It is well known in the medical community that hyperbaric oxygen is great for healing diabetic ulcers. We know that wounds of all types respond well to the extra oxygen and pressure from hyperbaric treatment. However, there is new research
How Effective The Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), is a devastating posttraumatic condition characterized by unrelenting severe pain and disability. It is difficult to treat, as the medical community has had a difficult time understanding the
Hyperbaric Oxygen Enhances Cognitive Function In Healthy Older Adults
A wonderful new study was just published on how hyperbaric oxygen enhances cognitive function in healthy older adults. What I love about this study is that it shows that hyperbaric treatment isn’t just for treating disease; it helps us potentially
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for Post-Surgical Patients
I love seeing post-surgical patients in our office. They see such quick results with hyperbaric oxygen treatments. We know that hyperbaric oxygen helps in at least 2 ways: reduces inflammation and increases oxygen in the body. This helps healing on
How does Hyperbaric Oxygen work?
A new patient came in a few weeks ago, when the hyperbaric place they had been using closed down for the pandemic. Every office is slightly different in the way that they treat patients and so it is not uncommon
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Concussion
Let’s talk about concussions. A concussion is a mild brain injury from some form of trauma to the head. We typically associate it with sports injuries like football, soccer, or boxing, but it can also happen from falling and hitting
Oxygen Therapy Reduce Inflammation And Joint Pain In Rheumatoid Arthritis
One of the ways through which we understand how Hyperbaric oxygen works is as an anti-inflammatory. There have been numerous studies, using different blood tests and parameters that can specifically show how hyperbaric oxygen lowers multiple inflammatory markers in the
Research on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
I came across this article as I was perusing the research on hyperbarics this week. Earlier this year, the National Brain Injury Rescue and Rehabilitation study was founded to address, among other things, if Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy was helpful for
The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of chronic illness and death in this country. Most of us over age 40 get our cholesterol checked yearly and that is the extent of our approach to cardiac care until we
Hyperbaric Oxygen Helps To Reduce Inflammation
One of the ways that hyperbaric oxygen heals is by reducing inflammation. We feel like this is evident in wound healing and cancer. One of the things we don’t necessarily think about is osteoporosis and the accompanying inflammation. Most of