Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Inside the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber, air and oxygen levels are increased under higher-than-normal pressure. This environment enables the lungs to absorb significantly more oxygen, which is then carried into the bloodstream and delivered to every cell in the body. In fact, hyperbaric therapy can push up to 500% more oxygen into plasma compared to normal breathing. The benefits of this therapy are far-reaching:
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Anti-aging effects through telomere lengthening
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Reduced pain and inflammation
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Enhanced mitochondrial activity (more energy production)
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Faster recovery from injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury
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Improved overall healing and wellness
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Inside the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber, air and oxygen levels are increased under higher-than-normal pressure. This environment enables the lungs to absorb significantly more oxygen, which is then carried into the bloodstream and delivered to every cell in the body. In fact, hyperbaric therapy can push up to 500% more oxygen into plasma compared to normal breathing. The benefits of this therapy are far-reaching:
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Anti-aging effects through telomere lengthening
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Reduced pain and inflammation
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Enhanced mitochondrial activity (more energy production)
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Faster recovery from injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury
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Improved overall healing and wellness
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been shown to provide significant benefits for many different injuries and illnesses. Click on the injury or illness below to discover the treatment benefits and learn how hyperbaric therapy can benefit you.
What should I do to prepare for a treatment?
People can go into the chamber fully clothed. It is recommended to wear loose comfortable clothes. Shoes, jewelry, or any sharp objects should be removed before getting into the chamber. It is recommended that women should not wear long stockings in the chamber, for additional comfort and to prevent overheating.
How will the Hypobaric treatment feel?
The chamber will be filled with compressed air. Once the chamber has expanded to its filled size, it will start to pressurize. While the chamber is pressurizing, your ears will feel the change in pressure inside the chamber. Otherwise, it should be unnoticeable. To equalize the pressure and avoid the feeling of fullness in your ears, you will need to clear your ears. The diver’s method is to pinch your nose and blow slightly listening for your ears to clear or by chewing (gum), swallowing, and yawning; During the pressurization of the chamber, your mouth may become dry. Once the chamber is fully pressurized, your salivation will return to normal. Additionally, the chamber may become slightly warm during the session. One person’s body heat and breathing will increase the temperature about 10 degrees and increase the humidity about 23%. Then enjoy the session, meditate, read, watch movie, listen to music, etc.
How long is the treatment?
Treatment times are usually 1-2 hours per session, 5-7 times per week. The Industry Standard for medical grade sessions is one to two hours a day for 40 days. Then two weeks off and repeat.
Is Hyperbaric good for the Elderly?
Most definitely. Hyperbaric is great for those in their later years. Hyperbaric provides an immeasurable boost which counteracts the signs of aging. In fact, new research indicates that hyperbaric oxygenation promotes more healthy cell life.
Is Hyperbaric good for Children?
Yes, hyperbaric yields positive health results with children. In fact, research with children suffering from brain-injuries and ADHD have shown positive results and great promise. We recommend that children under the age of 16 need to be accompanied by an adult inside the chamber. Children should always be monitored when they are inside the chamber.
Are there any side effects?
The most common side effect is discomfort to the ears caused by increase and decreased pressure changes. To minimize this risk , users should learn to promote adequate clearing of ears during pressurization. Some users may feel tired and dizzy after using hyperbaric chamber for the first time. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy does speed up the metabolism of our body. This can be an indication that detoxification has occurred.
Are there any Contra-indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
If a user has severe lung damage or severe COPD he/she should not be in a Hyperbaric chamber without a Doctor’s approval and guidance. Pregnant women are not typically recommended to be in a Hyperbaric chamber. Users with Pacemakers and users who are susceptible to seizures should have a doctor’s oversight, seizures under control and be closely monitored. There may be other Contraindications that restrict the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Consult with your physician for a more complete list of Contraindications to your specific health needs for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.View the following link for more information https://rebrand.ly/Contradictions
How can I learn about the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
The most comprehensive book about Hypobaric Oxygen Therapy is The Oxygen Revolution by Paul Harch, M.D. This book is geared toward consumers who would like to learn more about how Hypobaric Oxygen Therapy works and what conditions it treats. The book explores the science behind Hypobaric Oxygen Therapy, as well as case histories of patients who have benefited from Hypobaric Oxygen Therapy.
