The Science
The Principles
The term “hyperbaric” is defined as a gas at a pressure greater than normal. Compared to breathing normal air at sea level, hyperbaric oxygen-rich air will drive up to 1200% more oxygen into the bloodstream and other fluids, including lymph and cerebrospinal fluid.
Super-saturating the body with oxygen drives the regeneration of damaged tissue, strengthens the immune system, and provides the body with greater opportunity for healing by:
- Immediately reversing hypoxia
- Acting as a signal inducer of DNA, turning on and off over 5,000 genes
- Stimulating the development of new blood vessels where circulation has been compromised (Angiogenesis)
- Promoting collagen, bone, and cartilage repair and regeneration
- Greatly reducing swelling and inflammation
- Mobilizing and stimulating an increase of stem cells within damaged tissues and in bone marrow
- Enhancing energy production at the cellular level
The Benefits
HBOT is a noninvasive treatment that can address a variety of medical conditions, either as a primary or complementary therapy.
HBOT has very few risks or side effects and may be helpful if you suffer from an inflammatory condition, or a condition that may be improved when blood flow and delivery of oxygen to vital organs and tissues is optimized. Some of the benefits that can result from hyperbaric oxygen therapy are:
- Healing wounds, no matter where they are
- Decreasing wound healing time through increased efficiency
- Reducing the risk of amputation
- Enhancing the brain’s ability to regain neurologic function (Neuroplasticity)
- Decreasing disability
- Reducing pain
- Improving quality of life
