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---------- Post added February 25th, 2014 at 04:59 AM ----------
Hey, Dan, how goes it?
Not to nit-pick, but the resolution of symptoms like pain & numbness of the upper arm & shoulder that result from etiologies other than scuba-related free-gas phase issues (e.g., strains, sprains) not uncommonly do show improvement when subjected to hyperbaric 02 therapy.
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DocV
Hi Doc,
Thanks for the clarification. And I will add that when I have done my 20 foot decos on 100% O2, I feel great afterwards-- almost like having taken the ultimate aspirin
In several of my chats with my GUE friends, they want to move a diver into doubles for "safety" as you reach 90 foot dives and deeper---to allow the amount of gas GUE likes to have for both buddies (needing to do an air share from the max duration of the planned dive, and the slow ascent with all stops planned.... ).
My problem with this, for the large number of 90 and 120 foot dives this impacts, is that the safety margin for less chance of DCS from this move to Doubles, now creates an incident curve for back injuries and muscle tears in a large percentage of this diver population...I think that many people that can carry an lp120 on their back without injury, can NOT do this with the alternative set of doubles without potential for serious long term injury. It just passes the "critical threshold" of what they can handle without injury.