Attention Athletes: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Reduces Healing Time, Improves Post-Workout Recovery and boosts energy.

As an athlete, you’re passionate about your sport, and about keeping your body in tip-top shape. But what happens when you’re sidelined because of an injury, or when you find yourself up against steep competition and need that extra little edge? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be able to provide you with exactly what you need.

What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy occurs when a patient enters a chamber, typically made of steel or aluminum, which is slowly pressurized up to three times the normal atmospheric air pressure. Once this occurs, 100% oxygen is pumped into the chamber, and because of the increased pressure, you’re body can absorb up to 10 times the amount of oxygen you would normally absorb outside the chamber. As a result, patients can experience a wide array of benefits, including reduced swelling and inflammation, elimination of toxins, an increased ability to fight infection, and more.

How Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Help Athletes?

If you’re an athlete, you experience a higher level of physical activity than the average individual, which has been shown to result in a number of benefits, including improved physical shape, reduced likelihood of experiencing chronic diseases, increased heart and lung function, and even improved psychological health.

However, due to the sustained level of activity you experience, this can also put you in a unique position for excess wear and tear on your muscles and joints, and even common injuries such as sprains and strains, which could possibly put you on the sidelines for an indefinite period of time.

But the good news is that whether you’re an amateur sports enthusiast or a professional athlete, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help you in a number of ways, including:

•  Increased oxygen levels

•  Increased blood flow

•  Stimulates tissue growth

•  Decreases swelling and inflammation

•  Promotes regeneration of injured tissues

•  A feeling of increased energy

•  Improved skin health and integrity

•  Better, faster recovery from workouts

•  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

•  Decreases ligament healing time

•  Injury Recovery

•  Post-op Recovery

•  Post-workout Fatigue

Whether you are a professional athlete or not, if you participate in sports or other taxing physical activities, mild hyperbaric therapy can give you the edge you need to perform at your personal best every time. Mild hyperbaric therapy speeds recovery from sports injuries, gives the athlete faster recovery from workout, increases energy and mental clarity on and off the field. By providing more oxygen at the cellular level, healing is rapid, energy levels are high and the athlete is able to focus and perform at peak levels. Many athletes report much less lactic acid buildup with hyperbaric therapy, greater endurance and less muscle fatigue. The pressurized environment of the chamber allows many to recover much more quickly from sports injuries due to swelling, dehydration and ischemia. This pressure decreases swelling at the same time increasing blood flow to restricted areas. Higher concentration of oxygen in the blood at the cellular level allows healing and reparation to occur at a much faster rate.

For example: If you’re an avid runner and suddenly sprain your ankle one afternoon, your body will immediately react to the injury by causing localized swelling and fluid retention (known as edema). While this is completely normal, the swelling can compress blood vessels around the site, thereby reducing the amount of blood and oxygen it receives, and lengthening healing time. However, because hyperbaric oxygen therapy greatly increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, it can efficiently access the injured area and speed up the healing process. This means that instead of being sidelined for days, weeks, or even months, you can get back to the sport you love in less time.

What’s more, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can even help athletes who are not necessarily injured. This is because the elevated oxygen levels that your body receives during the process can help flush out lactic acid buildup and increase energy reserves, thereby helping you to recover more quickly from regular workouts.

After you complete your hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment, you can immediately resume normal activities.

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