What are the Side Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

If you’re looking into doing hyperbaric oxygen therapy because you perhaps have a non-healing wound, thermal burn, or maybe chronic pain, you are on the right track. HBOT is excellent at speeding up the healing of many kinds of wounds. As with any medical treatment, it’s a good idea to consider the potential hyperbaric oxygen […]

How to Speed Up Wound Healing

Everything we do these days is faster than it used to be. The same goes for how we want our bodies to heal. We want to get back to 100% as soon as possible. But if you’ve recently undergone surgery or you have a stubborn wound and are having a difficult time healing, there are […]

How to Improve Poor Circulation With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

It’s not just your major organs that keep your body alive, alert, and thriving. It’s also the 60,000 miles of blood vessels winding their way through your entire body in the form of arteries and veins. Those blood vessels work with muscles to control and support healthy blood circulation. Blood travels through arteries to carry oxygen and […]

The Powerful Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide is the ultimate silent killer. It lurks in nearly every home but has no smell, no taste, and no sound. Every year, at least 20,000 people visit the emergency room for carbon monoxide exposure and more than 400 patients die as a result. If you’re accidentally exposed to carbon monoxide, immediate medical attention can make […]

The Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Limb Salvage & Wound Healing

It wasn’t too long ago that amputation was the only viable treatment option for severe ulcers, tumors, and injuries on the feet and legs. (The U.S. Civil War alone caused more than 60,000 amputations, many without any anesthesia or pain relief!) Now, thanks to remarkable technological advances, it’s possible for doctors to use limb salvage techniques […]

6 Benefits of Hyperbaric Chamber for Wound Care Patients

You don’t need a reminder that oxygen is essential to life, but did you realize the role of oxygen in your body doesn’t start and stop in your lungs? Other than helping you breathe, a continuous supply of oxygen is also critical for wound and injury healing. However, the oxygen you inhale on a daily basis […]

Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Covered by Insurance?

You’ve heard of hyperbaric oxygen therapy before, and perhaps you know a friend or family member who used the alternative treatment and loved it. You have a stubborn injury yourself that you’d love to heal using HBOT, but you’re wondering how to afford it. This leaves you wondering, Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy covered by insurance? Fortunately, […]

What Is Hyperbaric Wound Care? How HBOT Works

It’s a basic instinct to reach for a Band-Aid or call a doctor when you suffer an injury. It might take a day or a week, but eventually your injury heals and you’re back to normal.  However, what happens if your injury doesn’t heal like it should? If your body’s “behind the scenes” wound-healing capabilities are compromised, […]

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy After Mastectomy

By: Al Murji, M.S., PA-C, Clinic Director WARNING! GRAPHIC PHOTOS BELOW! Receiving the news that you have breast cancer is a scary thing to hear. Fear leads to questions, doubt, and uncertainty. What follows is a barrage of tests, procedures, surgeries, potential radiation, and possible chemotherapy. In many cases, as a patient, you may have […]

To Dive, or not to Dive, that is the Question

By: Al Murji, M.S., PA-C, Clinic Director WARNING! GRAPHIC PHOTOS BELOW! Typically, when people think of wounds, what immediately comes to mind are horrifying, disgusting, and grotesque examples. Indeed, when you have worked in wound care long enough you see your fair share of horrible lesions, abrasions, cuts, incisions, and everything else you can imagine. […]