Prohibit the use under the following conditions:
Please note the following contraindications and drug interac-tions to mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
- Bad Colds or Upper Respiratory Infections-URIS can make it difficult for the patient to clear his/her ears, which can result in inflammation of sinuses, sinus squeeze and head aches
- Pregnant women and users with severe infectious diseases
- Users with severe emphysema
- Hypertension exceeds 160 / 100ml
- Severe heart problems or Pacemaker
- Congenital Spherocytosis
- Severe COPD/Emphysema with air trapping
- Untreated Pneumothorax
If you are currently taking any of the following medica-tions, then hyperbaric oxygen therapy should be avoided:
- Cisplatin-a chemotherapy
- Disulfiram (Antabuse®)-an oral tablet used to treat chronic alcoholism.
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin®)-a chemotherapy agent.
- Mafenide Acetate (Sulfamylon®)-a topical cream used to prevent and treat bacterial or fungal infections.
Anoxic brain injury is a type of brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation. This can cause serious damage, as the brain depends on oxygen to function properly. In fact, brain cells without enough oxygen will begin to die after about six minutes.
There are several ways someone could suffer anoxic brain damage. Nearly drowning, experiencing a decrease of oxygen flow to the brain due to a heart issue and overdosing on drugs are just a few examples. The effects of an anoxic brain injury can range from balance issues, memory loss, vision problems and/or loss of consciousness.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can promote healing by restoring oxygen levels, and thus, improving the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the brain. This can result in blood vessel growth and damaged tissue repair, among other benefits.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduces inflammation & swelling
- Encourages angiogenesis, or new blood vessel formation
- Stimulates stem cell release & migration to area of injury
- Repairs damaged nerves
Research & Studies
U.S. Army Medical Department Journal
HBOT in Treatment of Cerebral Stroke,Brain Trauma, and Neurologic Disease
Title: New Frontiers: Anti-Aging Properties of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
Source: Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, Jul99 Issue 192, p68, 2p
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New Frontiers: Anti-Aging Properties of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
New Frontiers: Anti-Aging Properties of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
As the world is becoming more industrialized it is also “going gray.” Globally, the life span has reached a
level of 63 years. Obviously, the geriatric population is growing; so are many detrimental effects of aging:
strokes, heart attacks, dementia, arthritis, etc. Therefore improvement of quality of life becomes a real
issue among millions of aging folks. The medical and scientific world has started taking a deep look into
different therapeutic modalities to extend one’s life and improve its quality: diets, nutritional
supplementations, growth hormone therapy, cellular therapy, and chelation therapy among many others.
Restoring brain functioning is one of many important goals of anti-aging therapies. Richard A. Neubauer,
MD, one of the authors of this article suggested in the late 70s’ that Hyperbaric Oxygen can stimulate a
reactivation of the zone around a special region surrounding the central area of a stroke or brain injury
site, known as “ischemic penumbra.” The diminished oxygen supply to the “penumbra” is one of a few
causes for the loss and inadequacy of bodily functions. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may restore function
in areas of the brain that are hypoxic (low in oxygen pressure) and are primarily vascular in origin. The
ischemic penumbra of the surrounding zone may well be responsible for many of the symptoms, which
are reversible with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), even in cases with onset 12-13 years prior to the
treatment. However, in the cases of Alzheimer’s Disease (a nonvascular, pathological process)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) will not be beneficial or efficacious.
Dr. Neubauer also pioneered the use of SPECT scans (Single Photon Emission Computerized
Tomography) as an objective monitoring tool to determine success or failure of Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy (HBOT) by determining the rate of blood perfusion and metabolic changes in suspected regions
before, during and after HBOT.
Here are the cases that support our hypothesis: Case #1 — D.L. — a 70 year-old female who about one
year prior to HBOT began to notice periods of confusion, forgetfulness, agitation and reached the point
where she was unable to drive her car or live alone. Under most circumstances, a patient like this would
be institutionalized in a care facility. The daughter, however, took mother to live with her. Both of these
women were ministers in the Unity Church. DL, however, had lost her ability to work with parishioners.
