| Our Mission The Canadian Hyperbaric Institute
is a private, state of the art medical facility, offering Hyperbaric
Oxygen therapy for the treatment of various health conditions.
Our philosophy is born out of the growing need for patients and
healthcare providers to have access to Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for both “accepted”
and off-label conditions.
Our focus is to offer safe, medically supervised Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) using certified 2-person chambers
in a professionally staffed facility.
What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) involves
the breathing of 100-percent pure oxygen while in a sealed chamber
that is pressurized to greater than normal atmospheric pressure.
Breathing pure oxygen under pressure dissolves the oxygen into
the fluid compartments of the body including the blood, lymph,
plasma, and the cerebrospinal fluid (fluid surrounding the brain
and spinal cord).
What are the benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy?
Oxygen is essential to life. It is required by every cell of the
body for the growth, repair, and preservation of cellular functioning.
It is also necessary for proper healing of injuries.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy accelerates the normal healing process.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy immediately
increasing the supply of oxygen to all areas of the body including
those areas where an injury or disease process has cut off blood
supply.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy stimulates
the formation of new blood vessels, especially to areas with
reduced blood supply. This process is known as angiogenesis.
This is especially beneficial in hypoxic brain injuries such
as a stroke, where oxygen and blood supply to the brain has
been greatly reduced.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy greatly
reducing swelling or edema, including the swelling that occurs
after a brain injury, such as a stroke or following trauma.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy directly
acting as an antimicrobial against many types of bacterial infections
including Clostridial perfringens infections (gas gangrene)
and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy enhances
the body’s natural immunity by improving the function
of white blood cells, cells that fight infection.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is continuing
to gain wide acceptance as a scientifically rational, effective
treatment for a wide range of conditions. Medical health professionals
in this remarkable field of medicine continue to gather research
and clinical evidence from around the world in an effort to solidify
the support and acceptance of this therapy. The Canadian Hyperbaric
Institute participates in such trials, gathering knowledge and
scientific data in order to further expand the acceptance of Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy in medicine. |
