| I'm assuming you'll be looking into taking up a personal injury claim against the other driver. If so, I'd be reluctant to engage in any activity which his/her insurance company might use as evidence that your injuries are less serious than your medical referee assesses them to be.
When I was knocked from my bike 10 years ago, the PI claim took more than a year to settle; and this is no bad thing as it can take some time to assess the long-term effects of an injury like this.
Diving itself can be fairly stress-free on the body; it's the lugging around of the kit that would preclude someone with a serious whiplash injury from engaging in it. I wouldn't rush it.
If you do engage a solicitor, make sure he or she is a PI specialist and not one of these ambulance-chasing cowboys that advertise on day-time TV alongside the Ocean Finance ads. |