ACKNOWLEDGE THE USES OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PTSD AND TBI

In HBOT, the patient is put in a chamber which saturates the tissues with twelve times more oxygen than can be absorbed by breathing alone. This greatly enhances the body’s own healing process. Under normal circumstances, oxygen is transported throughout the body only by red blood cells. With HBOT, oxygen is dissolved into all of the body’s fluids, the plasma, the central nervous system fluids, the lymph, and the bone, and can be carried to areas where circulation is diminished or blocked. The increased oxygen greatly enhances the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria, reduces swelling, and allows new blood vessels to grow more rapidly into the affected areas. It is a simple, non-invasive, and painless treatment.