A Holistic & Natural Approach
IS HBOT SAFE?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a treatment in which a patient breathes air or varying amounts of oxygen while inside a pressurized chamber, the pressure being anything above 1 atmosphere.Traditionally HBOT has been used for diabetic foot wounds, air and gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation, gas gangrene, thermal burns, decompression sickness and acute mountain sickness.Today, we help treat everything from diabetes, low energy, Lyme disease, cerebral palsy, head injuries, chronic fatigue, brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, ALS, anemia, wound and scar healing, post stroke care, post surgical care and healing, improved performance, autism, dementia and bells palsy just to name a few.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Under normal circumstances, oxygen is absorbed into circulation when we breathe and transported throughout the body only by red blood cells. Under pressure, oxygen can be dissolved into all of the body’s fluids, the plasma, the lymphatic system, the central nervous system fluids, and the bone. This allows us to dissolve, transport and deliver many more times the normal oxygen to our tissues and cells.Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves the quality of life of the patient in many areas. Many conditions such as PTSD and stroke have responded favorably to hyperbaric treatment.
WHY DOES IT WORK?
It has long been known that healing many areas of the body cannot take place without appropriate oxygen levels in the tissue. In many cases, such as circulatory problems and non-healing wounds, adequate oxygen cannot easily reach the damaged area.
Oxygen can be carried to areas where circulation is diminished or blocked. In this way, extra oxygen can reach the damaged tissues helping the body to support its own healing process. The increased oxygen enhances the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria, reduces swelling and allows new blood vessels to grow more rapidly into the affected areas. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is safe and effective and provides this extra oxygen absorption with minimal side effects.
10 PRIMARY BENEFITS OF HBOT
- 1Increased oxygen perfusion- (Immediate increase in free floating oxygen available for tissue use)
- 2Neovascularization- Angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth)
- 3Increased white blood cell function (improved neutrophil and macrophage activity)
- 4Nerve healing factors (increases in VegF, BDNF, HIF1)
- 5Wound healing Increased capacity for healing (PDGF, VegF, collagen production circulatory healing)
- 6Stem cell release (up to 8-fold increase in mesenchymal and CNS stem cells)
- 7Vasoconstriction (decrease edema and swelling from damaged tissues)
- 8Mitochondrial healing (increase in size, shape and number of mitochondria)
- 9Anti-inflammatory (reduction of inflammatory cytokines, increase in anti-inflammatory cytokines)
- 10Anti-microbial/microbiome balancing (reduction in anaerobic pathogens and increase in aerobic probiotics)oxygen perfusion- (Immediate increase in free floating oxygen available for tissue use)
A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR ATHLETES LOOKING FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT & MAXIMIZED RECOVERY
HBOT FOR SPORTS & ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
Many of our patients see the benefits after just a few sessions of HBOT therapy. Today, we are seeing more and more patients who are looking for a natural approach to achieving maximized performance enhancement. Athletes and individuals from all walk of life are exploring all the benefits of HBOT. Whether you’re looking to treat a condition or you’re simply looking to enhance your performance, HBOT may be the answer you’ve been searching for.Call to learn more information about the benefits of HBOT sports and athletic performance enhancement.
HOW HBOT HELPS RECOVERY:
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may serve to provide a means of therapy to facilitate a speedier resumption to pre-injury activity levels as well as improve the short and long term prognosis of the injury (Babler and Rhodes, “The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Sports Medicine.” Sports Med. 2000).
HOW HBOT HELPS FATIGUE:
Increasing the oxygen supply to a musculoskeletal system in the state of fatigue activates cellular activity, increases adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis, and promotes the metabolism of fatigue substances. HBOT is considered as a method of promoting recovery from fatigue. (Ishii et al, “Hyperbaric Oxygen As An Adjuvent Athlete.” Sports Med. 2005″
HOW HBOT HELPS PERFORMANCE:
The increased oxygenation allows for many health benefits, such as cell growth and regeneration, detoxification, immune support, new capillary growth, and improved neurological functioning.