new diver screw up

[Dan0504]

So I am fairly new diver, just now adventuring to some more advanced diving classes. Just had a quick question...

Anyways I have been reading warnings about the time you should wait between diving and working out. I didn't know that was something to consider and I played a pretty strenuous 2 hour ice hockey game in between 2 dives. I did 2 90-100ft dives (Before) and 2 40-60ft dives (the day after). I would say between driving home, grabbing a bite, and playing hockey I waited a total of 4 hours. Then I dove the next day maybe 15 hrs later. I didn't feel so hot after I played hockey but I assumed I was just exhausted from the days activities. I have felt fine all day but just wanted to see if I should still be worried about DCS?

 

[TSandM]

If you were going to develop DCS symptoms as a result of exercising, you would have developed them the day you exercised. I think you can most likely relax.

 

[CptTightPants21]

Diving takes a lot more energy than most people realize. It was probably a combination of overexertion and a build of excess gas/bubbles in your system. Nothing to worry about in terms of DCS, but they make you tired and less efficient.

 

[Dan0504]

Thanks guys, Its been 48 hrs and I feel fine now. Definitely won't make that mistake again!

 

[Dr Deco]

Hello Dan0504:

If you had played hockey right after the dives, you might have developed a problem. Hours later is OK. Divers have developed problems climbing stairs after a dive. They can provoke bubble formation.

 

[Subcooled]

After a dive you will have some nitrogen gas bubbles in your blood stream. This is normal and your lungs will filter them out.

If there are a lot of bubbles (deco/liveaboard) then heavy excercise (especially lifting and such) may let some of the bubbles to bypass the filtering, and they embark on a journey back towards you brain or other parts where they could do some damage. Because of this it is healthy to relax for a while after a dive. It is probably a good precaution to leave sports to the next day. These things are very complicated though: how deep, for how long, how much sports, when, feel tired? ...