Concussion have received increased attention lately. Cumulative sports concussions have been shown to increase the likelihood of catastrophic head injury leading to permanent neurological disability by 39%. High school football accounts for 47% of all reported sports concussions, with 33% of concussions occurring during practice. Significant improvements in post-concussion symptoms and secondary outcomes have been attained through hyperbaric sessions, including depression, sleep quality, satisfaction with life and physical, cognitive and mental health function. (Hoge and Jonas 2014)

Israeli researchers have demonstrated that HBOT can significantly reduce the pain while improving the symptoms and life quality of Fibromyalgia syndrome patients. Moreover, they showed that HBOT can induce neuroplasticity and significantly rectify abnormal brain activity in pain related areas of FMS patients. (Efrati et al 2015)

Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning (HBO-PC) is neuro-protective and has demonstrated efficiency in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft. (Hu et al 2011)

Preconditioning with HBO improves postoperative cognitive dysfunction by reducing oxidant stress and inflammation. Additional studies suggest sessions with HBO the day prior to surgery may reduce possible complication associated with procedures.

The use of HBO in patients with malignancies is considered safe. There is evidence that implies that HBO seems to have tumor-inhibitory effects in certain cancer subtypes. Researchers have found that hypoxia (lack of oxygen) appears to trigger a metabolic panic that can increase the growth of tumors, drug resistance and metastasis.(Science News March 4,2017).

Additionally, studies have shown that combining hyperbaric oxygen with the ketogenic diet is an effective approach to multi-disciplinary sessions of metastatic cancer. (Poff et al , 2015)

Significant Improvement has been reported between initial and final audiograms after the application of HBO sessions with sudden Hearing Loss. Investigations have noted that HBO significantly contributed to the improvement of tinnitus when treated early on. (Lamm et al, 2016)

In a study of Chronic Lyme Disease from Texas A&M- 84.8% of treated patients (n=91) showed significant improvement of symptoms, including mental confusion, pain, depression and fatigue.

In addition to antibiotics, physicians will often include hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a sessions to help patients fight off Lyme disease. This is because the bacterium that causes Lyme disease is known as “anaerobic,” which simply means that it cannot exist in oxygen. One of the primary benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is that the process safely increases oxygen levels within your body, which can ultimately cause a reduction of harmful bacteria.

Patients undergoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for help with their Lyme disease may experience something called the Herxheimer response, which includes symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, flushing, and more. This is caused by endotoxins that are released as the harmful bacteria dies. Fortunately, this reaction typically lasts only a few hours or days, and additional pharmaceuticals can be prescribed to help ease any symptoms.

Studies have reported hyperbaric oxygen therapy resulted in a dramatic reduction of psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and sleep deprivation in patients when initiated six months to three years post trauma (Eovaldi, 2010).

HBOT was shown to increased circulating stem cells, resulting in significant improvements in PTSD, depression, sleep quality, satisfaction with life and physical, cognitive and mental heath function. (JAMA IntMed Nov2014)