Your body is far and away the best overall healer available. Medical treatment often brings an illness or injury to a point where it’s more easily managed by the healing mechanisms within you.
Putting a bandage on a cut doesn’t cause your skin to close seamlessly, but it helps your body have an easier time making repairs.
That’s the fundamental strategy behind hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Oxygen is a key component of tissue healing, and HBOT improves the supply of available oxygen.
Dr. James Nassiri of Westside Pain Specialists in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, and Rancho Cucamonga, California, recommends HBOT for a wide range of conditions that may otherwise heal slowly or not at all.
In this blog, we investigate just how HBOT boosts your natural healing processes to help you return to normal.
Treatment in a hyperbaric chamber is passive. You simply relax in the chamber while breathing pure oxygen. The increased pressure within the chamber allows your lungs to absorb oxygen in higher amounts than the normal environment.
The elevated oxygen level delivers more of this essential gas to areas in your body undergoing healing. Our team monitors conditions within the tank during your treatment.
Damaged or injured tissue often suffers from low oxygen concentrations. This scarcity can slow the process of healing, which can only progress at a rate supported by the raw materials your body needs to repair damage.
HBOT boosts oxygen levels right where it’s needed. This creates several other benefits that improve the rate at which you recover.
While these are an important part of healing, too much inflammation can be counterproductive.
The most abundant protein in the body, collagen forms new tissue to rebuild wounds.
Your body revascularizes to improve circulation near injuries (angiogenesis).
The oxygen-rich environment used for HBOT improves your immune system response while suppressing infection.
HBOT can also help the absorption of nitrogen bubbles in joints and tissues, a condition called decompression sickness, caused by rapid reductions of atmospheric pressure, most often associated with ascending too fast during an underwater dive.
Consulting with Dr. Nassiri assures that you’re well-suited for HBOT. Commonly treated conditions include:
HBOT may be used on its own or as part of a comprehensive and personalized treatment plan.
Contact us at Westside Pain Specialists at the nearest of our three locations to schedule your appointment.
