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Get More Oxygen for Better and Faster Healing

The Hyperbaric Centers of Chicago provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), a simple, non-invasive and painless treatment modality that facilitates the body’s natural healing process not only by providing inhalation of 100 percent oxygen, but doing so in a hyperbaric chamber, where atmospheric pressure can be increased by 150 to 250 percent.

        HBOT is used in a wide variety of conditions, including wound healing problems (diabetes, radiation therapy), traumatic brain injury (from concussions  to major trauma), chronic pain (neuropathies, complex regional pain syndrome or CRPS), toxicity (including that occurring in addiction), sports injury, tick-borne illnesses, consequences of stroke, sudden hearing loss, cerebral palsy, immune deficiencies, facilitation of stem cell therapy, chemo-brain (toxic effect of chemotherapy), and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

        The effect of the double action of HBOT providing 100 percent oxygen under pressure is that the extra oxygen reaches damaged tissue everywhere. This in turn reduces swelling, enhances the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria, promotes the growth of new vessels and increases the activity of stem cells. By increasing the body’s own healing capacity, the patient’s quality of life is significantly improved.

 

Location: in The Neuroscience Center, 440 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield. For more information, call 847-945-4268 or visit hbot.md. See ad on page 11 and in the Community Resource Guide.