Football-related spine injuries are becoming more prevalent and more serious than previously thought, particularly for kids and young adults aged 10 to 19. Here, a 25-year-old male NFL professional player sustained a catastrophic thoracic spinal cord injury (a T8 American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grade A) while tackling. Immediate surgery needed to be performed. The surgery was successful and just 2 days later was followed by a course of 30 hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) sessions at 2.4 ATA over a 27 day duration. In addition to HBOT, hypothermia therapy, omega 3 fatty acid therapy, and steroid therapy were also administered within this protocol. This “aggressive medical and surgical intervention with intensive rehabilitation” was able to help this player recover from a very serious condition and help him regain motor control to be able to “run and jump” with “minimal spasticity” <view study> Read Less

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease. Since hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)can induce a profound anti-inflammatory effect within the body, researchers looked at observing the anti-inflammatory effects of 10 sessions of HBOT at 2.4 ATA in mice. The results demonstrated a marked reduction of inflammatory endometrial lesions <view study> Read Less

The author of this case report followed the results of a 3 month hyperbaric protocol (60 hyperbaric sessions) on himself. Following this simple procedure, he reported receiving improvements in cognition, memory, brain processing speed, athletic performance. Further reports showed an increase in telomere length <view study> Read Less

In this study, Post COVID patients were evaluated for symptoms of muscle and joint pain. Following the administration of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ALL patients reported improvements! Researchers of this study concluded: "The results suggest that HBO2 helped to improve symptom scores, reduce the length of time of symptoms, and improved the quality of life. More detailed and randomized studies are needed to confirm the results in this report" <view study> Read Less

Autologous fat transfer surgery (commonly performed by plastic surgeons) involves the transferring of fat from one part of the body to another. For this procedure to be effective, transplantation must successfully take place. In this study, a simple 10 day course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy was able to help promote the survival of transplanted fat <view study> Read Less