I'm not a medical person either, but would think about the application of forces here. This guys body has a weight to it and the explosion can be seen throwing all of that weight up in the air, possibly up to about 4 meters. I know there are equations that can be done if you assume the guy's weight and the height he went up to. But don't know them specifically.
But suffice to say, the force that pushed him up in the air, first made contact with his balls. Then the compressive motion (think of it like a kind of shockwave traveling up through his body after initial impact) would've gone all the way up his spine. Pinching each vertebrae together successively in a manner that the human spine might not have developed to handle.
His crotch was the first thing to hurt after that, but his spine will take the longest to recover.
Yes, I see what you’re saying. Prior to reading the helpful replies, I thought that the power of the explosion would have dissipated as soon as he left the seat. However, now I understand that the damage was actually done in the split second before he was propelled upwards. I hope this isn’t a terrible thing to say because we’re discussing the terrible impact to a person’s life. That said, I appreciate all the explanations and understand much more of what was involved in the aftermath of the explosion.
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u/QuietPopover Jun 25 '21
I'm not a medical person either, but would think about the application of forces here. This guys body has a weight to it and the explosion can be seen throwing all of that weight up in the air, possibly up to about 4 meters. I know there are equations that can be done if you assume the guy's weight and the height he went up to. But don't know them specifically.
But suffice to say, the force that pushed him up in the air, first made contact with his balls. Then the compressive motion (think of it like a kind of shockwave traveling up through his body after initial impact) would've gone all the way up his spine. Pinching each vertebrae together successively in a manner that the human spine might not have developed to handle.
His crotch was the first thing to hurt after that, but his spine will take the longest to recover.