The SPECT scan showed that the patient very definitely did not have Alzheimer’s disease, but had
hypoperfusion in the frontal and temporal lobes. She was given a challenge with Hyperbaric Oxygen (3
treatments) and the scan was repeated. The changes in perfusion were striking. These paralleled her
clinical progress. She then received a total of 33 treatments. After 20 treatments, the patient returned to a
perfectly normal lifestyle, able not only to drive her car, ten d her affairs, but also return to the pulpit.
ASPECT scan conducted upon completion of 13 treatments showed that the improvements remained
intact. Two and a half years later the patient is doing extremely well and she has had three maintenance
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments.
Case #2 — J.D. — a 79 year-old male complained of dizziness all day for the past 2-1/2 months. He had
suffered a stroke a month previously and was hospitalized 3-4 days, but no therapy was given. He also
reported problems with memory and pain and stiffness in the neck. A baseline SPECT scan showed
multiple areas of hypometabolism with the main deficit seen in the left temporal, occipital zone. After 10
Hyperbaric treatments (1.5 ATA, one hour), the patient reported that his memory was much improved,
pain was relieved and he felt much stronger with increased energy. SPECT scan after 10 treatments
showed significant improvement in the localization in the left frontal and both parietal regions. The uptake
pattern was also less patchy in other areas.
Case #3 — D.F. — a 72 year-old female who had worked as a secretary for Dr. Neubauer. She was bright
and alert. At one point in time she became slightly dizzy, slightly confused and had a left carotid
endarterectomy. She appeared to be fine post-operatively and she continued working. However, shortly
thereafter she retired. We did not see her for a number of months until we received a phone call from her
daughter stating that D.F. was so confused, disoriented, dizzy and weak that she was selling her
apartment and moving in with her. Because of this change, we had D.F. come in for SPECT scanning.
Subsequently she had four Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments. (1 hr., 1.5 ATA) followed by a repeat SPECT
scan. The results were dramatic. All the symptoms including confusion and dizziness were gone and D.F.
was able to live on her own. She continued to drive her car and take care of all personal affairs. Eighteen
months later, the initial areas of re-perfusion had persisted and she remai ns clinically stable.
Many such patients are inadvertently classified as having Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is
primarily a problem of the young, between the ages of 50 and 60, associated with neurofibrilary-tangles.
They present a specific pattern on the SPECT scan and they are not responsive to hyperbaric
oxygenation. It is felt that there are thousands of mis-diagnosed Alzheimer’s patients in the United States.
The diagnosis is made either with SPECT scan, PET scan, brain biopsy, or autopsy. The terminology of
such patients should be “Alzheimer’s-like.” Such patients are vasculary in origin with many small strokes,
hardening of the arteries, and are responsive to hyperbaric oxygen therapy rather dramatically.
These cases have clearly shown that with the use of Hyperbaric Therapy the lifestyle of these people has
been improved and they have obtained a much better quality of life. Moreover their SPECT scans before
and after HBOT showed the correction of the basic pathology. Additionally, in many other patients that we
have treated for other than anti-aging purposes, the symptoms of aging were evident and subsequently
cleared by HBOT. At this point it is our opinion that in order to really scientifically ascertain the efficacy of
HBOT, the series of SPECT scans should be done before, during and after therapy with subsequent
clinical correlations. The purpose of this report is to present the idea of using HBOT for anti-aging
purposes and to stimulate a new study and accumulation of scientific documentation. We feel that the
future of Hyperbaric Medicine must be appropriately explored both in the laboratory and in a clinical
setting.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease that causes joint pain. Common symptoms include swelling, joint stiffness, fatigue, weight loss and redness. Rheumatoid arthritis, for which there’s no cure, can also lead to bone erosion.
