After A Year In Space, Scott Kelly’s Body Is Going Through Something Gruesome
Crushing Pressure
All of his joints were feeling the intense crushing pressure of our gravitational pull, giving him the sensation of being tortured. Not only that, but anytime he stood up his legs felt like they were going to explode,”I struggle to get up… At every stage I feel like I’m fighting through quicksand. When I’m finally vertical, the pain in my legs is awful, and on top of that pain I feel a sensation that’s even more alarming: it feels as though all the blood in my body is rushing to my legs, like the sensation of the blood rushing to your head when you do a handstand, but in reverse.”
