aaargh! this is where these forums sometimes really annoy me
It's not about "perspectives" - it's about facts and medical science
Yes freediving can cause bends, I had a bend from freediving.
Main ways to get bent freediving
1) Freedive after scuba - to avoid that, wait 24 hours, or until your dive computer would let you fly. I only waited 16 hours and lost the use of most of my right leg for quite some time.
2) Too many dives, too short surface intervals - follow the AIDA deco tables (which you'll learn in AIDA 4 *). Or, more simply, have at least 5 mins between dives and 10 mins between any dives to 30m or more.
3) If you go anywhere No Limits or get very good at freediving, make sure you do the research and put together a deco plan for yourself.
DON'T base decisions that can seriously affect your life on things people write on forums (even my posts!)
I still walk with a bit of a limp sometimes 5 years later. Getting bent is not to be messed with.
Sam
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