Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (mild)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy enhances your body’s natural healing process through increasing the amount of oxygen that is delivered to your body on a cellular level - to encourage cell regeneration. This therapeutic treatment is delivered to the patient by spending time in the hyperbaric chamber and breathing between 95-100% pure oxygen at an atmospheric pressure to suit the purpose of the treatment.
Both the increased pressure and the increased oxygen are bioactive and have independent, overlapping, and interactive effects on our body and disease processes. The increased oxygen saturations and the increased pressure, allows increased oxygen to reach all of the damaged tissues and helps the body in the wound healing process, whether that damaged tissue is external like diabetic ulcers or internal like the brain (Traumatic Brain Injury). The combination of increased atmospheric pressure and increased oxygen in a total body chamber treats a wide variety of health conditions, and supports an overall state of wellbeing. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) aids in the maintenance of telomere length resulting in slowing down of aging process.
Some Of The Medical Conditions Approved To Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Wounds that are infected or do not heal
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Decompression sickness
- Diabetic ulcers (to prevent amputations)
- Damage from radiation (for example, radiation therapy for cancer)
- Gas poisoning (for example carbon monoxide poisoning)
- Burns
- Anemia (due to acute blood loss)
- Pre and Post Surgery to provide better surgical outcomes
- Crushing injury
- Sudden Deafness
- Gangrene
- Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death
mHBOT can be used as part of an integrated approach to support patient care for conditions such as:
- Post Stroke recovery
- Long Covid Syndrome
- Post Vaccination syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Autism
- Alzheimer’s
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Psoriasis
- Vascular Dementia
- Infectious Diseases such as Tick Born Diseases
mHBOT can support overall vitality and wellness goals
- Enhancing overall wellbeing
- Anti-aging effect
- Athletic Recovery
- Reduce suffering Chronic Illness
please always speak to your trusted medical professional before starting any new therapies or if you are unsure and please read the contraindications list below - email heal@featherandsage.com.au if you have any questions before booking
Contraindications for mHBOT
Absolute Contraindications:
1. Untreated Pneumothorax: The presence of an untreated pneumothorax is an absolute
contraindication due to the risk of it expanding under pressure.
2. Certain Chemotherapy Agents: Some chemotherapy agents, can have enhanced toxic effects when combined with hyperbaric oxygen.
Relative Contraindications:
1. Upper Respiratory Infections: Conditions like sinusitis or viral infections can increase the risk of complications due to the pressure changes.
2. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with CO2 Retention: Patients with severe COPD and a tendency to retain carbon dioxide might be at higher risk for complications.
3. Seizure Disorders: Although not an absolute contraindication, patients with a history of seizures should be monitored closely, as HBOT can lower the seizure threshold.
4. High Fever: High fever can increase the risk of oxygen toxicity.
5. Optic Neuritis: Previous history of optic neuritis can potentially be exacerbated by HBOT.
6. Claustrophobia: Severe claustrophobia can make it difficult for patients to tolerate the hyperbaric
chamber.
7. Ear or Sinus Barotrauma: Conditions that affect the ability to equalize pressure in the ears or sinuses may pose a risk.
8. Recent Thoracic Surgery: Post-surgical changes in the chest cavity can present risks under hyperbaric conditions.
9. Pregnancy: HBOT is generally avoided during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, unless absolutely necessary.
SOME STUDIES
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