Why does one get hurt seriously while jumping on a hard floor? Explain

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When you jump onto the concrete surface, your feet are brought to rest almost instantaneously because the rate of change of momentum is very high.
Hence, you get injured due to a large force on your body on account of the hard floor

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Why does one get hurt seriously while jumping on a hard floor? Explain

When you jump onto the concrete surface, your feet are brought to rest almost instantaneously because the rate of change of momentum is very high. Hence, you get injured due to a large force on your body on account of the hard floor

When you jump onto the concrete surface, your feet are brought to rest almost instantaneously because the rate of change of momentum is very high.
Hence, you get injured due to a large force on your body on account of the hard floor