Category: HEALTH

Emotional mental and physical health.

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Approaches to support divers following an incident in scuba diving, HEALTH, Mental health issues and scuba diving, Psychological impact of accidents and incidents, TRAUMA

Distress decompression to recover from a bad dive experience

Stress (or more accurately distress) is strangely similar to nitrogen. As divers we protect ourselves from injury because we understand the way that nitrogen build up in the body while breathing compressed gas/air during a dive. Being aware of the way that distress can be stored in the body can help to recover from a bad dive experience. That experience may be anything along a … Continue reading Distress decompression to recover from a bad dive experience

Dr Laura Walton
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HEALTH, Lifestyle and activities to help in staying fit to dive, Psychological skills for scuba divers, SKILLS

Ways to make scuba diving easier

Diving can be challenging & exhilarating or a relaxing escape from everyday life. Whichever sort of diving you are looking for, have you tried these ways to make scuba diving easier? Stay shallow & stick within limits Obvious, but frequently overlooked. Deeper and more challenging diving comes with more risks and increased stress, particularly when done before the diver is ready. Limits of depth and … Continue reading Ways to make scuba diving easier

Dr Laura Walton
HEALTH, Mental health issues and scuba diving

Psychological fitness to dive

Fitness to dive is important We can understand that physical fitness to dive is important because we know that our bodies will need to be able to cope with some stresses, like the pressure on our ears at depth, or the effort of our heart in swimming against a current.  Staying physically fit-to-dive is essential. But how often do we consider psychological fitness-to-dive? Because it … Continue reading Psychological fitness to dive

Dr Laura Walton