Anti-Aging | What’s the Hype About Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The Stram Center for Integrative Medicine is excited to be using hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to successfully address a wide variety of health conditions. While HBOT is a proven effective therapy for a wide variety of conditions in which poor circulation, tissue injury, or chronic infection play a role, its performance in anti-aging and wellness is impressive!
WHAT IS HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY?
HBOT is the medical use of oxygen in a pressurized environment which allows for oxygen to dissolve and saturate circulation systems, delivering a high concentration of oxygen to all cells and tissues.
HOW DOES HBOT WORK?
When you breathe oxygen at normal atmospheric pressure, this gas is transported on hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Under pressure, however, oxygen molecules decrease in size and are able to dissolve and saturate the plasma, cerebrospinal fluid in the brain and spinal cord, lymph and other body fluids.
More oxygen= more energy delivery to cells for accelerated cell repair and enhanced regeneration of tissue. Hypoxic tissue (low oxygen levels) can lead to cell death, aging, and is a common component in most major health conditions. Further, low tissue oxygen is associated with life threatening diseases such as stroke and heart attacks, diabetes, cancer and more.
Applying the simple laws of physics, HBOT is a safe and non-invasive therapy and is the most trusted way to increase oxygen levels to all organs of the body.
ANTI-AGING AND HYPERBARICS: THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH?
Aging has many factors. Body cell damage can be due to normal aging from the sequence of time; or from premature aging due to over exposure to environmental pollution, the sun’s rays, food chemicals, or overuse of drugs and alcohol; or from disease and physical injury. HBOT helps combat degenerative conditions by assisting the wounded cells of all organs of the body to promote health and beauty with the power of increased oxygen.
Circulation:
- Enhances the regeneration of tissue and blood vessels
- Combats and prevents circulatory diseases including diabetes
- Improves atherosclerosis
General Health:
- Promotes stem cell proliferation and mobilization
- Decreases risk of infection
- Reduces stress and anxiety
- Supports the immune system
The Brain:
- Stimulates neurogenesis, improving memory and reaction time, combating the effects of dementia
- Improves concentration
- Increases serotonin levels
The Heart:
- Improves oxygenation to cardiac tissue, reducing the risk of heart attack
- Improves heart muscle functioning following heart attack
The Eyes:
- Helps combat age-related macular degeneration
- Reduces Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
- Lessens Glaucoma symptoms
The Joints:
- Improves osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
- Accelerates healing
- Reduces inflammation and pain
- Improves mobility and stamina
The Skin:
- Reduces excessive skin damage from ultraviolet radiation
- Reduces wrinkles and maintains skin elasticity
- Stimulates wound healing and reduces scar formation
- Increases collagen production
WHAT DOES A SESSION FEEL LIKE?
Safe and painless, the typical treatment lasts 60-90 minutes, during which time one relaxes in the pressurized chamber and breathes normally. You may listen to music, watch a movie or just rest. One experiences a feeling similar to flying in a plane or diving. Air pressure must be equalized in the ears during the 15 minute compression and decompression phases by either swallowing or yawning. HBOT at the Stram Center is administered in a state of the art, medical grade steel hyperbaric chamber. Dr. Stram’s trained staff will monitor you closely during therapy. You are in constant view and in two way communication with the attending staff. The Stram Center also offers low pressure soft chambers.
STRAM CENTER HYPERBARIC THERAPY
In addition to anti-aging benefits for wellness, Dr. Stram and his team treat a wide variety of health conditions using HBOT as part of their integrative therapies including chronic illnesses such as Cancer and Lyme disease; pre and post surgery events and sports injury for enhanced outcomes and accelerated recovery; chronic pain; Alzheimer’s; Parkinson’s; Diabetes; Autism Spectrum Disorder; stroke; chronic fatigue; radiation tissue damage; traumatic brain injury; and skin conditions, to name just a few.
IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU?
Find out! Schedule an appointment for an evaluation, or call our office if you would like more information. A new patient navigator will be happy to speak with you. 518.689.2244. Or, contact us: www.stramcenter.com
