Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a gentle and natural way to increase the level of oxygen in the body to stimulate cell growth and repair damage to cells and organs
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a gentle and natural way to increase the level of oxygen in the body to stimulate cell growth and repair damage to cells and organs
Every day of our lives, from the magic moment of a baby’s first cry at birth, we breathe in the fresh air around us.
The air that we breathe is a mixture of several different gases, including oxygen, which makes up just 21% of our air. Every breath we take delivers this oxygen straight into our lungs where gaseous exchange takes place and oxygen is transferred to our red blood cells and is pushed into the fluid of the blood.
Oxygen molecules are then transported around the entire body where they are used to produce vital energy to fuel all of the body’s living processes including growth, repair and regeneration.
During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 100% of pure oxygen is delivered into the lungs under increased atmospheric pressure in a hyperbaric chamber. Oxygen fills the red blood cells in the blood and is then carried around the body by the blood plasma to be used by the body.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy enables the delivery of high levels of oxygen to all tissues in the body to stimulate cell growth and repair damage to cells and organs.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy consists of two fundamental elements. Firstly, it involves increasing the atmospheric pressure of a client’s environment so that pure oxygen can be delivered into the lungs and body. Secondly, the percentage of the oxygen breathed into the lungs is increased to 100%.
These two elements combine to create what is know as hyperbaric oxygen therapy where the amount of oxygen in the body’s tissues available to carry out vital life processes is increased.
This increase in available oxygen in hyper-oxygenated tissues throughout the body allows for greater production of adenosine triphosphate (or “ATP”) which in turn increases the available energy released by cell respiration. This increase in the rate of cell respiration allows a greater rate of cell division which is fundamental to tissue growth and regeneration.
During the recovery process, it is the accurate reproduction of healthy cell structures and DNA that determines the success and speed of tissue regeneration and healing. High levels of oxygen availability in the body’s cells is essential to this process, and if hypoxia occurs (low levels of oxygen in the blood) the recovery process will be slowed significantly.
During hyperbaric oxygen therapy an enriched medium of up to 100% oxygen, depending on every person’s unique requirements, will be delivered to a client whilst inside a hyperbaric chamber. The chamber will be pressurised to greater than the atmospheric pressure at sea level which is measured at 1 ATA (or “Atmosphere Absolute”).
For clinical efficacy, pressure in a hyperbaric chamber should be greater than or equal to 1.4 ATA. In clinical practice, pressures applied usually range from 2 to 3 ATA. All Hybo2 chambers apply a minimum pressure of 2 ATA.
Treatment is delivered in either a multiplace or a monoplace hyperbaric chamber. In a monoplace chamber, a single patient breathes compressed pure oxygen. In a multiplace chamber, several patients are able to share a chamber together at the same time while they each breathe pure oxygen through a face mask or hood. Depending on circumstances and condition, patients can be treated with up to three sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy per day.*
*Standard treatment protocols range from 75 minutes to 120 minutes over 20 to 40 sessions.
“Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the tissues, is the fundamental cause for all degenerative disease. Oxygen is the source of life to all cells.” Stephen Levine
“Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.” Wim Hof
“Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the proper functioning of the immune system. We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all diseases.” Stephen Levine
“When there is no oxygen, the muscles become acidic and we can't perform any more. ” Wim Hof
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