Osteoarthritis is the degeneration of joints over time from wear and tear. Inflammation is typically localized to the joint. Osteoarthritis is the most common reason total joint replacements occur.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy increases oxygen in the bloodstream up to 1,200% above normal levels and dramatically decreases inflammation.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduces swelling
- Decreases inflammation
- Reduces pain
Research & Studies
Pyoderma Gangrenosum Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
[Superoxide dismutase and hyperbaric oxygen therapy of the patient with rheumatoid arthritis]
Cerebral Palsy is a condition caused by damage to the developing brain while in the womb or during childbirth. Common symptoms include lack of muscle tone, reflexes, motor control, and coordination. There is no known cure for cerebral palsy, but it is not progressive. Therapeutic interventions focus on preventing complications and helping patients live with daily challenges.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy raises oxygen levels in the brain higher than any other therapy available, stimulating a cascade of positive changes to brain physiology.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Increase oxygen levels in the brain
- Accelerate repair and recovery
- Enhance neurologic function
- Repair damaged brain tissue
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Therapy-Based Multimode Therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy
When receiving treatment for cancer, HBOT can work in synergy with chemotherapy, radiation, and the ketogenic diet. It may also mitigate side effects of chemotherapy (such as “chemo brain”), radiation, and decrease the recovery time after surgical procedures. In addition, HBOT is FDA approved to treat latent radiation injury.
Some physicians and patients are concerned that HBOT may actually accelerate the growth of cancer. Several recent studies have shown this not to be the case.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat cancer side effects aims to reduce the damage to healthy tissue and blood vessels caused by radiation exposure, helping the body become stronger and fight off the disease.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduces side effects from radiation exposure
- Increases blood oxygen levels
- Helps regrow damaged blood vessels
- Improves immune system function
- Increases the release of stem cells from the bone marrow
- As a chemo and radiation sensitizer
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunctive therapy in treatment of malignancies, including brain tumours
Effects of radiotherapy after hyperbaric oxygenation on malignant gliomas.
Oxygenation Inhibits Ovarian Tumor Growth by Downregulating STAT3 and Cyclin-D1 Expressions
Hyperbaric Oxygen as a Chemotherapy Adjuvant in the Treatment of Osteosarcoma
Lung Metastatic Load Limitation with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Malignancy: a Review
Hyperbaric Oxygen: Does it Promote Growth or Recurrence of Malignancy?
Phase II trial of radiotherapy after hyperbaric oxygenation with chemotherapy for high-grade gliomas
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating disorder that weakens the body for prolonged periods. Bed rest does not improve fatigue of this kind, and the condition is actually made worse by physical or mental exertion. The symptoms include muscle exhaustion, inability to sleep, joint pain, headaches, and difficulty concentrating.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy seeks to relieve general fatigue and pain experienced by patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Relieve general fatigue
- Relieve pain
- Decrease inflammation
Research & Studies
The efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic pain is any pain lasting more than six months. The pain level may vary from mild discomfort to excruciating, and can be continuous or episodic. Chronic pain remains in the nervous system for extended period of time, affecting not only a person’s physical well-being, but sometimes their emotional health as well.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment has been effectively used to reduce chronic pain, especially fibromyalgia syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, migraine, and cluster headaches.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduce pain and tenderness
- Reduce inflammation
- Fights infection
- Creates new blood vessels
Research & Studies
Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Hyperbaric oxygenation in peripheral nerve
repair and regeneration
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Pain Management
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUDECK’S SYNDROME
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment suppresses withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent mice
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome is a chronic condition that can cause serious pain. Symptoms include terrible swelling, burning, sensitivity to touch, and alterations in skin color, typically to purple or blue.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome may decrease swelling, improve blood flow, and decrease pain.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Improves blood flow
- Reduces swelling
- Relieves pain
- Helps lessen skin sensitivity
Research & Studies
Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Hyperbaric oxygen and the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: a case report
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUDECK’S SYNDROME
In Greek, Scleroderma means hardening of the skin. Scleroderma is a chronic connective tissue disease that is estimated to affect just over a quarter of a million Americans each year. One of the most obvious symptoms is hardening or tightening of the skin. Other symptoms of Scleroderma include joint pain, a heightened reaction to cold temperatures and acid reflux, in addition to potential problems to the heart, lungs or kidney.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can accelerate the healing of ischemic wounds that can result from Scleroderma.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduces edema/inflammation
- Enhances oxygen availability to injured tissue
- Promotes fibroblast proliferation/collagen synthesis, decreasing fibrosis
- Enhances antibiotic efficacy
- Reduces incidence of infection due to the enhancement of leukocyte oxidative killing
- Increases tensile strength of healed tissue
- Increases angiogenesis
Research & Studies
Ischemic Scleroderma Wounds Successfully Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen improves wound healing in normal and ischemic skin tissue.
