HBOT - HyperBaric Oxygen Therapy
HyperBaric Oxygen Therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized monospace cabin. HyperBaric oxygen therapy is a well-established treatment for decompression sickness, a hazard of scuba diving. Other conditions treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy include wounds that won't heal as a result of diabetes or radiation injury.
In a HyperBaric oxygen therapy chamber, the air pressure is increased to higher than normal air pressure. Under these conditions, your lungs can gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure.
Your blood carries this oxygen throughout your body. This helps fight bacteria and stimulate the release of substances called growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing and rejuvenating.
Your body's tissues need an adequate supply of oxygen to function. When tissue is injured, it requires even more oxygen to survive. HyperBaric oxygen therapy increases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry. An increase in blood oxygen restores normal levels of blood gases and tissue function to promote healing and fight infection. This increased pressure, combined with an increase in oxygen dissolves oxygen in the blood plasma and in all body cells, tissues and fluids at up to 10 times normal concentration—high enough to sustain life with no blood at all.
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Therapy are:
- greatly increases oxygen concentration in all body tissues, even with reduced or blocked blood flow;
- stimulates the growth of new blood vessels to locations with reduced circulation, improving blood flow to areas with arterial blockage;
- causes a rebound arterial dilation, resulting in an increased blood vessel diameter greater than when therapy began, improving blood flow to compromised organs;
- stimulates an adaptive increase in SuperOxide Dismutase (SOD), one of the body's principal, internally produced antioxidants and free radical scavengers;
- aids the treatment of infection by enhancing white blood cell action.
The use of increased atmospheric pressure for therapy has intrigued many for hundreds of years. Though not new, HBOT has recently gained importance for treatment of chronic degenerative health problems related to atherosclerosis, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic ulcers, wound healing, cerebral palsy, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, and many other disorders. Wherever blood flow and oxygen delivery to vital organs is reduced, function and healing can be aided with HBOT. When the brain is injured by stroke, CP, or trauma, HBOT may activate stunned parts of the brain to restore function.
Results can be dramatic. Patients with cerebral vascular disease commonly recover from complications of stroke more readily after HBOT. This is also true for potentially gangrenous legs and feet caused by blocked circulation, and for slow-healing diabetic ulcers. HBOT relieves pain, helps fight infection, and keeps threatened tissues alive.
For specific medical conditions and treatment plans please consult with your doctor prior to your session or make an appointment with one of our alternative providers, Dr. Andrew Kim to see if you can benefit from HyperBaric treatments.
HyperBaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) 60 minutes - $200
Package of 10 HyperBaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) 60 minutes - $1,800