Hyperbaric oxygen is able to effectively oxidize and remove harmful toxins, heavy metals, bacteria, and viruses, which are all often present with osteomyelitis. The bacteria that are associated with osteomyelitis thrive in low oxygen. But these bacteria are poisoned and killed by high levels of pressurized oxygen.

Hyperbaric oxygen has the ability to massively create new healthy cells in your body. In fact, studies show that your body produces 800% more healthy cells after 40 treatments of hyperbaric oxygen. Your body uses these new healthy cells as extra resources to heal and recover, since cells are able to grow up into any kind of cell the body needs. In the case of osteomyelitis, there can be body tissues which need to be repaired even after toxins and pathogens have been removed from the body. The new healthy cells produced by hyperbaric oxygen are able to repair this damage.

Hyperbaric oxygen also kickstarts the body’s natural immune system. Hyperbaric oxygen grows brand new white blood cells, modulates immune reactions, and causes new collagen to grow in the gut where 90% of the immune system is located. Better gut function translates to better digestion, absorption of nutrients, and more good probiotic bacteria that keep our immune systems healthy. A healthy immune system is essential for recovery from osteomyelitis.

Osteomyelitis is marked by chronic inflammation and constant oxidative stress. Hyperbaric oxygen dramatically lowers inflammation and decreases oxidative stress as it grows new blood vessels throughout the body, providing a new infrastructure of oxygenated blood and nutrients to reach inflamed tissue. Hyperbaric oxygen creates a new and ongoing positive chain of events in the body that helps lead to recovery from osteomyelitis.

Studies show that hyperbaric oxygen can correct or significantly improve osteomyelitis symptoms. And our clinical experience also attests to this fact.