Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a method of delivering extra oxygen into the body by increasing atmospheric pressure higher than 1.0 ata. Hyper = increase, baric = pressure.
When a person’s body is placed in a pressurized environment greater than 1.0ata, oxygen is driven into the body’s fluids (e.g. blood plasma, lymph, and cerebral spinal fluid), allowing a super-saturation of tissues and organs, even reaching injuries with damaged circulation (e.g. damaged area in brain from stroke).
Patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy to address issues or improve health and wellness have reported a range of benefits including improved circulation, pain relief, reduced inflammation, improved mental clarity, injury repair, fighting infection and disease, and anti-aging.
How Hyperbarics Work
The History of Hyperbarics
The Gas Laws that Make It Possible
