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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Therapy – the words sound a little space-age, right?
Spending time in a hyperbaric chamber seems like an event that might occur after engaging in warp drive travel. However, taking “a dive” in a hyperbaric chamber isn’t new at all.
Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (MHBOT) is defined as the therapeutic use of oxygen at a point higher than atmospheric pressure. The effects of pressurized oxygen have been studied as far back as the mid 1800s but it wasn’t until the mid-1950s that therapeutic uses became more common. Initially used to treat decompression sickness, or “the bends,” in SCUBA divers who surfaced too quickly, the therapy has been applied more widely each year as technology, and an understanding of our bodies, advances.
What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
Chambers were initially hard-sided compartments that were pressurized to fairly high levels, addressing the severe effects of decompression sickness. However, when patients were exposed to the much lower levels of pressurization, around 2 to 4.5 pounds per square inch (psi) or 1.3 atmospheres, the therapeutic application of HBOT increased greatly.
The mild pressure, via compressed air, is used in a soft chamber made of heavy duty fabric where the patient wears an oxygen mask delivering 95% pure oxygen. This type of mild hyperbaric therapy is intended for use by people suffering from chronic conditions, not an acute situation such as “the bends.”
In the same way that MHBOT can address an acute injury with swelling reduction and improved healing, wounds are also shown to improve quickly when treated with mild HBOT. The increase of oxygenated blood to the wound site speeds the healing of the damaged tissues and patients see improved recovery times. This concept is being applied to many different healing situations including post-surgical care, particularly plastic surgery where the delicate tissues of our largest organ, our skin, are affected.
Spend 60 minutes in a hyperbaric chamber. You can take a book, your phone, or even a laptop into the chamber with you, although Pfeifer encourages people to simply relax, even sleep.
If, at some point, you want a hyperbaric chamber of your own, we sell them, too!
Hyperbaric Pricing
**INTRO: 3 sessions for $195**
(Limit 1/person)
