Although a diving fitness assessment is not mandatory in Germany (state law), I would recommend it. It doesn’t hurt to have a health check done before diving. For my courses and guided tours, I insist on a diving fitness assessment. Such an assessment establishes trust and spares you the fear of whether your own body is fit for diving.
If you decide for a diving course, you should in any case visit a doctor who may issue diving fitness certificates.
If you are discouraged from diving by your doctor, consult a GTÜM diving doctor. The specialists of the “Gesellschaft für Tauch- und Überdruckmedizin” are specially trained and can make well-founded statements about your state of health in connection with diving.
Heart attacks or stands, artificial joints – all this does not have to be a reason not to go diving.
Your general practitioner will throw his hands up in disbelief, a GETÜM doctor will examine you carefully and argue for and against your diving experience in a factual assessment.
In addition, the GETÜM doctor can personally contact your diving instructor and draw your attention to any special aspects of the connection between your individual health and diving.
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Meanwhile, people with disabilities have a lot of options to practice the diving sport.
In addition to the scientific progress, there is a remarkable voluntary commitment in this area of diving. The training requirements are by no means reduced for people with disabilities, but rather increased. There is a simple reason: despite possibly limited abilities of the diving pupil, the same safety standards are to be met as with a non-impaired scuba diver.
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