Today, an estimated 5.3 million Americans live with a brain injury related disability.  After brain trauma from an accident, brain cells can die or become dormant from lack of oxygen.  When brain cells die or are damaged the abilities controlled by that area of the brain are lost.  These abilities can include speech, movement and memory.  How a brain injury patient is affected depends on where the injury occurs in the brain and how much the brain is affected.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers oxygen enriched blood to areas of the brain affected by the injury.  These blood cells activate idling neurons, allowing them to take over the functions of the dead brain cells.  This can allow a patient to regain functions to parts of the body which have become paralyzed by the injury.

A chronic wound is a disruption in the body's tissue that is most commonly associated with the loss of skin and the underlying tissue, the loss of muscle, or the loss of bone.  When there is a lack of oxygen it makes it difficult for the wound to heal.  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers oxygen to underoxigenated tissue.  This oxygen helps get oxygen to the affected areas of the body.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy makes it easier to see what tissues may need to be removed, lessens the chance of infection, promotes growth of new tissue and encourages bone repair.