrist, however at the scan I discovered I’ve some mind injury from the autumn, so I’m operating on looking to restore that,” Springfield mentioned.
He instructed the mag that the damage stems from a 25-foot fall the place he hit his head at the degree more than one occasions. Springfield didn’t specify the place precisely in Las Vegas he fell however mentioned he intends to be vigilant about his care.
The Australia-born musician additionally detailed his way of life to Other people: He workouts repeatedly, follows a pescatarian nutrition, cuts down on his alcohol consumption and micro-doses acid. Springfield, who additionally has been vocal about his struggles with melancholy, defined in different places within the interview that his center of attention on his well being stems from extra than simply his decades-old damage.
The “I’ve Accomplished The whole lot for You” singer mentioned his father suspected he had abdomen most cancers however by no means took motion to regard or ascertain his suspicions. Springfield’s father died in 1981 after dropping blood from a burst ulcer.
“That used to be a large message to me,” Springfield mentioned, including, “If you wish to are living lengthy, it’s important to be ready for some dangerous information at times.”
Springfield, who launched his “Giant Hits: Rick Springfield’s Largest Hits, Vol. 2” closing month, mirrored on demise with the similar matter-of-fact means. He instructed the mag that he reveals it’s “essential to bear in mind” of demise.”
“You’ll handiest put at the birthday celebration get dressed, however what occurs on the birthday celebration is as much as the gods.”
