Hello Shirish.
Welcome to the joys of aging club!
Like most activities this is going to be a personal choice. As far as diving specific risk, as DDM wrote the main concern, I believe, would be circulation issues, not the degenerative changes per se. Otherwise it is the same as any other activity.
I find my greatest challenge is prepping for the dive and then clean up, carrying gear to the site, lugging tanks and the weight of my kit on my shoulder once geared up and walking to entry. Asking for help when available and needed is not ideal for us indepentent types but I have become resigned to the need. I don’t yet gear up in the water but if that is what it would take to keep diving then I would not hesitate to do it.
For the dive itself my discomfort is more arthritic (as demonstrated in part by the osteophytes) in nature and can be mitigated with a slight head up position rather than a purely horizontal trim. And frequent position changes.
Welcome to the joys of aging club!
Like most activities this is going to be a personal choice. As far as diving specific risk, as DDM wrote the main concern, I believe, would be circulation issues, not the degenerative changes per se. Otherwise it is the same as any other activity.
I find my greatest challenge is prepping for the dive and then clean up, carrying gear to the site, lugging tanks and the weight of my kit on my shoulder once geared up and walking to entry. Asking for help when available and needed is not ideal for us indepentent types but I have become resigned to the need. I don’t yet gear up in the water but if that is what it would take to keep diving then I would not hesitate to do it.
For the dive itself my discomfort is more arthritic (as demonstrated in part by the osteophytes) in nature and can be mitigated with a slight head up position rather than a purely horizontal trim. And frequent position changes.