filmguy123
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I have heard brief references of professional divers, or older enthusiasts divers with many years of diving and many dives under their belts, having chronic aches and pains and joint issues from the toll diving can take on the body.
Likewise, there is always debate on what algorithms are too liberal or too conservative, etc.
I wanted to separate this question from the other thread on algorithms, so allow me to ask:
Just because you don't get bent on a single dive, or ever on a dive using a more liberal algorithm... could that increased downtime that pushes the limits a bit more eventually contribute to increased chronic pain or issues long term?
Even with a conservative algorithm, will doing a great many dives for many years take its toll on the body in older age?
How common is it to experience the side effects of a life of diving later in life?
(BTW - this thread is not about if its "worth it" or not. Any sport will take its toll, from motorcycling to football to basketball to running. "Worth it" or not isn't the point of this thread! We dive because we love it, and assume the risks in the short term and the long term).
Likewise, there is always debate on what algorithms are too liberal or too conservative, etc.
I wanted to separate this question from the other thread on algorithms, so allow me to ask:
Just because you don't get bent on a single dive, or ever on a dive using a more liberal algorithm... could that increased downtime that pushes the limits a bit more eventually contribute to increased chronic pain or issues long term?
Even with a conservative algorithm, will doing a great many dives for many years take its toll on the body in older age?
How common is it to experience the side effects of a life of diving later in life?
(BTW - this thread is not about if its "worth it" or not. Any sport will take its toll, from motorcycling to football to basketball to running. "Worth it" or not isn't the point of this thread! We dive because we love it, and assume the risks in the short term and the long term).