Your top questions about HBOT

We do a free consult first to find out your goals and challenges..

If required we may request you have a consultation with our Hyperbaric Medical Doctor, Greg Brown.

1. Assessment and Monitoring:  Our Doctor can assess the clients medical history, current health status, and the specific condition being treated to determine the appropriate HBOT treatment plan, including the pressure, duration, and frequency of treatments
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2. Individualised Treatment: HBOT is not a one-size-fits-all therapy, and the treatment parameters need to be tailored to the specific medical condition and the individual patient's needs. Our Doctor can assess and adjust the treatment plan based on the patient's response to the therapy, making sure it is optimised for the best possible outcome.

HBOT increases the amount of oxygen carried in the bloodstream, enabling more oxygen to dissolve deep in to our tissues, lymphatics and the cerebrospinal fluid surround the brain and spinal cord

HBOT also stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in the body which increases circulation, allowing revitalized tissue to thrive even after the treatment protocol has been completed. HBOT also reduces inflammation and swelling, strengthens the immune system, stimulates the release of stem cells and enhances mitochondrial function and regeneration.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment also increases the production of superoxide dismutase, one of the body's natural antioxidants and free radical scavengers, which increases the ability of the body to fight disease and infection.

Normal blood flow

The air we breathe is about 21 percent oxygen, red blood cells, which are suspended in plasma carry oxygen through blood vessels all over the body, Oxygen gradually diffuses into the surrounding tissue,

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Breathing a high concentration of oxygen under pressure causes oxygen to not only attach to red blood cells but diffuse into the plasma itself. This oxygen-rich plasma can travel past blockages, like inflamed tissue, or through the blood-brain barrier, where oxygen may then diffuse into the damaged tissue

Restricted blood flow

Surgery, illness, or injury like a concussion can cause a restriction of blood flow.
Plasma passes through but the red blood cells are blocked. Without oxygen, the tissue on the other side of the blockage breaks down

The healing process

Tissue that contains a high concentration of oxygen is more likely to generate new blood vessels, Oxygen-rich red blood cells start to flow through these new vessels, delivering even more oxygen to damaged areas.

At our Oakura Clinic, we use the latest in hyperbaric technology using a hard shell 1.5 ATA chamber where you can lie comfortably during your sessions.

• Improves brain tissue oxygenation

• Stimulates brain tissue regeneration

• Regrows nerve fibres

• Forms new blood vessels and improves blood flow stimulating idle brain cells to function '

• Speeds recovery and rehabilitation time

• Stimulates tissue repair

• Increases levels of neutrophils and nitric oxide

• Reduces inflammation in the brain and body

• Stimulates up-regulation of growth hormones

• Reduces brain damage from swelling

• Improves cognition, thinking and brain performance

• Builds new collagen, skin and tissues

• Reduces pain and swelling

• Regrows health tissue, skin and bones,

• Heals ulcers, wounds and injuries

• Kills bacteria and infections making antibiotics more effective

• Stimulates angiogenesis for axonal regeneration

• Enhances mitochondrial function

• Promotes stem cell reproduction by up to 800%

• Increases cerebral blood flow

• Decreases Cerebral edema

• Reactivates quiescent neurons

• Safe, comfortable, easy and pain free

• HBOT is a non invasive treatment that can address a variety of medical conditions either as a primary or complementary therapy and is very beneficial for concussions.

Hyperbarics is a safe alternative to many medical treatment options offered to patients today. Some hyperbaric patients may report some mild ear pressure discomfort. This discomfort is similar to the pressure felt when ascending or descending in an airplane. We recommend that you equalise the pressure felt in the inner ear by  reenacting the gentle act of swallowing or yawning.

At the moment HBOT is not covered under ACC claims and treatment. As science and health evidence evolve, this could change in the future.

These references have been useful to many of our clients:

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Harch PG, Andrews SR, Rowe CJ, Lischka JR, Townsend MH, Yu Q, Mercante DE.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in children with post-concussion syndrome improves cognitive and behavioral function: a randomized controlled trial.
Hadanny A, Catalogna M, Yaniv S, Stolar O, Rothstein L, Shabi A, Suzin G, Sasson E, Lang E, Finci S, Polak N, Fishlev G, Harpaz RT, Adler M, Goldman RE, Zemel Y, Bechor Y, Efrati S.
Sci Rep. 2022 Sep 23;12(1):15233. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19395-y.
PMID: 36151105 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS) is a common and significant morbidity among children following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the evidence for effective PPCS treatments remains limited. Recent studies have shown the beneficial effects of hyperbaric …

Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on post-concussion syndrome.
Dong Y, Hu X, Wu T, Wang T.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for chronic post-concussive syndrome
Matthew C Davis, Mohammadali M Shoja 1, Shane R Tubbs, Christoph J Griessenauer