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probably the g-force, or gravity
when you jump, you experience weightlessness, in a sense, and your internal organs will pull or push towards your feet (if jumping headfirst) or back (if horizontal) but with a reduced pressure than from say, walking or standing around.
when you suddenly decelerate, the g-force is multiplied
a short explanation would be it's like the high speed start Roller Coasters or taking off in a jet, except in a different direction. So lets say you go face first: provided you don't eat dirt or concrete or whatever your jumping over, when you slow down, all of your body fluids and organs will go from a normal position (standing before a jump) to a neutral position (the moment in air where your jump-force or how high you jumped counteracts by a ratio of 100:100 with gravity and you are weightless for a few milliseconds) where your body and it's organs and fluids will be neutral in air and float randomly, to a slight pull towards your feet (magnitude depends on your velocity:when your begging to descend towards the earth) and finally a large pull on your organs and fluids from rapidly decelerating (this will be similar to if you were strapped on the hood of a car going 80 miles per hour and all of the sudden slammed on the brakes; it is not unpleasant to most, but if you can't stand to have the blood rush to your head, maybe bungee jumping isn't right for you)

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