: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical
treatment that saturates the body with pure oxygen under
extreme pressures. While undergoing this treatment, the
cells and tissues of the body become saturated with oxygen
to a far greater degree than under ambient atmospheric pressure.
HBOT uses a cylindrical chamber that
increases the atmosphere 2-300%, allowing patients who are
faced with diseases associated with hypoxia (little to no
oxygen) to achieve oxygen levels eight to ten times greater
than they normally experience.
HBOT treatments are usually administered in a one-hoßr session
in a certified monoplace chamber, often referred to as a
“dive”. Monoplace chambers are usually about 32 inches in
diameter and 6 to 7 feet long and are compressed with 100%
oxygen
HBOT “dives” feel quite similar to swimming
underwater where the pressure on your sinuses and ears is
evident. Other than ear symptoms similar to those experienced
on an airplane, the patient is comfortable, and can spend
the sessions napping or even watching television.
Oxygen is essential to sustain life. All
of the body’s major components (water, protein, carbohydrates
and fat) contain oxygen and oxygen drives the chemical reactions
that produce energy. Energy is essential for the body’s
normal daily functions.
The air we breathe consists of 21% oxygen,
78% nitrogen and 1% inert gases. With HBOT, oxygen is more
available for the cells and tissues of the body. This is
believed to be what makes HBOT so effective in many cases
of cerebral palsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease,
autism, chronic fatigue and infections, migraine headaches,
all kinds of brain injuries, elective plastic or reconstructive
surgery, sport injuries and many more ailments.
HBOT is traditionally used for such conditions as carbon
monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, radiation tissue
damage, non-healing wounds and burns. Under most circumstances
the result is an improvement of damaged tissues.
We also offer HBOT therapy for conditions
that are considered non-traditional and currently not officially
approved by the FDA. These include conditions, diagnoses
and diseases such as Stroke, Autism, Cerebral palsy, Multiple
sclerosis, Lyme disease, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Chronic
infectious disease, Migraine and cluster headaches, RSD,
Elective plastic or reconstructive surgery, Sports injuries,
Peripheral vascular ulcer, Crohn’s disease, All kinds of
brain injuries and many other ailments.
