Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
In healthy people oxygen reduces the effect of aging, and helps detoxify the body. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) promotes recovery from injuries by reducing swelling, inflammation, pain and oxygenating damaged tissues. It reduces the need for pain medications and helps clear the body of byproducts.
In addition, new evidence suggests that hyperbaric oxygen therapy stimulates an increase in the production and release of stem cells.
Oxygen massage
Massage is widely used to alleviate pain and facilitate recovery from muscle injury. Inhalation of 100% medical grade oxygen during massage therapy further decreases edema and attenuates the inflammatory response to the muscle injury. Coupled with increased oxygen delivery to the injured muscle, the overall effect is decreased muscle soreness and enhanced muscle repair.
Wound care
Advanced wound care at BaroMedical offers a selection of the most progressive and effective wound dressings to accelerate healing, minimize pain and reduce the need for pain medication.
Wound care is very efficient when used in combination with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and/or electrical stimulation. The stages of wound healing progress more quickly in an enriched oxygen environment.
Acute wounds in a healthy person, such as those due to trauma or surgery, follow stages of inflammation, proliferation and maturation. Hyperbaric oxygen has distinct beneficial effects in every stage that promotes healing. Initially, inflammation, swelling and pain are reduced via vasoconstriction, while an elevated level of oxygen directly aids in initiating healing while reducing scarring.
Oxygen stimulates the release of growth factors and the proliferation of neutrophils and fibroblasts. These cells are involved in wound healing and collagen synthesis, a major component of connective tissue.
Oxygen encourages the budding and growth of new blood vessels - a process known as angiogenesis, which further improves tissue granulation and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used both as a preventive and interventional therapy for wounds and infections in people with poor circulation or systemic disease (diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus). HBOT is especially helpful in cases where a wound has become chronic; these non-healing wounds are not an uncommon complication of diabetes mellitus.
