what is HBOT?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, often shortened to HBOT, is a medical treatment where you breathe in pure oxygen while resting inside a specially designed hyperbaric chamber. The chamber is pressurized to a level higher than normal air pressure, which allows your lungs to take in more oxygen than would be possible at typical atmospheric pressure.
How the Chamber Increases Oxygen in Your Body
Under normal conditions, oxygen travels through your body mainly attached to red blood cells. Inside a hyperbaric chamber, the increased pressure allows oxygen to dissolve directly into your blood plasma, spinal fluid, and other body fluids. This means oxygen can reach areas of the body where blood flow may be limited or where tissue has been damaged — places that are often harder for oxygen to reach through normal breathing alone.
Why Extra Oxygen Matters for Healing
Many people wonder why extra oxygen matters so much. The answer lies in how your cells repair themselves. Healing is an oxygen-demanding process. Tissues that are injured, infected, or recovering from surgery typically need more oxygen than healthy tissue to rebuild themselves. When oxygen supply is limited, healing can slow down or stall. HBOT is designed to temporarily raise the amount of oxygen available to these tissues, which may help support the body's own repair mechanisms.
How does HBOT work
pressure changes how gases behave in the body.
Increased pressure
Chamber pressure rises above sea level, medically supervised.
Oxygen dissolves in plasma
More oxygen carried in blood, beyond red blood cells.
Reaches low-oxygen tissue
Oxygen-rich plasma reaches poorly supplied areas.
Supports healing
Aids new blood vessels, collagen, infection response.