Aging and Diving

DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.

Four divers in dive gear float next to a dive boat

Facial Baroparesis

DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.

Divers hold onto a line and make a safety stop

Lobster Mini Season

DAN medics and researchers answer your questions about dive medicine.

Dive swims toward school of fish

Joint Pain and Diving

Your effort to relieve joint pain involves achieving neutral buoyancy, but that requires some physical exertion.  Additionally, nr-axSpa often progresses into ankylosing spondylitis with inflammation where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules enter the bone, which can lead to spinal fusion and reduced mobility.

having back pain