Childhood Development Conditions & Symptoms Treated by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Common childhood development issues show tremendous benefit when treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

We are born with the same number of brain cells that we have as adults, around 100 billion. So why are we different as children than as adults if that number doesn’t change? It has to do with the way our brain cells are connected to each other, known as synapses. The way our brain is interconnected, or organized, determines how we function as children and adults. As we grow into adults, so do the number of connections between our brain cells, making us more intelligent, capable of more complex tasks, and becoming more emotionally regulated. At any time we can reorganize the way our brain connects by creating new neurological connections, known as neuropathways in a process known as neuroplasticity. This is especially powerful in children because of the higher levels of growth hormones, but happens throughout our lifetimes. This requires the right stimulus (if you don’t use it you lose it) and OXYGEN!! The more oxygen we can deliver to the brain, the greater the neuroplasticity we’re capable of and therefore the healthier and more balanced we become.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is very helpful for children when they are experiencing developmental issues as a result of imbalances in their brain that are due to disrupted connections between brain cells, or their brain cells themselves are not receiving enough energy or stimulus and not processing information properly. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can be very helpful for these children with developmental disorders by improving brain function through various processes such as

• creating neuroplasticity by stimulating growth hormones in the brain known as trophic factors that connect our neurons to neighboring brain cells.
• decreasing neuro-inflammation which can be a major contributor to reduced brain function
• creating abundant amounts of oxygen within the plasma of our blood to be delivered to brain tissue for the energy necessary for healing, signaling and processing within our brain
• stimulating angiogenesis, or new blood vessel formation that improves circulation within our brain
• detoxification that removes unwanted chemicals, heavy metals and waste from the child’s brain that impacts normal brain activity.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is extremely safe and can help children in all ranges of development disorders. Without enough treatment, we can improve brain function and stimulate proper development that may be limited because of neuroplasticity (connectivity) challenges that are causing an imbalance in their neurological activity. The more balance we have throughout our brain, the easier it is for us to interact socially, think, feel, and process information from the the environment around us. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may be able to help.