Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is an advanced therapy targeted at strengthening the body’s self healing capabilities to heal wounds, combat swelling, pain & fatigue.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is an advanced therapy targeted at strengthening the body’s self healing capabilities to heal wounds, combat swelling, pain & fatigue. Here are some of the benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
- Improves rates of healing
- Decreases swelling & inflammation
- Increases the body’s ability to fight infections
- Deactivates toxins
- Promote new blood vessel growth
- Helps remove toxins & metabolic waste
A Few facts about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
- In the year 1662, a physician Nathaniel Henshaw built the first hyperbaric chamber and believed that the pressure could be helpful in treating certain respiratory diseases
- In the 1940s, Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment was a standardized therapy for military divers in the United States.
FDA Approved conditions for HBOT:
- Intracranial abscess
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis (refractory)/chronic diabetic wounds
- Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)
- Compromised grafts and flaps
- Acute thermal burn injury
- Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- Air or gas embolism
- Arterial insufficiencies (such as central retinal artery occlusion)
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Crush injuries, compartment syndrome, and other acute traumatic ischemia
- Decompression sickness
- Severe anemia
HBOT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR MANY CONDITIONS THAT HAVE YET TO BE APPROVED BY THE FDA. THESE ARE OPTIONAL TREATMENT OFTEN NOT COVERED BY MEDICAL INSURANCE.
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- Lyme Disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)
- Firbromyalgia
- Crohn’s Disease
- Complex Regional Pain
What Is It Like To Be Treated With HBOT?
In a relaxed environment, the patient is rested for 90 to 120 minutes. Inside the chamber, the oxygen is 100% and the pressure is about two to three times greater than normal which improves the body’s ability to heal wounds.
