Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) For Sports Injuries

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) may enhance recovery from sports injuries by delivering increased oxygen to damaged tissues, which promotes healing, reduces inflammation, and accelerates the repair of soft tissues, ligaments, and fractures.

How HBOT works for sports injuries:

Increased Oxygen Delivery

In a hyperbaric chamber, pure oxygen is breathed at higher-than-normal atmospheric pressure, allowing the blood to carry significantly more oxygen to injured areas.

Tissue Oxygenation

This increased oxygen saturates damaged tissues, preventing hypoxia (oxygen starvation) and supporting cellular repair and function.

Reduced Inflammation and Swelling

HBOT can help decrease inflammation and swelling by improving blood flow and reducing harmful oxygen radicals that contribute to tissue damage.

Enhanced Healing

High oxygen levels stimulate the production of new blood vessels (neovascularization), collagen, and other factors essential for healing connective tissues like tendons and ligaments.

Immune Response Support

HBOT can enhance the body's immune response, increasing the ability of white blood cells to fight bacteria and prevent infection at the injury site.

Benefits for Athletes:

Faster Return to Play

By promoting quicker and more efficient healing, HBOT may reduce the overall recovery time for athletes.

Reduced Pain

The anti-inflammatory effects of HBOT can help alleviate pain associated with injuries.

Improved Tissue Health

HBOT supports the repair of microscopic tears in muscles and encourages the formation of healthy tissue.

HBOT at The Brightwell

Although the sessions we offer for Sports Injuries are not subsidised by the charity, they offer excellent value for money.

Registration fee is £50. Each session lasts 1 hour, is only £30 per session.

The number of sessions required will depend on the individual's level of fitness and the severity of the injury. As a guideline most users with a general sports injury will see benefits after just 5 sessions.

To find out more, please visit www.thebrightwell.org.uk/oxygen-therapy

If you have any queries, please call 01454 201686 or email hello@thebrightwell.org.uk