Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is gaining popularity in its ability to help people suffering from PTSD, stress, depression, and other mental health issues. One reason for this is that HBOT is able to induce neuroplasticity, which is the formation of new pathways and connections within our brain that allow us to think, feel, and behave differently.
When we’re stressed, anxious, or depressed, we’re likely utilizing pathways in our brain that were created around those feelings. They may be connected to a certain topic or event in our past. If we want to change them, we must change the way we think and feel about something. That requires neuroplasticity to change the route that information travels in our brain and we link a different feeling or behavior with the same thought or experience. This allows us to change the way we perceive the world and is quite a remarkable feature of our brain. We truly get to choose how we want to feel. Hyperbaric Oxygen helps us achieve these changes in our brain, and works synergistically with counseling and other types of therapy.
Studies show substantial improvements in PTSD in veterans years after initial treatment. Trauma changes the brain. Not only do we need to heal the trauma, but we also need to heal our brain. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy helps regain healthy function in our brain, improving the way we deal with stress, busy environments, emotional triggers, and every day life.
We always recommend co-treating with therapy/counseling, but if you are stuck in your treatments and would like some help in this process, we recommend that you consider HBOT as a modality that can greatly improve emotional brain function on your healing journey
Other benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a quickly evolving science and the full benefits are continually being discovered. HBOT increases the amount of oxygen in our bloodstream and increases circulation to deliver abundant amounts of oxygen to the brain, supersaturating our tissue with energy needed for healing, growth, and repair. This creates a healthier environment for our brain to work and control our autonomic nervous system. Because of this, the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be found in all parts of the body and in a wide range of ways. Some benefits can include:
- Faster healing from trauma
- Reduced inflammation
- Increased stem cell release
- Improved brain health
- Detoxification
- Improved autonomic nervous system function
- …and many more
Learn more about the many benefits of HBOT and how it works.
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