Gregory Penn | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

HBOT and Surgery Helps Reinstate Boater’s Severed Finger

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Gregory Penn

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has long been recognized as a potent form of alternative treatment for a multitude of conditions. This time, along with an integral surgery, it helped restore a severed finger. Read on to know more. A Fishing Gone Wrong Only in January last year, Lisa Cagle had got it all planned out for an exciting day of boat fishing. Little did she know, she would end up losing the tip of her middle finger. And this is exactly how things unfolded on that fateful day. Lisa recalls…

How Hyperbaric Chamber Cost Might Affect the Availability of COVID-19 Treatment

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Gregory Penn

The global coronavirus pandemic has sent medical researchers around the world on a race to find an effective treatment option for the COVID-19 infection. Pharmaceutical drugs as well as therapies of all kinds are being suggested as physicians and researchers are working together to find a way to save patients suffering from severe cases of the novel coronavirus infection. Shortness of breath, cough, and fever are some of the common symptoms of COVID-19. Confusion, chest pain, and acute breathing problems may occur in patients with severe infection. Most patients who…

Musician Justin Bieber Uses HBOT Therapy for Better Health

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Gregory Penn

Justin Bieber is the latest celebrity in the nation to have confirmed the use of HBOT therapy for the purpose of gaining better health. In recent months, Bieber created a storm on social media after posting images in which he was seen undergoing HBOT inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. His pictures on Instagram raised a lot of concern about his mental health amongst his fan-base across the world, with many speculating if he was using HBOT to improve his psychological state. Bieber posted an explanation to his fans, saying: “Been…

Former Quarterback Joe Namath Speaks Out About the Benefits of Hyperbaric Therapy

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 Gregory Penn

Joe Namath, the renowned quarterback from the 1970s’, is a firm believer in the benefits of hyperbaric therapy. During his illustrious career, Namath is known to have sustained five concussions, apart from several impactful accidents to his head whilst playing crucial games. The string of injuries left Namath with serious health concerns such as memory loss, combined with other related problems post his retirement from the game in 1977. Namath did not undertake any specific treatment for his traumatic brain injury for several years. A few of his contemporaries committed…

What Happens before and during the Oxygen Treatment?

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Gregory Penn

Many people get to know about hyperbaric oxygen therapy via various sources. However, many of these patients are often apprehensive about the working of HBOT therapy, how it is carried out, and what the side effects are. So, today, let’s analyze the whole process of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy? HBOT therapy involves 100% oxygen inhalation inside a pressurized chamber or cell. Normally, when a patient is not receiving HBOT, red blood cells become the sole carrier of oxygen in the body. However, when the patient is…

HBOT Success Story: How HBOT Helped an Autistic Child

October 23, 2017May 28, 2018 Gregory Penn

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a preferred treatment option for patients afflicted by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There are several instances of autistic individuals having benefited from this effective treatment. Here we are sharing the inspiring story of little David. How HBOT Helped David – A Child with Autism David, an adorable seven year old, was just two when the doctors diagnosed him with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Since his infancy, David had the habit of expressing himself through hand movements instead of communicating his needs verbally. In due course,…

How HBOT Helped Toros – A Child with Autism and Head Injury

September 20, 2017May 28, 2018 Gregory Penn

In recent years, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been steadily gaining momentum as an effective procedure for augmenting the natural healing process of the human body. Contrary to the belief of HBOT being a new-age treatment, the fact remains that it has been in existence since 1662 and has been administered as part of clinical treatment since mid-1800. This procedure involves inhalation of pure oxygen in a controlled total body chamber with increased atmospheric pressure. Medical practitioners generally recommend HBOT in addition to the patient’s existing health care plan, and…

HBOT Can Improve Autism – Is It a Myth or Reality?

July 14, 2017May 28, 2018 Gregory Penn

It is since 2004 that hyperbaric therapy has been in application to treat autistic patients, and there have been several reports which depict improvement in patient conditions after going through a number of sessions of this therapy. The effective benefits of HBOT have gradually raised its popularity, and in many cases it has created magic where medical therapies failed. Nowadays, parents often prefer applying hyberbaric therapy as a complementary treatment on their kids along with prescribed medications after consulting with doctors. Therefore, let’s know more on HBOT and Autism: What…

Make your Scuba Diving Safe & Enjoyable with Personal Hyperbaric Chamber

January 28, 2017May 28, 2018 Gregory Penn

It is known to all the scuba divers that decompression sickness is a great danger while diving in the open water. Decompression sickness is known as “the bends”, “divers disease” and “caisson disease”. If you are interested in scuba diving but do not know much about decompression sickness, before going for scuba diving, you must know everything about it. A personal hyperbaric chamber can help the divers to recover from decompression sickness. But before going to this discussion, let’s know more about the sickness. What is this decompression sickness? Decompression…

HBOT Offers A Beacon Of Hope To Diabetics With Ulcers

May 12, 2016October 9, 2017 Gregory Penn

Diabetes has rightly been termed “the mother of all diseases”. This is one of the reasons why patients feel apprehensive about what lies ahead in their lives when they come to know that they are diabetic. If the high level of glucose in the bloodstream is not kept under control, it can gradually go on to be the underlying cause of a host of other chronic diseases or complications. This can have serious consequences for diabetics sooner or later. Diabetic wounds constitute one such complication which may require an amputation…