HOW DOES HBOT HELP?
As a result of the extra amount of oxygen delivered to the body by the therapy, physiological processes that promote faster regeneration of difficult-to-heal areas are triggered:
- decrease in inflammation and pain;
- increased growth of new blood vessels in damaged tissues;
- cell function in optimised;
- stem cells get into damaged areas;
- scars are minimised;
- post-workout recovery improves;
- performance is enhanced.
The most striking, immediate effect of treatment is a rapid reduction in pain and edema, i.e. swelling. Later comes the formation of new capillaries and tissues, an increase in stem cell count, an increase in the activity of bone-building cells and an increase in antioxidant levels.
Sports injuries typically take long weeks to heal, pain and lack of activity limit the time spent in the fresh air, and consequently access to fresh oxygen. Blood flow is significantly slower in wounded, swollen areas, as a direct consequence of which oxygen also reaches here more slowly to exert its healing effect. HBOT can help remedy all this.
