*This is not a medical question, I have been cleared by a physician to dive.*
I'm taking a SCUBA intro course (just the pool training) as a class at my university. I also have spastic paraplegia, which takes the form of very low flexibility in the ankles and severe stiffness in the legs. I can swim without gear and can swim with flippers, but I'm unable to do anything more than pull my legs in and out. Functionally, they trail behind me while my hands and arms propel me.
The instructor mentioned hand flippers as an adaptation? I've looked online, and all I can find are DIY gloves with plastic strapped to the ends. They don't seem to do much. Is there anything I can search for more specifically, or different ways I could propel myself and still manipulate my mask and oxygen and monitors? Thank you to anyone with thoughts or advice.