Dose-dependent hyperbaric oxygen stimulation of human fibroblast proliferation
Concussions are traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that damage the brain. They are often caused by some type of external force, including wounds that penetrate the skull and closed-head injuries.
Concussions can have varying degrees of severity, but all are considered serious injuries that should be evaluated by a medical professional. Professional and adolescent athletes, particularly those involved in contact sports, tend to be more at risk. TBIs are also the signature wound of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. However, anyone could suffer a concussion. Sports injures, car and motorcycle accidents, falls—all could result in brain trauma.
Symptoms—emotional, physical and cognitive—may include headache, dizziness, memory loss and personality changes. They can be short-lived or last for months or even years without resolving.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat concussions and traumatic brain injuries in patients aims to relieve symptoms and accelerate recovery by promoting damaged tissue repair and angiogenesis, or blood vessel growth.
Watch this Video on How Joe Namath Reversed his Brain Damage
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Facilitate accelerated recovery & potential neurologic tissue regeneration
- Reduces pain
- Creates new blood vessels
- Stimulates stem cell mobilization
- May reduce cognitive impairment
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and SPECT Brain Imaging in the Treatment of Chronic Brain Injury
Case report: Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Hyperbaric oxygen: B-level evidence in mild traumatic brain injury clinical trials
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the colon and ileum, associated with ulcers and fistulae. Symptoms range from mild to severe and may include frequent diarrhea, abdominal pain or cramping, reduced appetite, unexplained weight loss and rectal bleeding.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used to treat Crohn’s disease and inflammatory bowel disease because it reduces inflammation, fights infection and decreases pain.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Improves healing
- Increases oxygen levels
- Reduces swelling
- Decreases inflammation
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Perianal Crohn’s Disease
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and analysis
Fibromyalgia or fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic pain disorder. Symptoms include widespread or localized muscle and joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and tenderness. Most people with fibromyalgia experience fatigue, sleep disturbances, headache, anxiety, and memory problems. Some also report high sensitivity to noises, lights, smells, and temperature changes.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduce pain and tenderness
- Promotes stem cell mobilization
- Alleviates sleep disturbances
- Allows for accelerated repair, recovery and potential tissue regeneration
Research & Studies
A New Treatment Modality for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Diminish Fibromyalgia Syndrome – Prospective Clinical Trial
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by reoccurring ulcerations, and includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Symptoms include bleeding, weight loss, diarrhea, anemia and abdominal pain.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy benefits patients suffering inflammatory bowel disease by increasing saturation levels within blood plasma and tissues, helping the body’s natural healing process, reducing swelling and inflammation, and eliminating harmful bacteria.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Improves healing
- Increases oxygen levels
- Reduces swelling
- Decreases inflammation
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Perianal Crohn’s Disease
Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Refractory Crohn’s Disease: An Observational Study
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and analysis
Interstitial Cystitis is also known as painful bladder syndrome (PBS), bladder pain syndrome (BPS), and chronic pelvic pain. Symptoms include recurring pelvic pain, pressure, or discomfort in the bladder and/or pelvic region, and urinary frequency (needing to go often) and urgency (needing to go right away). The cause is not known but the symptoms can be debilitating
The use if Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat interstitial cystitis may significantly improve symptoms.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Helps reduce the urgency of having to urinate
- Increases bladder capacity
- Minimizes pain
- Reduces inflammation
- Relieves symptoms
Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Symptoms of an acute infection can include fever, headache, fatigue, and skin rash but the infection can also be completely asymptomatic. It is most common in the northeast and upper Midwest but is found throughout the rest of the United States and most of the world. About 30,000 Lyme disease cases are reported annually although the vast majority go unreported.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy seeks to attack the disease with enriched oxygen, which increases blood flow. Lyme disease is a microaerophile, meaning that it thrives in low oxygen environments. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can directly kill the organism by flooding it with oxygen.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Works synergistically with antibiotics
- Can directly kill the Lyme bacterium
- Decreases inflammation
- Improves immune system function
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an effective adjunctive treatment for chronic
Lyme disease
An Overview of Lyme Disease and
Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Therapy
Maintenance of infective Borrelia burgdorferi Sh-2-82 in 4% oxygen – 5% carbon dioxide in vitro.
