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Originally Posted by AussieFreediver
Hey guys,
I always thought getting bent was from Nitrogen bubbles getting into the joints as you surfaced from a Scuba dive too quickly or without de-compressing enough.
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What you are referring to is type 1 DCS (pain in the joints,skin rash etc),which almost never happens with freediving.
When freedivers do get DCS ,itīs more likely to be a type 2 DCS (more serious and possibly life-Threatening) ,that is arterial gas embolism or neurological problems.
So itīs important to have long enough surface intervals and to avoid deep-spearfishing for hours.(deeper than 30m)
after a very deep dive (over -50m) it can be a good idea to breath Nitrox or pure O2 for a while ,just as an extra safety.And to do only one deep dive in a day.
