A new study just published on Feb 2011 in the journal of cancer makes a strong argument for applying hyperbaric oxygenation therapy (HBOT) for those patients who have had either surgery or radiation therapy for brain tumors. The study followed patients who had been treated with HBOT and there was a marked improvement in cognitive [...]
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March 12, 2008 Extra oxygen may be next trend by Jim Faber / | McClatchy Newspapers Hyperbaric chambers are gaining elective popularity.
Someday soon Haelen Hyperbarics will reach across the nation and its hyperbaric oxygen therapy will be an everyday part of the nation’s health care, if the management team’s vision comes true.
The Hilton Head Island, S.C.-based company already has its hyperbaric chambers set up at two island health care centers. The company plans to open centers in Raleigh, N.C.; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Austin, Texas; Savannah; and Memphis by the end of the year, said Andrew Kolb, company president. But that’s just the beginning. Kolb and Rodger Itkor, the company’s vice president of marketing, foresee a push to take the company’s health treatments national within the next two years. A hyperbaric chamber is an airtight chamber that patients lie in for about an hour, breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized atmosphere. The extra oxygen helps speed the recovery process on everything from broken bones to neurological disorders, Kolb said. Hospitals also have the chambers, but they are used typically for only a few things covered by insurance, like wound recovery or tissue damage from radiation.
At Haelen’s locations in the LifeSpan building and the Hilton Head Health and Wellness Center on the island, services are elective, meaning it’s not covered by insurance and patients pay out of pocket. Popular reasons for using the island facilities include treatment for chronic pain from conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, sports injuries and recovery from cosmetic surgery, Kolb said.
The first new treatment center will open at the American Institute of Healthcare & Fitness in Raleigh on April 1. The West Palm Beach location is scheduled to open in mid-April.
Itkor, particularly, is thinking big. Sure, the company will make money, but he sees Haelen’s value going far beyond that. “You have a tremendous effect on the health and wellness of the entire nation, helping people to live longer,” he said. “It’s fantastic.” Hyperbarics are popular in Asia and Japan, but still haven’t reached the mainstream here, Kolb said. The topic did receive national press attention when then-Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens claimed hyperbaric oxygen treatments helped his broken leg heal faster, allowing him to play in the 2004 season’s Super Bowl.
May 27, 2008 Hyperbaric chamber comes to Basalt by Carolyn Sackariason: The Aspen Times
Therapy uses pure oxygen to speed recovery BASALT— the first hyperbaric oxygen chamber on the Western Slope and the only one offered within hundreds of miles of the Roaring Fork Valley will be operational in June. Valley residents Kirk and Jen Hartley are opening the Win HBO Rapid Healing Centre in the Win Institute, an integrative health centre slated to open June 7 in Basalt. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that uses pure oxygen to speed and enhance the body’s natural ability to heal.
Patients who benefit from oxygen therapy suffer from various diseases or injuries associated with hypoxia, which is a lack of oxygen on a cellular level. The institute‘s founders, Dr. Dave and Dee Jensen, had always visioned having a hyperbaric chamber in their health facility and Kirk Hartley, as a diver, had been envisioning bringing the treatment to the Roaring Fork Valley to fill the niche. —It was on our list for sure,? Dave Jensen said, adding the closest hyperbaric chambers are in Utah and Denver.
“It’s used for sports-specific rehabilitation, anti-aging, altitude sickness and other things where the body is force-fed oxygen, which is vital to the body.”
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy also is commonly used to treat burn victims and those who elect to do plastic surgery.
The application of oxygen therapy doesn‘t remove the essentials of a traditional approach to health care, but provides harmony and complements patient treatment while enhancing the body‘s ability to heal. Hyperbaric chambers are used as an essential medical treatment in most European countries but they aren‘t as popular in the United States. But experts and the Hartleys believe it‘s crucial in the healing process. Normally people breathe air that contains 21 percent oxygen. Hyperbaric treatment provides pressurized oxygen, making more molecules available to the body.
The extra molecules are dissolved into the bloodstream and carried throughout the body. They are delivered to damaged tissue or infected areas in greater numbers and consequently, help carry away infection or repair damage faster.
A patient undergoing treatment spends a prescribed amount of time laying in a cylindrical, body-length chamber where pure oxygen is administered. The dosage, which includes pressure, time and frequency of treatment is designed to each patient‘s specific diagnosis. Treatable conditions include skin grafts, thermal burns, radiation tissue damage, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, closed head injuries, pre and post surgery, healing of broken bones, tendon and ligament damage, lyme disease and strokes, and many more.
Jul 24, 2008 Oxygen therapies may ease headache pain by Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
Two forms of oxygen therapy may help manage two types of debilitating headache pain, a new research review suggests. In a review of nine small clinical trials, the researchers found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy showed promise for halting pain during migraine attacks.
Mar 25, 2009 Hyperbaric Therapy Promises to Speed up Healing
The Chambers Are Used For a Number Of Conditions, Including Anti-Aging.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was initially used to treat divers suffering with decompression sickness, but is gaining popularity in treating some medical conditions, such as circulatory problems, infections and wounds. The chamber releases 100 % oxygen to damaged tissues. According to the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, the oxygen then allows the body to heal itself naturally.
Other conditions treated by HBOT are: sports injuries, anti-aging, asthma, allergies and Lyme disease, the Malibu Hyperbaric Medicine Center said.
January 30, 2009 Healing Effects of Oxygen Available – Exclusively at Rancho Mirage Facility Nicky Vallee.
The medical staff at Rancho Mirage Hyperbarics is pleased to announce the exclusive use of Clear Chambers at the desert’s most sophisticated post surgical and healing facility, specializing in oxygen therapy.
Patients often have many questions about Hyperbaric treatments, said RMH Medical Director Howard S. Baer, M.D. The use of Clear Chambers alleviates a common concern of potential claustrophobia. The tranquil, calming and healing effects of pure oxygen are enhanced when patients can also see their surroundings. Clear Hyperbaric Chambers combine high concentration of oxygen (100%) and increased pressure that causes large amounts of oxygen to be dissolved in the patient’s blood and other fluids. Because of this hyper-oxygenation, white blood cells that destroy bacteria are more efficient at clearing infections.
“People are continually amazed by the healing power of oxygen” said Bill Hubble, owner of the facility. — The use of Clear Chambers for our Hyperbaric treatments allows patients to be more relaxed.
Hyperbaric Clear Chambers can be used to treat a wide range of illnesses and injuries, some of which are considered off label and usually not covered by insurance.
These include stroke, multiple sclerosis, Lyme’s disease, traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries and more. Common medical conditions, usually reimbursable by insurance, that have been shown to benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy include: Radiation Tissue Damage, Diabetic and Selected Non-healing wounds, Reconstructive Surgery, including compromised skin grafts and flaps, Crush Injury, Limb Salvage, Reattachment and Amputations, Exceptional Blood Loss Anemia, Decompression Sickness (Bends), Thermal Burns. Hyperbaric treatments also causes vasoconstriction which deceases swelling and edema, shortening the healing time and promoting better healing for reconstructive and plastic surgery patients.
For more information about Rancho Mirage Hyperbarics and its specialized treatment, call or go to www.RanchoMirageHyperbarics.com.
