Hyperbarics
The history of hyperbaric therapy is closely linked to underwater diving, which is thought to date back to 4500 years BC. It all started in Britain in 1662 when Mr. Henshaw used a pressurized sealed chamber to treat his patients’ ailments. In 1830 France in turn became the leader in hyperbaric medicine, with Fontaine, a French surgeon, designing the first mobile chamber for this purpose in 1877.
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In America, the first hyperbaric chamber would be built in Ontario in 1860. From 1950-1960, it was reported to produce tremendous benefits in a variety of areas of application, including cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. Over the past fifteen years, the angiogenic properties of hyperbaric therapy have ranked among the
leading high tech treatment processes.
Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (mHBOT) is a natural therapy in which a person is exposed to increased atmospheric pressure inside an inflatable chamber. The typical pressure reaches between 1.1 and 1.4 atmospheres, which can be expressed as 1-4 pounds per square inch. The increase in pressure allows more oxygen to reach the body’s cells, delivering a multitude of healing and therapeutic benefits.
Conditions typically treated with hyperbarics:
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Air or Gas Embolism
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Gas Gangrene
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Decompression Sickness
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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
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Chronic Wounds
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Osteomyelitis
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Severe Anemia
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Thermal Burns
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Smoke Inhalation
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Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
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Diabetic Ulcers
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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
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Radiation Tissue Damage
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Skin Grafts and Flaps
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Idiopathic Sudden Deafness
Conditions that have been demonstrated to respond well to MHBOT include:
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Aging
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Alzheimer’s Disease
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Anxiety
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Arthritis
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Athletes
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Bone Healing
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Brain Health
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Cancer
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Cerebral Palsy
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Chronic Pain
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD)
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Concussion / Head Injury
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Cosmetic Surgery
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Crohn’s Disease
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Degenerative Disc Disease
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Depression
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Diabetes / Peripheral Neuropathy
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Drug and Alcohol
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Erectile Dysfunction
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Fatigue (chronic)
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Fetal alcohol Syndrome
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Fibromyalgia
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Gastrointestinal Problems
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Hearing
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High Blood Pressure
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Hyperbaric Ambient Air Pressure
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Heart Conditions
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Liver Disease
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Lyme Disease
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Macular Degeneration
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Migraines / Headaches
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Mitochondrial Disorders
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Mold
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Multiple Sclerosis
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Near Drowning
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Organ Transplant
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Osteoporosis
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Pain (chronic)
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Parkinson’s Disease
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Pre/Post Surgery
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Protection
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PTSD
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Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Rheumatoid Arthritis / Other Arthritic Conditions
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Scleroderma
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Spinal Cord Injuries
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Sports Injuries
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Stem Cells
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Stroke
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Tissue and Nerve Regeneration
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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Vascular Disease
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West Nile Virus or Other Infectious Diseases
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Wound Healing