Rick Springfield remembers falling off a stage 25 years ago. So does his body: 'brain damage'

“Jessie’s Girl” rocker Rick Springfield says helium lives with the lasting toll of a gnarly autumn that happened decades ago.

The Grammy-winning musician, 75, said a caller full-body MRI scan revealed helium has encephalon harm connected to an onstage tumble helium took during a Las Vegas performance successful 2000. The “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “Affair of the Heart” vocalist told People successful an interrogation published Monday astir the autumn and its enduring effects.

“I thought I had conscionable breached my wrist, but connected the scan I recovered retired I person immoderate encephalon harm from the fall, truthful I’m moving connected trying to repair that,” Springfield said.

He told the mag that the wounded stems from a 25-foot autumn wherever helium deed his caput connected the signifier aggregate times. Springfield did not specify wherever precisely successful Las Vegas helium fell but said helium intends to beryllium vigilant astir his care.

The Australia-born instrumentalist besides elaborate his manner to People: He exercises constantly, follows a pescatarian diet, cuts down connected his intoxicant intake and micro-doses acid. Springfield, who besides has been vocal astir his struggles with depression, explained elsewhere successful the interrogation that his absorption connected his wellness stems from much than conscionable his decades-old injury.

The “I’ve Done Everything for You” vocalist said his begetter suspected helium had tummy crab but ne'er took enactment to dainty oregon corroborate his suspicions. Springfield’s begetter died successful 1981 aft losing humor from a burst ulcer.

“That was a elephantine connection to me,” Springfield said, adding, “If you privation to unrecorded long, you person to beryllium prepared for immoderate atrocious quality present and then.”

Springfield, who released his “Big Hits: Rick Springfield’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2” past month, reflected connected decease with the aforesaid matter-of-fact approach. He told the mag that helium finds it’s “important to beryllium aware” of death.”

“You tin lone enactment connected the enactment dress, but what happens astatine the enactment is up to the gods.”