Can I get bent in a pool? Terrible pain in my joints.

[muddiver]

Sorry I was not online eairlier because I would have let you know that it is very unlikly that one could get bent in less than 30' of water.

The USN table has a max. time at 30 feet of around 310 minutes. That is over five hours.

I have done working dives for up to four hours in 30' to 50' of water, over 30 days and returned to the surface each dive without any DCS symptoms.

 

[rigdiver]

Bent No. Embolism possibly. Pinched nerve probably.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

You did the right thing by calling DAN and asking around. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, figuring out what the problem really is is probably going to be more difficult.

 

[scubadobadoo]

You did the right thing by calling DAN and asking around. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, figuring out what the problem really is is probably going to be more difficult.

Back pain and pinched nerves are a big/frequent problem and most doctors will simply tell you that you are getting older and that will be 800 please for the bill.

Good luck! I had some back pain that seemed inexplicable last year and it was horrible. A little massage therapy and some basic/light weight training and stretching helped. Staying stress free also helps.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

I feel for ya'... I pulled my back recently and was walking wounded for almost 10 days. Fortunately, it was only a short-term injury, but it was a wakeup call to be more careful as I try to maintain my youthful lifestyle.

 

[jracca]

It seems to me the DAN medic knows what they are talking about, particularly since
you were using 36% nitrox, you would not be ongassing nitrogren at 8 feet. your partial pressure of nitrogen is just about equal to atmospheric pressure .. .795 by my calculation so its nearly impossible that your symptoms are bends.

From the symptoms you describe I might guess arthitis, possibly gout since during immersion you tend to become dehydrated and you are not taking on any fluids. Some forms of arthitis are brought on by dehydration, so if you were out in the sun without adequate fluid intake that would be a possibility, since that could explain the joint swelling.

Just my random musings

 

[NTSilver]

Ditto on the pinched nerve. Tingling in the extremeties is a symptom. My pain was concentrated in my shoulder and was so bad I did not sleep for almost two weeks. It's much better now but I still have shoulder weakness. As someone else stated, it's sucks getting old...

 

[D_B]

Exactly. In 8' of water you simply aren't under enough pressure to dissolve nitrogen into your bloodstream. It just isn't possible.

-Charles

not to mention the fact that with 36% in your tank, you would actually have less nitrogen in your blood than someone who stayed on the surface

Edit: Oh, already mentioned

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

Back pain and pinched nerves are a big/frequent problem and most doctors will simply tell you that you are getting older and that will be 800 please for the bill.

Good luck! I had some back pain that seemed inexplicable last year and it was horrible. A little massage therapy and some basic/light weight training and stretching helped. Staying stress free also helps.

Could you please tell me where I can bill someone 800 dollars for an office visit to tell them they have a pinched nerve...I'd like to move there. In Pennsylvania, I get about sixty dollars to do that from the best payers and about 10 bucks or nothing at all for many.


Back on point, I agree that DCS in this profile seems unlikely.

 

[scubadobadoo]

Could you please tell me where I can bill someone 800 dollars for an office visit to tell them they have a pinched nerve...I'd like to move there. In Pennsylvania, I get about sixty dollars to do that from the best payers and about 10 bucks or nothing at all for many.


Back on point, I agree that DCS in this profile seems unlikely.

Most of my Doctor visits take place on the upper east side of Manhattan.