Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO2 or HBOT) is a unique method of delivering high doses of oxygen in order to help the body heal. 'Hyperbaric" means greater than barometric or sea-level air pressure. It is accomplished by breathing 100% oxygen while inside a Hyperbaric Chamber that is pressurized to greater that normal barometric pressure. At normal atmospheric pressure the only way oxygen can be carried to body tissues is by the red blood cells.

The increased pressure produced in the hyperbaric chamber permits the oxygen you breathe also to be dissolved in the liquid (plasma) part of your blood. This extra dissolved oxygen in the blood plasma permits the delivery of oxygen to tissues in your body in amounts that cannot occur by any other form of oxygen treatment. This increased oxygen promotes the body's own healing mechanisms and helps fight infection.