Diving and RSI

[ScubaJorgen]

I am suffering RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) because I am working a lot with computers. It ain't that bad that I have to quit working and I can live with it by taking precautions.

I report scuba diving has a positive influence on my RSI! Relieve from pain right after the dive.

I think this is peculiar :bonk:. The only reason I can think of why diving should influence RSI is that diving is extremely relaxing. Stress is one of the major factors in RSI. But I wonder if that results in immediate relief from pain.

(In my case, sport is another big positive influence. But then, enhanced blood perfusion (removal of waste product in the muscles) can be indicated as reason for this influence)

I wonder if there are any other of you reporting influence (positive or negative) of scuba diving on RSI.

 

[JT2]

I suffer from joint pain in several places, and it almost always gets better when I am diving, or at least when I get under the water but once I surface the pain always returns. I have had doctors tell me it is probably a combination of weightlessness which relieves the force of ones own body weight on the affected areas, and pressure which may also in some way help to actually cradle the body and support it evenly. I do not know if this is why it feels better when I dive or not, but it makes sense to me.

 

[sarahboo]

I always feel beter after diving.
Ive got rsi in my right hand/wrist. I always put it down to the pressure. My hand feels better when its tight in it brance/support. So that made sence to me

 

[blacknet]

Hello,

Many moons ago I had tendonitis in both arms, from my spine to my fingers. It hurt real bad! Durring and after diving it was better. The only somewhat logical reasoning I received was the temperature and the Partial pressure of o2. I suspect it's the same reason that hyperbarics is used to accelerate wound healing.

Ed