A migraine is a common reoccurring neurological syndrome characterized by severe headache, nausea, vomiting, disturbed vision, and hypersensitivity to lights and sounds. Other common symptoms associated with migraine’s include chills, sweating, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, numbness or tingling, and difficulty speaking or concentrating. Cluster headaches are severe headaches, typically around the eye and only affecting one side of the head. They are often associated with watery eyes, nasal congestion, and swelling around the eye.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat migraine and cluster headaches in patients aims to relieve symptoms and help mitigate the severity and frequency of attacks.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- May abort headache
- May reduce the frequency of recurrent attacks
- Decrease blood vessel spasms that are often associated with migraines
Research & Studies
A preliminary report on hyperbaric oxygen in the relief of migraine headache
Normal pressure oxygen therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for migraine and cluster headaches
In Multiple Sclerosis, an abnormal response of the body’s immune system is directed against myelin—the fatty substance that surrounds and insulates the nerve fibers—as well as the nerve fibers themselves located in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
Multiple Sclerosis symptoms are variable and unpredictable but can include fatigue, vision problems, spasticity, walking difficulties, numbness or tingling, weakness, pain, bladder problems, and cognitive changes.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat Multiple Sclerosis patients aims to relieve symptoms and to help prevent attacks and disabilities.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduces inflammation
- May reduce pain
- Modulates the immune system
- Increases energy
- May reduce spasticity
- May reduce cognitive impairment
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis Relapse
Effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on immunological parameters in multiple sclerosis
Pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas becomes inflamed. There are two forms of pancreatitis: acute and chronic. Acute pancreatitis is a sudden inflammation that typically lasts for a short period of time and goes away with treatment. Chronic pancreatitis, which generally occurs after acute pancreatitis, is a long-lasting inflammation of the pancreas. Symptoms include: nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, swollen and tender abdomen.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can decrease pancreatic inflammation, swelling, and the debilitating pain associated.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Decreases inflammation
- Reduces pain
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Potential effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in acute pancreatitis
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited disease characterized by retinal degeneration. In this condition, photoreceptor cells in the retina, known as rods and cones, die. Since these cells are responsible for capturing images, their destruction results in symptoms that include night blindness, central vision loss, and the inability to distinguish colors.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can help patients experiencing retinitis pigmentosa by increasing dissolved oxygen levels in blood plasma and tissue, which may slow the degenerative process, aid healing, and stabilize their visual functionality.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Slows degenerative process
- Stabilizes visual functionality
- Increases oxygen levels
A spinal cord injury is damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal. A spinal cord injury usually begins with a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine that fractures or dislocates vertebrae. The damage begins at the moment of injury when displaced bone fragments, disc material, or ligaments bruise or tear into spinal cord tissue. This often causes permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the site of the injury.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat spinal cord injury patients aims to help improve function.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Improve function
- Decrease recovery time
- Reduce neurological damage
Research & Studies
The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Neuroregeneration Following Acute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves local microenvironment after spinal cord injury
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on GDNF expression and apoptosis in spinal cord injury
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy plays an important role in optimizing athletic performance and recovery of athletic activities. But perhaps, more significantly, it also accelerates recovery from sports-related injuries and surgery, enabling athletes to get back on the field faster.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat sports injuries aims to relieve symptoms, accelerate recovery, and optimize performance.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- Reduce inflammation & pain
- Optimize cellular function
- Accelerate recovery from on-field injury
- Stimulation of new blood vessel growth in injured tissue
- Mobilization of stem cells to area of injury
- Amplifies performance and recovery from training
- Decrease scarring
A stroke is also known as a “brain attack” and occurs when the blood flow to an area of the brain is cut off. Brain cells and tissue deprived of oxygen and nutrients will begin to die within minutes. Depending on the location and size of oxygen deprivation in the brain, a stroke can lead to small or very large motor, cognitive, and/or sensory deficits.
