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Good stuff Wendell, thanks. >From: wendell grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*> >To: Isaac Callicrate <icallicrate@ho*.co*>, SRSCHIRATO@BK*.co*, >OEA51@go*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Re: RES: Re: [E-CAVERS] BIG Bull and Squeeze >Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 23:07:24 -0400 > >Isaac, >I think you made some good points, but there really are some guidlines that >can be followed to prevent injury. >I personally find that I feel worse after an hour lifting weights than I do >after a well executed dive. Sure, you feel tired and a bit drained after a >dive, but after you finish your surface deco, you should be ready to go! >Trey talks about the half hour rule- if, after a half hour, you don't feel >up to a five mile run, then you didn't do adequate deco (or you're not in >good enough shape for the dive you did). >You have to realize that just walking around induces a certain amount of >trauma on the human body, so you are right in saying that all diving >involves some injury. That's OK because your body is designed to deal with >that. Its when you overwhelm your body's ability to cope with injury that >you get into trouble. >In terms of deciding whether or not a particular ache or pain is DCI, there >are a number of ground rule that can be applied. However, I think a more >rational approach is that if it goes away, then sit back and analyse >what happened. Take the pain and use it as a warning that you did >something wrong. Maybe it was DCI, maybe it was overstressing joints that >you hadn't adequately trained before the dive. Think it through, talk to a >medical advisor if you're not sure, then modify your training or deco >procedures to prevent it from happening again. >Wendell > > > > > >Ever feel tired on a dive? > >More so than equivalent surface exercise? Where to draw the line between > >normal post dive exhaustion cause (dehydration, exercise, CO2, Gas >Exchange, > >body temperature) and possible bubble injury? I think most divers base it >on > >symptom resolution (take a nap and feel better). Unfortunately if it was >DCI > >than you are behind the clock. I think it is the same with aches and mild > >pains. It might be DCI, but if it resolves without recompression than how >do > >you know? I think it boils down to diving to a level of risk you are > >educated enough to make a decision about. Without the access to doppler, > >hyperbaric oxygen, and an intensive care support structure we are >increasing > >risk significantly. The best you can do to minimize that permanent risk >is > >if you think you might have a pressure injury, don't wait, call the > >appropriate authority. All divers should be insured for, encouraged to >use > >and have access to hyperbaric treatment. I hope I gave you some answer in > >there somewhere. > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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