Improve Healing Process with Hyperbaric Medicine
When your body's tissues are injured, it requires more oxygen to survive and function properly. With Hyberbaric oxygen therapy, you can increase the amount of oxygen with restores normal levels of blood gases and tissue function. this promotes healing and strength to fight off infection. At Kim B Powers D.O., P.A., we use hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat several medical conditions including anemia, injuries, infections, and more. Call our office to schedule your initial consultation.
How HBOT Works
Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure. Hyper means increased and baric relates to pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) refers to intermittent treatment of the entire body with 100-percent oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressure. That pressure is defined as one atmosphere absolute (1 ATA). In the ambient atmosphere we normally breathe approximately 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen. While undergoing HBOT, pressure is increased up to two times (2 ATA) in 100% oxygen. This increased pressure, combined with an increase in oxygen to 100 percent, dissolves oxygen in the blood plasma and in all body cells, tissues and fluids at up to 10 times normal concentration.
Benefits of Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy:
- Increases oxygen concentration in all body tissues, even with reduced or blocked blood flow.
- Stimulates the growth of new blood vessels to locations with reduced circulation, improving blood flow to areas with arterial blockage.
- Increases blood vessel diameter greater than when therapy began, improving blood flow to deficient organs.
- Stimulates an adaptive increase in superoxide dismutase (SOD), one of the body’s principal, internally produced antioxidants and free radical scavengers.
- Aids the treatment of infection by enhancing white blood cell action.
- Expedites the healing process for skin, neuro, and muscular tissue injuries including both amateur and professional sports injuries.