Hi Dr Deco,
I would really like some help with this one.
I am currently suffering from clicking and popping in most of my joints having recently finished up work as a commercial diver. Last year I suffered DCI while diving to around 40 meters. If you need more details I can provide them. I was experiencing discomfort in many joints when I took myself into hospital. During a 5 hour re-compression session in the hyperbaric chamber my joints began to click and pop as they loosened up and the pain began to subside. (Should I have been in for a second soaking for 2 and a half hours?) This clicking and cracking in my joints gradually got worse in the following weeks. Do you know why this is? The majority of these symptoms eventually passed. I returned to diving this year and after a time these symptoms began to reappear. I have since resigned. When I did, I was expecting these symptoms to go away, they did in fact get worse - to the point that I was experiencing pain in my joints in the following weeks. The pain has susided but the clicking and popping hasn't yet. Do you know what is happening? Is there a name for it? What damage has been done? Why did this happen in the first place and why had it returned with diving? I am concerned that my days as a diver are limited to very easy recreational dives.
Regards
Diver X
I would really like some help with this one.
I am currently suffering from clicking and popping in most of my joints having recently finished up work as a commercial diver. Last year I suffered DCI while diving to around 40 meters. If you need more details I can provide them. I was experiencing discomfort in many joints when I took myself into hospital. During a 5 hour re-compression session in the hyperbaric chamber my joints began to click and pop as they loosened up and the pain began to subside. (Should I have been in for a second soaking for 2 and a half hours?) This clicking and cracking in my joints gradually got worse in the following weeks. Do you know why this is? The majority of these symptoms eventually passed. I returned to diving this year and after a time these symptoms began to reappear. I have since resigned. When I did, I was expecting these symptoms to go away, they did in fact get worse - to the point that I was experiencing pain in my joints in the following weeks. The pain has susided but the clicking and popping hasn't yet. Do you know what is happening? Is there a name for it? What damage has been done? Why did this happen in the first place and why had it returned with diving? I am concerned that my days as a diver are limited to very easy recreational dives.
Regards
Diver X