Our bodies have an incredible capacity for healing. Nurturing and encouraging this capacity can make an immeasurable difference to quality of life. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a powerful supplemental tool to give your body what it needs to do its best work. By providing increased oxygen to the lungs, HBOT is used by hospitals and clinics to treat tissue damage, increase brain function, and support the immune system. Find support at the cellular level.
What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a treatment used to increase oxygen absorption. During treatment, a chamber is pressurized, and pure oxygen is provided to the patient to breathe. The pressurization allows the lungs to absorb more oxygen than possible in normal circumstances.
Oxygen, and therefore the increase of it in your system, helps your body heal in many ways. Here are a few of the ways this process can help promote healing:
- Increasing Brain Function: We run on oxygen. A proper supply of it encourages mental cognition and computation in many ways.
- Encouraging Healing: HBOT enhances the growth of blood vessels and other tissues. Proper blood flow and function ensure each body part gets the energy it needs.
- Providing Immune System Support: One of the places immune cells live is in the bloodstream. Increased oxygen in the bloodstream promotes flow, allowing immune cells to travel where needed.
HBOT does more than allow you to breathe easily; it provides your body with what it needs to recover properly.
What Does a HBOT Session Look Like?
A typical HBOT session is comfortable and quiet. You’ll lie down in a pressurized environment in a smaller solo chamber or a larger room with a group. Each session lasts from 60 to 90 minutes.
That’s it. No needles, no pain, no adjustment period. In fact, most who undergo HBOT treatment recommend you bring music or get ready to take a nap. The pressure change is gentle, compared to taking a flight (without the startle of takeoff or landing). You may feel hungry or thirsty after treatment, but you can resume regular activity immediately afterward.
After one session, patients feel calm and refreshed. Within a few days, improved sleep and recovery are possible. Treatment length varies depending on the condition being treated. Surface-level issues may be solved within 5 to 10 sessions, but larger and chronic conditions may require extended ongoing treatment. If you choose to look into treatment with us, we’ll discuss your needs and plan in our initial consultation.
Where HBOT Provides Support
Your brain uses 20% of your oxygen supply. When there is injury and inflammation elsewhere in the body, oxygen is drawn away from the brain. Therefore, encouraging healing through HBOT will push your body back into giving your mind the fuel it needs.
In addition, HBOT provides relief from several conditions. The typical association in the healthcare field is wound healing and decompression sickness, but the benefits are being recognized beyond these applications. HBOT has been used to provide support to:
- Brain Injuries: Minor concussions to traumatic brain injuries
- Stroke Recovery
- Cognitive Decline/”brain fog”
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic Inflammation
- Autism Spectrum Symptoms
- Developmental Delays
- Chronic Headache and Migraine
With an extra “push” of oxygen, negative symptoms of neurological conditions can be lessened, and energy can be reclaimed. Patients of HBOT treatment have reported sharper memory, decreased brain fog, and overall relief within a few sessions. It helps you think clearly. When children with developmental delays take the step to try HBOT, they have seen improvements in speech, attention span, and ability to regulate their emotions. HBOT is science-backed, safe, and naturally delivered.
If you’re looking for a low-intensity, non-invasive approach to healing and recovery, HBOT may be just what you’re looking for. At Neuro Health, it is just one of the many tools we use to provide our clients with healing and progress, no matter their goals or situation. When HBOT is a good fit for the problems being addressed, it is integrated into the individualized treatment plan we set up for each client. As a program, our services provide a well-rounded approach to whole body healing.
In an initial evaluation, we’ll review your problems with you to see if HBOT is the right fit. If it is, you already know what to expect! If it’s not, we’ll find what is, together. Give your body what it needs, reach out today for personalized, brain-based chiropractic care.
