Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months, often continuing even after an injury has healed. It happens because of changes in how the body and brain process pain signals. Unlike short-term pain that helps protect the body, chronic pain can interfere with daily life and emotional well-being. Conditions like arthritis, nerve damage, back pain and fibromyalgia are common examples.
Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months, often continuing even after an injury has healed. It happens because of changes in how the body and brain process pain signals. Unlike short-term pain that helps protect the body, chronic pain can interfere with daily life and emotional well-being. Conditions like arthritis, nerve damage, back pain and fibromyalgia are common examples.
How Hyperbarics Helps
HBOT can decrease pain and help with conditions like fibromyalgia.
It helps the body handle pain better, even when other treatments don’t work.
It restores brain function in areas linked to pain, helping with long-term healing.
HBOT helps the body make chemicals that block pain naturally.
It offers pain relief without the side effects of strong pain medications, such as opiates.
HBOT relieves pain naturally and safely without side effects
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can help people with long-lasting pain, such as fibromyalgia. It works by reducing pain sensitivity and improving how the brain processes pain. It also reduces inflammation, which in turn reduces pain. For some patients, HBOT has been better than common medicines like pregabalin or duloxetine, especially for those with past trauma. It also boosts brain activity in areas linked to pain relief and uses the body’s natural painkillers to reduce discomfort without opioid side effects. HBOT offers hope as a safe and effective way to manage chronic pain.
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What is Hyperbaric Medicine?
Hyperbaric medicine, also called hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT, is a medical treatment where a patient sits or lies in a pressurized chamber and breathes 100% oxygen. In HBOT, oxygen dissolves into the blood, thus raising the oxygen concentration to very high levels. This increased oxygen is a primary building block for tissues, muscle, and bone repair. Among other benefits, it kicks off cell reproduction, heals injuries and infections more rapidly, and decreases inflammation.
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Does HBOT kill cancer cells?
Current research indicates that hyperbaric oxygen does not kill cancer cells. However, some early research indicates that hyperbaric oxygen might reduce the size of certain tumors. Also, there has been a study on mice using hyperbaric oxygen, along with a ketogenic diet, to reduce tumors. Hyperbaric oxygen causes many different healing modalities to kick into gear. Could its effect on strengthening the immune system inhibit the growth of cancer cells? Nobody knows. Over the past 50 years, numerous studies conclusively show that hyperbaric oxygen does not encourage cancer cells or tumors to grow. Some patients claim that hyperbaric oxygen makes them feel a lot more comfortable and functional after chemotherapy and also during healing. Note that some chemotherapy drugs are not to be used with hyperbaric oxygen, as the chemotherapy drugs can be enhanced and thus become toxic. A good hyperbaric oxygen facility (such as Bay Area Hyperbarics) will always call the chemotherapy manufacturer to ensure that hyperbaric oxygen therapy will be helpful and not damaging to the patient.
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What is the CPT code for HBOT?
The CPT code for HBOT is G0277.
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Does Medicare cover HBOT?
Medicare covers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for approved conditions, and many insurance companies also cover approved conditions. If your condition is not approved by your insurance, we can discuss our special rates. Give us a call at (408) 356–7438. We are happy to discuss your options with you.
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Can HBOT help Neuropathy?
Hyperbaric treatments help heal neuropathy by regrowing small blood vessels and nerves that have died from disease, injuries from radiation and aging. Patients often experience numbness and or pain when they start treatment. Hyperbaric treatments most often bring back sensation and make, for example, walking easier and more enjoyable.
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Why would a physician consider HBOT?
A physician would consider using hyperbaric chamber therapy in a variety of situations. Physicians most typically refer patients to hyperbaric when the patient is not healing with traditional medical interventions, and Medicare approves hyperbaric chamber therapy for this condition. Some patients experience significant unresolved pain and unremitting disease states that the mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber are known to affect, such as the downregulation of inflammatory genes. For example, some patients have experienced severe, unremitting hives with itching, which did not improve with any specialist interventions. Some physicians will consider hyperbaric chamber therapy if the patient has no other good avenues for improving their failing health, and they know the hyperbaric chamber therapy is safe and will not harm the patient.
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What is Hypebaric Oxygen Therapy?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment where you inhale 100% oxygen in a chamber with increased atmospheric pressure. HBOT injects 400x the oxygen into your tissues and bones and mobilizes stem cells. It regrows healthy tissues in the brain, blood vessels, skin and bones. It also reduces pain and swelling and speeds recovery. It is simple, effective and painless.