Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a treatment in which you breathe 100 percent oxygen while enclosed in a clear, specialized chamber at greater-than-normal atmospheric pressure. While breathing pure oxygen, your blood plasma becomes saturated, carrying 20 to 30 times the normal amount of oxygen to the body’s tissues. The ultimate result is that the body’s natural wound-healing mechanisms, which are oxygen dependent, are able to function more efficiently.

Continued, intermittent use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy increases the body’s immune and healing response, helping to halt the growth of anaerobic bacterial organisms. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a well-established specialty and is useful in treating the following:

Crush injuries and suturing of severed limbs
Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency and traumatic ischemia
Preparation and preservation of compromised skin grafts and flaps
Osteomyelitis
Radionecrosis
Enhancement of healing selected problem wounds

Our state-of-the-art hyperbaric chamber is designed with your comfort in mind. The clear, acrylic chamber offers total visibility and freedom of movement, which is especially important for anyone who suffers from confinement anxiety. While undergoing treatment, you can sit up, watch television, listen to the radio, or take a nap.

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