![]() ![]() ![]() Hadfield said the changes are similar to those one undergoes as they age, and therefore medical researchers can gain new insights into the process by studying the changes in his body. There is value to the struggle to recover. My body is sore and I'm dizzy but it's getting better, measurably, by the hour." It feels like I played a hard game of rugby or full contact hockey yesterday and I haven't played in a while. "And I haven't held my head up for five months so my neck is sore and my back is sore. ![]() He said he is still wearing a G-suit underneath his clothing in order to help push blood into his upper body and head. Hadfield's blood flow has not yet returned to normal either. Hadfield related it to coming off of an amusement park ride and noticing that your "eye and inner ear are telling you different things." The main symptoms of that transition, he said, are a feeling of dizziness and soreness. Well, all that suddenly changed when our Soyuz suddenly slammed back into Earth." It's a very empowering environment where you can touch the wall and do somersaults, move a refrigerator around with just your fingertips and never worry about which way was up. "Without the constant pull down of gravity your body gets a whole new normal. "It's very confusing for my body right now," Hadfield said. The 53-year-old astronaut returned from space on Monday night after spending months in space, the last three of which he was the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station. where he spoke to media via video connection on Thursday. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield said he's "tottering around" like an "old duffer in an old folks” home as he goes through rehabilitation and gets used to gravity again after five months in space. ![]()
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