AriannaDM

Thanks a lot for writing your experience, it is really useful! I definitely underestimated the tunnel what concerns difficulty, body stress and risk of injuries, it is really helpful to get to know all stuff that can happen in there to be able to avoid it in the future... Sorry for what happened, looks like your options are either to change DZ (I know, Perris is definitely the best in the area...) or to change doctor...although it is likely that any doctor who is informed about what happened wouldn't take the liability to sign you anything :(

No, the injury involved only tendons, ligaments and muscles around the elbow. I landed on my side and blacked out on how to do emergency landing...instead, I put my left arm between me and the ground and overstretched it. Because my elbows are hyper-flexible I didn't break anything, but it took 3 months before I could move the arm properly again. It could be that the shoulder suffered from the landing too without me realizing it.

That's also true, especially in the last session I had to crawl toward the door before the time expired because I couldn't make it anymore...I am pretty that the way I grabbed the door was not the proper one, he he ianyapxw thanks for the suggestion! and thanks to all of you for the help, next time I go to the tunnel I'll let you know if it works better!

see above... after a few days I think I can say that the problem was mainly my old injury at the left arm: the rest of the body feels much better now, but I still feel some numbness in that arm, the muscles are completely contracted and the articulations are still noisy (well, the last one could also be because I haven't moved it for 5 days). And it hurts, but it is better than yesterday

yes, I am pretty flexible, so overstretching might be the cause...besides, what I found particularly hard in the tunnel was the fact that I had to engage my arms much more than I normally do in free fall: because I don't do much RW, I am used to keep my arms relaxed and wide open, and in the tunnel you can't do that so the instructor was trying to make me keep them in a position that didn't feel natural to me. And as I don't have much strength in my arms and shoulders + I had this arm injury some time ago, I guess it was just too much for me and my left arm...

Thanks Adam! Day 4: pain in the neck and back has started healing, whereas I am still unable to move my arms...especially the left one, I think there might be a problem with some nerve or ligament indeed because it feels too strange (yes, I think numbness is the right word). Besides, I injured that arm in a landing a couple of years ago...it was nothing too serious, but it took a while and a lot of physiotherapy before ligaments, tendons and muscles completely recovered, and that could be the reason why the arm has been affected by the tunnel so much. Well, at least today I can stand up, whereas yesterday was even worse than the day before I definitely think I have to do some fitness training before I enter a wind tunnel again...

Thanks a lot for your reply, that reassures me a bit. Thing is, I was prepared for the unbelievable muscles pain, but this noise in the shoulder joints and the feeling of not being able to move them made me worry a little bit. I'll see how it goes in the next few days, for today I am stuck in bed because of the incredible twinges. Thanks again!

Hi guys, I just registered to this website to ask an opinion about my wind tunnel experience. Last Saturday I went for the first time to indoor skydiving (I am a skydiver with 90 jumps). I did 3x 1.40 minutes (thus a total of circa 5 minutes) and the day after my arms and neck muscles were hurting as hell. I couldn't lift my arms at all. Today the muscles pain is going a bit better, but I have noticed that the actual problem and source of pain is that my shoulder articulation doesn't feel right (as if the shoulder would come out) and it is noisy for every small movement. Is it possible that I semi-dislocated my shoulder or something like that just by taking 5 minutes of wind tunnel?? I never had shoulder injuries before, not a single problem. I will rest today, and if tomorrow it doesn't get better I'll go to the doctor. Thanks in advance for any advice, Arianna