The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can reverse tissue oxygen deprivation in the acute setting and after the damage has occurred, HBOT can help re-grow blood vessels and regenerative nerve cells.
How you will benefit from HBOT
- May help reduce the amount of brain damage from swelling and inadequate blood supply
- Speeds recovery and rehabilitation
- Creates new blood cells
- Reduces inflammation in the brain
- Promotes stem cell mobilization
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Late Neuroplasticity in Post Stroke Patients
Rationale of Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Cerebral Vascular Insult
Oxygen Therapy in Stroke: Past, Present, and Future
The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Functional Impairments Caused by Ischemic Stroke
All surgeries, even those performed to cure or improve medical conditions, result in wounds that the body will need to heal. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy optimizes the oxygenation (and thus the healing potential) of tissue prior to surgery and accelerates wound healing post operatively.
Although there are many additional examples, pre and post surgical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can improve recovery from orthopedic procedures or injuries such as an ACL tear, decrease bruising and swelling post plastic surgery, and improve tissue healing after cancer surgeries. HBOT is especially effective in complex surgical cases where where there is a high risk of wound healing complications.
How you will benefit from post-operative HBOT
- Reduces edema/inflammation
- Enhances oxygen availability to injured tissue
- Promotes fibroblast proliferation/collagen synthesis, decreasing fibrosis
- Enhances antibiotic efficacy
- Reduces incidence of infection due to the enhancement of leukocyte oxidative killing
- Increases tensile strength of healed tissue
- Increases angiogenesis
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilitates surgery on complex open elbow injuries: preliminary results.
Hyperbaric oxygen improves wound healing in normal and ischemic skin tissue
Dose-dependent hyperbaric oxygen stimulation of human fibroblast proliferation
Ulcerative Colitis is a chronic disease of the large intestine, characterized by inflammation of its lining and the development of sores and ulcerations. An abnormal immune system response in which white blood cells misinterpret food and bacteria as invading substances, this condition is discomforting and can become painful. Symptoms include bloody stools, frequent bowel movements and debilitating abdominal pain.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy benefits patients suffering from Ulcerative Colitis by increasing the oxygen levels in plasma and tissues which reduces inflammation and swelling, allowing the tissue to heal.
How you will benefit from post-operative HBOT
- Reduces inflammation
- Decreases swelling
- Increases oxygen levels in plasma and tissues
Research & Studies
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Perianal Crohn’s Disease
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and analysis
Case Report: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) as Adjunctive Treatment for Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Creates New Blood Vessels. Vascularization or angiogenesis is the creation of new blood vessels. Non-healing wounds, strokes, heart attacks, and many other conditions can dramatically benefit from the enhanced blood flow that occurs with HBOT.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Helps Neurological Conditions. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is the only known therapy that can significantly raise the oxygen levels in the brain, which promotes accelerated repair, recovery and potential neurological tissue regeneration.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Reduces Tissue Hypoxia. By increasing tissue oxygenation, optimal cellular functioning can be achieved. More oxygen creates more energy for accelerated repair and enhanced regeneration of tissue. Hypoxic tissue (low oxygen levels) can lead to cell death and is a primary cause of most major health conditions, including stroke, heart attack, cancer, diabetes complications and many more.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Reduces Inflammation. HBOT helps ameliorate both acute and chronic inflammatory conditions by reducing proinflammatory cytokine release. With more oxygen present in the blood system, blood vessels can restrict their flow (vasoconstriction) to damaged tissue and reduce the fluid build up (swelling or edema) without compromising the higher oxygen levels needed for repair.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is Anti-Infectious. Oxygen has the ability to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, while simultaneously enhancing the natural defense activity of white blood cells.
It is estimated that there are 3.8 million concussions per year in competitive sports and recreational activities. Clinical studies show strong evidence that HBOT may be capable of healing the damaged brain.