Leading Conditions Currently Prompting Patients to Seek Out Iowa HBOT

Special thanks to our good friend, Dr. CJ Kleene at Back In Line, an interdisciplinary clinic in Hiawatha, IA, for providing this blog content for us to use.

Like Dr. Kleene, we are committed to staying at the forefront of holistic healthcare, and introducing HBOT is a testament to that commitment. HBOT is a non-invasive therapy that involves breathing air only, and/or medical-grade oxygen in a pressurized room or chamber. The increased oxygen levels in your body during the treatment promote healing and provide a range of potential benefits, from enhanced recovery to improved overall wellness.

Candidates for HBOT are for patients suffering from Long Covid, Autoimmune Conditions, Infertility, Cancer and post-cancer treatments, Lyme and other co-infections, Autism, Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, and more.

Why HBOT?:

• Accelerated Healing: HBOT has been shown to speed up the body's natural healing processes, making it a valuable addition for those recovering from injuries or surgeries.

• Reduced Inflammation: The therapy may help reduce inflammation in the body, providing relief for various conditions.

• Enhanced Energy Levels: By increasing oxygen levels, HBOT can contribute to heightened energy levels and improved cognitive function.

• Immune System Support: Boosting oxygen levels can strengthen the immune system, aiding in the body's defense against infections and illnesses.

Here are some of our favorite videos for WHY Capital Health invested in bringing HBOT technology to our clinic:

• Simple Explainer Video on How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Works. Best Method.

• Dr. Paul Harch HBOT in Cancer Lecture

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Stem Cell Implantation by Dr. Paul Harch, MD

• Healing Under Pressure: The Power of Hyperbaric Medicine

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Autism - Autism Parenting Magazine

• How to prevent CANCER | Can Hyperbaric Therapy help prevent cancer? | with Dr Nasha Winters

• Dr. Hemal Mehta & Fasting/HBOT for Cancer Relief

Use of HBOT

There are a variety of uses for HBOT and how it can help with longevity and lifestyle. Listed below are research articles about various uses for HBOT and the benefits that come along with hyper oxygenation. This is not an exhaustive list by any means.

TBI and Post Concussion Syndrome - Studies have shown that HBOT can increase neuroplasticity which can lead to significant improvements in neurological improvement and help to repair chronically impaired brain function, and improve quality of life.

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in children with post-concussion syndrome improves cognitive and behavioral function: a randomized controlled trial

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Randomized Prospective Trial

• Reflections on the neurotherapeutic effects of hyperbaric oxygen

• Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of patients with cerebral stroke, brain trauma, and neurologic disease

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Randomized Prospective Trial

• Hyperbaric oxygen may induce angiogenesis in patients suffering from prolonged post-concussion syndrome due to traumatic brain injury

• Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Chronic Neurocognitive Deficits of Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: Retrospective Analysis

• A Phase I Study of Low-Pressure Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Blast-Induced Post-Concussion Syndrome and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and SPECT Brain Imaging in the Treatment of Chronic Brain Injury

• Low Pressure Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and SPECT Brain Imaging in the Treatment of Blast-Induced Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury (Post-Concussion Syndrome) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report

• Case report: Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Hyperbaric Oxygen

• Hyperbaric oxygen: B-level evidence in mild traumatic brain injury clinical trials

• Impact of Concussion on Athletes Brain

COVID-19 - HBOT can induce neuroplasticity and improve cognitive, psychiatric, sleep, fatigue, and pain for patients who are suffering from post-COVID-19 conditions. The effects of HBOT can be attributed to the increase in brain perfusion and neuroplasticity in the regions associated with cognitive and emotional roles.

• The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on myocardial function in post-COVID-19 syndrome patients: a randomized controlled trial

• Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on functional and structural connectivity in post-COVID-19 condition patients: A randomized, sham-controlled trial

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial

• Positive Outcomes of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Durable in Long-COVID

Post Stroke and Stroke - Research has shown that HBOT can lead to significant increases in neurological improvements in post stroke patients, even when symptoms are at the chronic late stages. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy carries cognitive and therapeutic effects for patients with acquired brain injuries.

• Improvement of memory impairments in poststroke patients by hyperbaric oxygen therapy

• Hyperbaric oxygen can induce neuroplasticity and improve cognitive functions of patients suffering from anoxic brain damage

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Late Neuroplasticity in Post Stroke Patients - Randomized, Prospective Trial

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A new look on treating stroke and traumatic brain injury

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Late Neuroplasticity in Post Stroke Patients

• Oxygen Therapy in Stroke: Past, Present, and Future

• Rationale of Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Cerebral Vascular Insult

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Late Neuroplasticity in Post Stroke Patients

Autism - When paired up against pharmaceutical medications, HBOT has been shown to lessen the core symptoms of Autism better than pharmaceutical medications. HBOT has also been shown to improve eye contact, overall functioning, receptive language, social interaction, and many more.

• Therapeutic Impacts of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Risperidone on Children with Autism: A Clinical Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)

• Hyperbaric treatment for children with autism: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial | BMC Pediatrics | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

Oncology - HBOT sessions have been shown to decrease tumor size, specifically in patients with lung cancer.

• Hyperbaric oxygen suppressed tumor progression through the improvement of tumor hypoxia and induction of tumor apoptosis in A549-cell-transferred lung cancer | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

Lyme Disease - Patients who have/had Lyme disease and participated in HBOT treatments have shown improvement of symptoms. Including mental confusion, pain, depression and fatigue.

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an effective adjunctive treatment for chronic Lyme disease

• The efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• A New Treatment Modality for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Diminish Fibromyalgia Syndrome – Prospective Clinical Trial

Pre-Operative Conditioning and Post Surgical Recovery / Wound Healing - HBOT treatments before surgeries have been shown to have positive effects on increasing the recovery process of the surgical wound. By doing HBOT sessions, you are increasing the amount of oxygen that is being absorbed by your blood. Therefore, HBOT sessions can be linked to increased recovery time for wounds and injuries.

