MOSA - Medical Oxygen Society of the Americas

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was initially used to treat divers suffering with decompression sickness, but isgaining popularity in treating some medical conditions, such as circulatory problems, infections and wounds. The chamber releases 100 % oxygen to damaged tissues. According to the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, the oxygen then allows the body to heal itself naturally.

Other conditions treated by HBOT are: sports injuries, anti-aging, asthma, allergies and Lyme Disease, the Malibu Hyperbaric Medicine Center said.

To find out more about the chambers and the treatment, click on related links or call the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at: (310) 551-1375. They are located at: 1125 S Beverly Dr # 405: Los Angeles, CA 90035

A research paper looking into the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and bone formation has just been published. In this study, they found that bone formation through the growth and differentiation of osteoblasts was significantly enhanced with the application of hypebaric oxygen therapy. These changes were observed after just 3 days of oxygen therapy. In particular, this paper found that these changes at fracture sites and also went through the various physiological changes that were observed.

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Heavyweight Boxer Tony Thompson Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:

Heavyweight Boxing Championship contender Tony Thompson is currently receiving Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Hyperbaric Therapy USA’s Center of Excellence in Newtown Square, PA. Boxers in Russia and Europe regularly undergo HBOT to receive its beneficial effects

To play or not to play, that is the Super Bowl question for Indianapolis Colts Dwight Freeney. The Pro Bowl defensive end who, tore a ligament in his right ankle in a playoff game against the Jets is listed as questionable.

So, what is being done to speed my healing?

Right now I am enduring (HBOT) hyperbaric treatments to speed my tissue repair. This process involves putting my body in a chamber of increased pressure which forces oxygen in higher concentrations into the damaged area.

The hyperbaric chamber has been used in similar sports like the NHL, NBA, to not only accelerate recovery, but also to speed the repair time of damaged soft tissue.

A 2003 issue of the journal of American Podiatric Association reported that “in various studies the location of the injury seemed to influence the effectiveness of the treatment. Injuries at areas of reduced perfusion such as muscle-tendon junctions and ligaments seemed to benefit more from hyperbaric oxygen treatment than injuries at the muscle belly.”

Freeney is also said to be using a system called ARP- Accelerated Recovery Performance - which uses bio-electrical current, simultaneously with active range of motion and other exercise techniques, to significantly speed up the body’s natural healing process. While this therapy is still questionable, I have a podiatrist friend in sports in Canada who swears by this mode of therapy.

Miami Dolphin Player being treated with HBOT for a Fractured Foot

Channing Crowder vows to be ready for training camp

Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder bought a hyperbaric chamber during the offseason to help him recover more quickly from a fractured foot he suffered in December.

It appears Crowder’s oxygen therapy naps are doing the trick. The injury healed well enough for Crowder to participate in last weekend’s minicamp and again this week on a limited basis in the Dolphins’ organized team activities.

Tuesday, Crowder took a few snaps with the first-team defense. Afterward, Crowder said he’s “feeling good” and vowed he’ll be cleared to participate in training camp when it opens in August.

“I’m slowly progressing back into it,” he said. “They are giving me a couple of things here and there. During minicamp I got to do red-zone work, and now I’m sprinkled in,” said Crowder, who contributed 52 tackles, one interception and one sack in 13 games last season. “They want to make sure [the foot] doesn’t regress, and as long as it keeps getting better, I’ll keep getting more [work].”

Tiger Woods is having a hyperbaric oxygen chamber installed at his home. Michael Jackson and other athletes have used the chamber in the past to speed their recoveries from injuries. Tiger also plans to install four new pools: a lap pool, a dive pool, a reflection pool and a kiddie pool.

Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are considered a legitimate medical treatment and are said to speed healing in certain cases. How hyperbaric oxygen chambers work is quite simple actually, a patient lies inside a pressurized chamber where they breathe 100 percent pure oxygen. In theory this treatment “improves the effects of certain antibiotics, activates white blood cells to fight infection, and promotes the healing process of chronic wounds.”

If the injury that forced Tiger Woods to withdraw from the The Players Championship earlier this month was truly physical and not one of pride then this treatment could go a long way towards speeding his recovery and allowing him to compete at the high level he did before the this whole mess with mistresses and car accidents surfaced.

