During HBO Therapy, you will be seated in a pressurized chamber that delivers more oxygen than usual. During the therapy, you may read a book while sitting comfortably in the chamber. It is likely that you will not feel anything more than your ears popping similar to in an airplane (some people don’t even notice that).
Benefits
Wound healing
The wound healing process is complex and is also influenced by many factors. With HBOT, oxygen stimulates new vessel growth, improving
scar tissue regeneration and reduces healing time.
Defend Against Infections
Natural barriers and the immune system defend the body against organisms that can cause infection. Hyperbaric Oxygen enhances the body’s natural immune defences to fight infection and bacteria.
Reduces Swelling and Inflammation Around Wounds
With the increase of oxygen content in the blood, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy reduces swelling and inflammation around the wounds.
Scar Tissue Rehabilitation
A decrease in oxygen impairs tissue regeneration, causing healing to take longer and affects its quality, which in turn greatly decreases its strength. Healing occurs faster and stronger when treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy due to the availability of oxygen during the process.
Enhances White Blood Cells Ability
When the body is short of oxygen, white blood cells’ function is diminished. The increase in oxygen supply offered by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy assists in bacterial killing through improving the function of leukocytes, a type of white blood cell.
Promotes Greater Tissue Strength
Oxygen delivered by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy reaches the areas of damage / injury with greater efficiency than red blood cells, providing all cells and tissues with the much needed agent for healing, oxygen. The cells responsible for healing of tissue are then able to carry this out more rapidly resulting in stronger tissue integrity.