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Preconditioning Can Reduce Post-abdominoplasty Complications: A Retrospective Cohort Stud

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Solution for Difficult to Heal Wounds – Systematic Review 

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Wound Healing and Limb Salvage: a Systematic Review 

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy with Topical Negative Pressure: an Alternative Treatment for the Refractory Sternal Wound Infection 

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Non-Healing Vasculitic Ulcers 

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Elective Treatment

• Oxygen in Wound Healing—More than a Nutrient

• In vivo effect of hyperbaric oxygen on wound angiogenesis and epithelialization\

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Preconditioning Can Reduce Post-abdominoplasty Complications: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Ischemic scleroderma wounds successfully treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 

• Effect of HBOT on nerve regeneration in early diabetes

Dementia / Cognitive impairment - HBOT has been shown to have positive effects in relation to improvements for cognitive impairment.

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves cognitive functioning after brain injury

• Effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on chronic neurocognitive deficits of post-traumatic brain injury patients: retrospective analysis

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Alzheimer’s dementia with positron emission tomography imaging: a case report

Fibromyalgia / ME / Chronic Fatigue - HBOT plays an important role in the treatment process of Fibromyalgia. After 15 sessions, patients with Fibromyalgia who participated in HBOT sessions noted an increase in their pain threshold compared to before their first session.

• The efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• A New Treatment Modality for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Diminish Fibromyalgia Syndrome – Prospective Clinical Trial

Sport Injuries - Recently, the use of HBOT for athletes has been brought up in more discussions. Mainly, wondering if HBOT should be used as the primary form of treatment for sports related injuries. In recent studies, the use of HBOT for sports related injury treatment has shown promising results for recovery in high-performance athletes.

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Effects on Sports Injuries

Ligament and Bone Injuries - HBOT treatments can result in stronger collagen fibrils by decreasing the amount of Type III and Type I collagen content. Which could be beneficial to the treatment plan for individuals who have MCL tears, ACL tears, or any type of ligament tear.

• Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Platelet Derived Growth Factor on Medial Collateral Ligament Fibroblasts

• Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblasts from Human Alveolar Bone

Hamstring and Elbow injuries - When combined with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection therapy and rehabilitation, HBOT has shown incredible results in the recovery process of individuals who have had or currently have a hamstring injury. With 62% of participants having no signs of re-injury to the hamstring after they had completed their treatment plan.

• The effect of hyperbaric oxygen and blood platelet injection therapy on the healing of hamstring injuries in rugby players: A case series report

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Surgery on Complex Open Elbow Injuries: Preliminary Results

Muscle Regeneration - When studied, HBOT sessions have been shown to have an increase on ischemic muscle regeneration

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Basic Fibroblast

Stem Cell Mobilization - Depending on the atmospheric pressure of the HBOT session, increased pressures are shown to have more benefit on the effects of stem cell mobilization than that of lower pressures for HBOT sessions.

• CD34+/CD45-dim stem cell mobilization by hyperbaric oxygen – changes with oxygen dosage

Spinal Cord Injuries - Long-term use of hyperbaric treatments can be linked to prevention of deterioration after spinal cord injury. Because of the reliability and safety, minimal associated complications, and long-term efficacy, HBOT can be a promising new treatment for spinal cord injuries.

• The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Neuroregeneration Following Acute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury

• Attenuating Experimental Spinal Cord Injury by Hyperbaric Oxygen: Stimulating Production of Vasculoendothelial and Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Growth Factors and Interleukin-10

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves local microenvironment after spinal cord injury

• Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on GDNF expression and apoptosis in spinal cord injury

Chronic Pain - Patients who experience pain or edema may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen sessions. When studied, patients who participated in HBOT sessions noted a decrease in pain compared to when they had first started their sessions, as well as an increase in range of motion.

• Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

• Hyperbaric oxygenation in peripheral nerve repair and regeneration

• A Novel Treatment Modality for Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

• Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

• Successful Treatment of Lower Limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome following Three Weeks of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

• The Severity Spectrum in Persistent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Palliation with Ongoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), and the Role of Serial Photo-Documentation (P6.271)

• Hyperbaric oxygen and the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: a case report

• Successful Treatment of Lower Limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome following Three Weeks of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

How long do the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy last?

The effects of HBOT can vary depending on the condition being treated and individual factors. Here are some general considerations regarding the duration of HBOT effects:

• Immediate effects: After a session of HBOT, you may experience short-term effects that can last for a few hours. These may include a temporary increase in energy levels, improved cognitive function, and a feeling of relaxation.

• Cumulative effects: The therapeutic benefits of HBOT accumulate. This means that the impact of HBOT may become more pronounced and longer-lasting with repeated treatments. New blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) and other signs of healing occur after multiple treatments.

• Condition-specific effects: The duration of HBOT effects can also vary depending on the condition being treated. For acute conditions, such as decompression sickness or carbon monoxide poisoning, the effects of HBOT may be immediate and can last until the situation is resolved. In chronic conditions, such as non-healing wounds or neurological disorders, the effects of HBOT may be more long-term but could require ongoing or periodic treatments to maintain the benefits.

• Individual response: Each person's response to HBOT can differ. Some individuals may experience longer-lasting benefits, while others may see more temporary effects. Factors such as overall health, underlying medical conditions, and compliance with post-treatment care can influence the duration of HBOT effects.

Please reach out to our team to discuss your clinical situation. It is best to consult with a healthcare professional who can assess your specific situation and provide more tailored information regarding the treatment plan in your case.

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