May. 18, 2010

Thursday will mark 4 weeks since Laperriere took a Paul Martin slap shot to the face. He fractured his orbital bone, needed 60 to 70 stitches and medical glue to close the wound above his right eyebrow, and had a brain contusion so big that it showed up as a spot on a CT scan.

Yesterday, Laperriere was cleared for contact – to begin bumping with his teammates as they prepared for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Wearing an oversized, protective helmet, Laperriere said he never would have guessed he would “feel this good, this soon.”

“I look like the Great Gazoo [from 'The Flintstones'],” Laperriere said. “But who cares? I’m skating. You go back 2 or 3 weeks ago, with my vertigo, I would have never dreamed about skating this soon or even this year. “Hopefully, a little miracle is coming my way.”

Laperriere said he suffered from vertigo for about 6 days after the gruesome shot-block that epitomized the Flyers’ run in the playoffs, but that was fixed by a short procedure that rebalanced the crystals in his ear that control equilibrium.

“I’m so glad they fixed that,” Laperriere said. “The impact put them off. It’s the worst feeling ever. The room was spinning. It was positional vertigo. The vertigo was my biggest pain. The way I felt with my vertigo, I thought I was dreaming that I’d ever play again this year.

“Once they took care of that, I’m not feeling too bad.”

Laperriere knows he was fortunate the injury occurred in an area of the brain that can handle blunt-force trauma – and fortunate he didn’t lose his vision for good.

“They all told me if you want to get hit in the head, you want to get hit in the front,” Laperriere said. “If you go any further back, you are in trouble. I could have been blind, I could have lost movement in the left side of my body . . . I haven’t felt anything like that.

“I’m moving [recuperating] really fast. I really believe that when you do take care of yourself – and I’ve been taking care of myself for 20 years – that it pays off. It’s thanking me back for taking care of my tiny, tiny, little brain.”

Laperriere first started lightly skating on Sunday, then took part in the Flyers’ pregame skate that day before a full practice yesterday, though he wasn’t really bumped by teammates.

Since he said has been “bored” at home, Laperriere has tried an alternative therapy – using a hyperbaric chamber to have oxygen pumped into his body.

“I’m doing it every day,” Laperriere said. “They told me I had an outside chance. And even if I didn’t have an outside chance, I still would have done it, because it can help everything else.”

MMA phenom Frank “TwinkleToes” Trigg and Oxy Health Portable Hyperbaric unite to enhance Trigg’s training methods by endorsing Trigg to the use of one of their superior technological hyperbaric units for high altitude training in low altitudes.

Frank Trigg states, “The Hyperbaric unit was a ‘cinch’ to set up and took me less than one hour. I feel like a million dollars and attribute my current conditioning in a large part to the unit itself.” Trigg goes on to state, “I’d also like to thank Reinaldo Binns with ‘Dreaming for the Cure foundation’ for supplying me with Pure Oxygen to enhance the gym work outs at a 90% oxygen level. This all in my opinion will help me beat down the little troll ‘Serra’ Feb 6th 2010 at the Mandalay Event Center.”

Urijah Faber used hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) to heal post-fight trauma:

April 26, 2010 (MMD Newswire) — On Saturday night, April 24th, featherweight champion Jose Aldo pummeled Urijah Faber’s left leg for 25-cruel minutes in front of Faber’s hometown Sacramento WEC supporters. Aldo landed several debilitating kicks to Faber’s lead leg in the fight’s first two rounds.

Dr. Stoller, medical director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic of Sacramento, helped Faber, “The California Kid,” heal his broken hand last year utilizing a medical therapy that has become increasingly popular with professional athletes. Hyperbaric Oxygen (100% Oxygen delivered in a high pressure environment) accelerates the body’s ability to repair itself and in many cases allows for a healing that would not have been possible without the hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT).

“HBOT is the same therapy we are now starting to use on Iraqi and Afgan war vets who experience TBI/PTSD (seewww.hyperbaricmedicalassociation.org),” Stoller said.

Stoller was watching the fight live in Sacramento and knew he would need to open the hyperbaric clinic up. Clinic manager, Mike Greenhalgh, was there waiting for Faber as he arrived at midnight to treat the traumatized muscles of his left leg.

Faber continues to be one of the world’s best mixed martial artists and the rapid healing of his injuries using HBOT has made sure he can minimize the trauma to his body from fighting and will regain his former title on another day.

HBOT Therapy Together with Action Sports

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