Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, you breathe 100% oxygen inside a special chamber. At the same time, the pressure surrounding your body is slowly increased to two to three times normal atmospheric pressure.

Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment offers many therapeutic benefits, including:

• Greatly increases oxygen concentration in all body tissues

• Shortens the healing time of stubborn wounds

• Stimulates growth of new blood vessels in areas of reduced circulation

• Improves white blood cells’ ability to kill bacteria and control infections

• Helps treat chronic osteomyelitis (bone infections)

• Preserves skin grafts, flaps and other tissues where circulation is reduced

• Reduces edema (swelling)

• Reverses damage to tissues exposed to radiation therapy

• Reduces effects of carbon monoxide exposure

• Improves decompression sickness symptoms

Conditions We Treat

• Air or gas embolism

• Acute carbon monoxide poisoning

• Crush injuries

• Compartment syndrome

• Acute traumatic ischemia

• Decompression sickness

• Central retinal artery occlusion

• Diabetic foot ulcers

• Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency wounds

• Necrotizing soft tissue infection

• Refractory osteomyelitis (bone infection)

• Late effects of radiation

• Compromised flaps and grafts

• Acute thermal burn injuries

• Sudden sensorineural (inner ear or nerve damage) hearing loss

Why Choose John Muir Health

• Private treatments in comfortable, one-person chambers

• Clear plastic chambers allow you to communicate with staff and watch TV

• One of our hyperbaric physicians is always onsite to supervise all treatments

• Only accredited Level 1 hyperbaric facility in the Bay Area by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)

• Rigorous cleaning and COVID-19 protocols in place

• We keep your referring physician informed of your treatment plan and progress