Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) offers a new and extremely exciting way to approach surgery. It not only accelerates healing, but often creates better results.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is well known for its ability to increase oxygenation in our body and brain, expediting healing. Another extremely beneficial effect of HBOT is its ability to stimulate growth hormones, such as fibroblasts and collagen factors that improve ligament, tendon, and joint flexibility and strength. Not only do they improve flexibility and strength, they decrease scar tissue formation, which is a huge benefit when healing from surgery as scar tissue is often associated with complications down the road. Collagen is important in all joint and skin formation. Patients often remark on how much better their skin looks.
What is also important is HBOT’s ability to reduce infection, which is a major consideration when performing any surgery, allowing patients to heal with greater ease.
Growing new blood vessels is a major benefit when healing, which HBOT stimulates again through growth hormone stimulation. When we cut into the body, we are causing vascular damage that must be repaired to ensure we are getting the proper nutrients to the site of healing.
Decreasing inflammation and swelling is a major healing factor that is one of Hyperbaric Oxygen’s primary benefits. Before and after surgery swelling and inflammation can often be a major source of pain that can limit proper blood flow.
Detoxification through enhancing lymphatic drainage is a very important aspect of healing that is improved through Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
There are many benefits to performing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy after surgery, but there are also many reasons to start prior to your surgery as well, in order to prep your tissue for the most positive experience. Research and clinical data continue to support pre and post HBOT for generating better results through surgery.
If you’re about to go through surgery, considering Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may be the difference maker in your success!
Some of the surgeries that can be helped through HBOT include
- shoulder (Rotator Cuff, SLAP, Shoulder replacement, Frozen shoulder, Biceps tendon)
- knee (meniscus, ACL, MCL, PCL)
- wrist (Carpal Tunnel, wrist fusion),
- hip (hip replacement, arthroplasty, resurfacing)
- spine (Discectomy, Foraminotomy, Fusion, Fracture, Laminectomy, Decompression, Vertebroplasty)
- foot and ankle
