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| Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman
I don't quite get this. In order to have good trim and therefore be able to move efficiently in the water you have to hold your head back to be able to see where you are going.
The alternative is to adopt the attitude of a sea horse and we all know how inefficient that is for a diver.
I hold the position you describe as wrong but do not suffer from neck strain nor headaches so I cannot see how it's related. The causes of the headaches and fatigue are much more likely to be CO2 retention and inefficent offgassing procedures as already advised.
Rgrds
Mal
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Velly intelesting
I was talking to a very experienced (34 yrs diving & deep) diving mate a while back about this, horizontal and neck strain etc. He said, while horizontal (great trim) is important on the stops you have to be at a bit of a tilt in order to see when actually on the wreck (or whatever). I think the main point will be "a bit of a tilt" as in still nicely in line, just slightly tilted, as opposed to the "seahorse" position you mention.
I'm guessing it also only applies when facing down is not ideal. Certainly I'm aware of the neck strain and really enjoy hanging at a stop, head in line, facing down. Unfortunately I frequently feel the need to look up to check my buddies are still there
Be nicer if I could just turn the head right or left but, apart from the mate mentioned above, few buddies are at exactly the same depth or staying next to me (of course I seem to be very good at drifting at a different rate to everyone else
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