Sore armpits ?

[JohnAC]

Made my first dive this month with BP/W set-up. At the end of the day, I noticed that my armpits were pretty sore. I did not feel like the rig was overly tight at all, and didn't really notice it while I was diving.


Anybody else experiance this, is it normal with BP/W set-up?

 

[The Chairman]

You weren't in a "fake fart" contest were you???

No, I have been diving modified Hog rig for years, and I can never remember having sore arm pits. Can you give us a pic of you in your rig?

 

[TSandM]

Is it actually your armpits, or is it the inner part of your upper arm? When I started diving a BP/W, the inner part of my upper arm would get sore, and eventually I developed linear bruises there. I solved the problem by crossing the straps behind my neck -- that keeps the harness in closer to my body, and no more arm problems.

 

[JohnAC]

You weren't in a "fake fart" contest were you???

No, I have been diving modified Hog rig for years, and I can never remember having sore arm pits. Can you give us a pic of you in your rig?

No fart contest and no pic of myself but pretty much the same as bellow.

 

[JohnAC]

Is it actually your armpits, or is it the inner part of your upper arm? When I started diving a BP/W, the inner part of my upper arm would get sore, and eventually I developed linear bruises there. I solved the problem by crossing the straps behind my neck -- that keeps the harness in closer to my body, and no more arm problems.

Your right it was the upper part of my inner arm & chest. Thanks for the tip!

 

[TSandM]

I like to use a little softer harness than some, too. I'm particularly fond of the Halcyon webbing, although I believe other companies carry something similar.

 

[The Chairman]

Just get tough! Real divers don't even need an exposure suit!

 

[JohnAC]

I like to use a little softer harness than some, too. I'm particularly fond of the Halcyon webbing, although I believe other companies carry something similar.

That's great idea, there is an Extreme Scuba store near me that caters to the tech side of diving. I know they will have just what I need. THANKS!

Come to think of it, the webbing on my BP is VERY stiff. The guy that I bought it from was a hardcore tech.

 

[cmburch]

I have a chest strap on my Transplate so the straps are not pulling outwards towards the arms like your picture.

Sorry, I just noticed Hogarthian. I did this once before in the DSS forum discussing Oxycheq.

I wish this board allowed deletion.

 

[digital_steve]

cmburch - don't need one with single webbing
netdoc - modified hog? explain!
watchmanjc - i agree with tsandm, get softer webbing. i had really stiff webbing and suffered the same thing as you, now i don;t thanks to softer webbing. I got my webbing from a Salvo dealer.