Chronic Pain and HBOT
Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that tells you something may be wrong, and chronic pain is the persistence of the symptoms. Pain can be steady, throbbing, stabbing, aching, pinching, or described in many other ways.
There is a growing body of evidence that Hyperbaric Oxygen decreases pain in different acute and chronic pain conditions. Animal studies have highlighted the analgesic effect caused by HBO. Hyper-oxygenation increases ATP production for energy related cellular functions, thus leading to an increase in healing and recovery time.
Chronic pain is one of the frequently encountered clinical problems that is difficult to cure. HBO has been reported in chronic pain syndrome with promising results.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been studied in various chronic pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, migraine and cluster headaches.
Hyperbaric Oxygen’s Effectiveness Of Pain
A double-blind, randomized trial assessed the effectiveness of HBO for treating patients with complex regional pain syndrome.
The HBO group showed significant decrease in pain and oedema, compared to the control which did not receive HBO.
The group concluded that HBO is an effective and well-tolerated method for decreasing pain and oedema.
Three Weeks Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Successfully Treated Lower Limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
A 41-year old male with one-year history of pain syndrome of left foot followed by ankle fracture demonstrated less pain, decreased swelling, less allodynia and improvement in skin colour and range of motion of the lower limb just after three weeks of HBO
The patient was back to work for the first time in over a year!
We believe HBO can be considered as a valuable therapeutic tool in the treatment of long-standing pain syndromes
Read further research -
Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome
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