Extivita RTP is finding success using hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to treat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Under Senate Bill 422, and in collaboration with The Community Foundation of NC East,...
A Tel Aviv University-led research study reportedly found that oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and was so successful that half of those who underwent the therapy were no longer deemed to have PTSD at the...
Abstract Introduction Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by changes in both brain activity and microstructural integrity. Cumulative evidence demonstrates that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) induces neuroplasticity and case-series studies...
A day out on the boat fishing in January 2021 ended with Lisa Cagle losing the tip of her middle finger. She is back to helping with the boat lines and credits Broward Health North with restoring full use of her finger through surgery and specialized hyperbaric oxygen...
Abstract Introduction: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a commonly used treatment for a variety of medical issues, including more than a dozen currently approved uses. However, there are alternative proposed uses that have significant implications among an active...
Information provided by TEAM LUKE3 HOPE FOR MINDS Dr. Kenneth Proefrock graduated from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1996 with his doctorate in medicine and specialty training in sports medicine. Prior to naturopathic medical school, he received...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Stem Cell Implantation: Yet Another Beneficial Effect of HBOT: For 347 years HBOT has been thought to be a treatment for specific diseases. In fact, it is a treatment for the disease processes that underlie these diseases. Because...
Written by Jerry Carino for Asbury Park Press Last fall, Jackson resident Shannon Kulesa took her three boys to Six Flags Great Adventure. One of them, Jake, was born with cerebral palsy. Though Shannon was told he’d never walk, Jake is able to get around with a...
A new study, published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Aging, marks the first time non-pharmaceutical clinical exploration has proved efficacious in reversing the main activators of Alzheimer’s disease. Using a specific protocol of hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
The Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) Coordinating Center is responding to a request from the VA Health Services Research and Development Service for an update to the 2018 ESP evidence brief on the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to treat Veterans and...
