Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay For the purposes of this discussion HBOT is "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy", and mHBOT is "Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy". It does not mean "Medium Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy", this is a play on the meaning of the label and how it relates directly to dosage. The differentiation between these two applications comes down to… Continue reading Dosage: HBOT and mHBOT
Photo by meo on Pexels.com Taken from the overview, we return to complimentary therapy topics today with some words on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the power of oxygen as an anti-inflammatory. The premise of the words to follow is that MS is thought to be an inflammatory conditions cause by vascular compromise and localised brain… Continue reading Oxygen as an Anti-Inflammatory and Multiple Sclerosis
Image by analogicus from Pixabay Today's science bit comes courtesy of our overview document. More specifically the chapter which covers aspects of the above title, but also thanks to the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) themselves, and their article entitled: "Arterial Inefficiencies: Central Retinal Artery Occlusion". But before a finger gets pointed for misquoting anyone, the UHMS… Continue reading Sight: Age Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Central Retinal Ocular Occlusion
#HBOT #HyperbaricOxygenTherapy #Cumbria #ComplimentaryTherapy #Oxygen #Charity Below is an excerpt from the overview document which is available for free download on the files and resources page on the website. The essay has a full reference section annexed. https://cumbria-hyperbaric.org/files-and-resources-download/ For over a hundred years human beings have been applying the principals of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to… Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Some Historical Perspective
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay One highly controversial area of scientific research is that of the research into stem cell synthesis or stem cell harvesting. It has long been a contentious issue with a host of moral objections. stem cells are crucial to healing though and many serious conditions can and do benefit from stem… Continue reading Stem Cell Mobilisation and HBOT: Case Study
Image by tee1036 from Pixabay Cancer and Radiotherapy: In 2012 a review of HBOT and cancer studies was undertaken by Ingrid Moen and Linda E. B. Stuhr entitled: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and cancer—a review from Targeted Oncology. – Moen Et al. – 2012 [7] The review concluded that despite previous beliefs that HBOT was a cancer promoter and… Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Cancer
Much of what we promote when it comes to hyperbaric oxygen therapy relates to some form of improvement in brain function. Whether this improvement is following traumatic injury, birth injury, degeneration or other neurological deficit, HBOT can significantly improve the response of ischemic brain tissue and cells. Not all brain injury results in the immediate… Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygen Boosts Brain Repair
Photo by Fancycrave.com on Pexels.com In previous posts and papers, mention has been made of the importance of sleep. it really is the elixir of life. When we sleep is when our brains do all the housework. The brain actually swells slightly and changes physical size allowing better flow of cerebrospinal fluid, (CSF), which removes… Continue reading Sleep – The Elixir of Life
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by Guduru Ajay bhargav on Pexels.com Photo by RUN 4 FFWPU on Pexels.com Photo by Sabel Blanco on Pexels.com Further to the recent post on how HBOT benefits sports injuries and hastens recovery, the attached peer reviewed paper covers that very topic. Published in April 2011 by Pedro Barata… Continue reading Sports Injuries
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In 1959 a study was published in the Journal of cardiovascular surgery by a researcher and surgeon Dr Ite Borema. The brief synopsis to this is that in an experiment, researchers replaced the blood in pigs with ringers lactate solution and plasma, thus removing almost all the haemoglobin. Certainly they… Continue reading Life Without Blood
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