April 10th, 2012 by Shiela Holmes

The Wellness Conference 2012 is on the treatment by hyperbaric therapy. The conference is on April 21, 2012 from three to 10 pm. The conference would bring forth three renowned speakers who would give a comprehensive overview in the field of hyperbaric therapy. This will be at the Gig Harbor Boys & Girls Club, 8502 Skansie Ave. in Gig Harbor.
The conference by Helping Others Live Life Initiative (HOLLI) would have renowned guest speakers, Dr. Bradstreet, researcher of stem cells and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Shannon Kenitz, president of the International Hyperbaric Association and the acclaimed specialist of autism, Bill Schindler, who would be the keynote speaker for the NFL on brain injuries and concussions.
This year’s meeting would not only be the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of the therapy but the collected contributions would assist those who are in the need of this treatment but cannot avail it because of financial crisis. This would facilitate in providing assistance and give another patient a chance to live.
The treatment utilizes introduction of oxygen under pressurized circumstances. This hypoxic environment enables the patient to absorb oxygen especially in areas that are deprived. The therapy leads to a host of benefits. For example,

• Enhances the cell mobility and improves the immunity of the body.
• Stimulates the growth of new capillaries.
• Treats various wounds and ulcers.
• The treatment benefits people with chronic degenerative diseases like cerebral palsy, cerebral stroke, brain injury, autism, sclerosis etc.
• Cures gangrene.
• Reduces inflammation and increases the stamina.

HOLLI Marketing director, Heidi Gray said that this is their first event. This event is all about spreading awareness and educating people concerning the hyperbaric therapy. The audience can get their information from the experts who have been dealing with this therapy from the very beginning.
HOLLI was solely formed as a nonprofit organization with Mike Burris, an entrepreneur, Nina Schweikart and Grant Schweikart in September 2011. Nina Schweikart accredited hyperbaric therapy for relieving her of multiple sclerosis. They consummated HOLLI to make the HBOT treatment more feasible.
The conference would also include kayaking trips and an overnight campout. There would also be a live concert to raise the funds for the HBOT patients. The upcoming fundraiser in 2013 will be a 1500 mile 30 day kayaking trip down the Mississippi river. For more information contact Mr. Mike Mike Burris at 253-303-1763 or visit www.hollipc.com.

April 2nd, 2012 by Gregory Penn

ASD or the Autism Spectrum Disorder is spectral disorder that affects the brain development. Characterized by the difficulties in social communication, verbal and non-verbal interaction and repetitive behavior, ASD is a not a curative disease. As per the findings of CDC, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) one out of every 88 children in US have autism.
Previously the data stood at 1 in every 110 children, but the leap of 25 percent has shocked many people. With more than one million children and adolescents now affected with autism, people fear that it’s an epidemic. Though some attribute to the increase in numbers to better screening of the disease, the outcry remains the same. The studies also reported that children with older siblings belonging to the autism spectrum also have the tendency of having the disorder.
Dr. Thomas Friedman, CDC Director, said that the data confirms one thing i.e. there are many children and families who need help. The centre would continue to track autism spectrum disorder and accordingly make improvements in the services provided.
Caring for an autistic child can often be stressful, and if the child fails to understand or interact, the situation can worsen. This is the reason that the responsibility of the child should be given to a specialist. The family should stop expecting perfection as then they would certainly be disappointed.
Some of the other findings in the CDC report are as follows:

• Autism is five times more common in boys (one in every 54) than in girls. (one in every 252)
• The Hispanic and black children saw the largest increase. The reason acquitted was the increased awareness.
• With people being aware, more children are being diagnosed with it in the earlier ages. CDC “Learn the Signs Act Early” program is beneficial for the parents in identifying the child’s development progression.
• The report also found an increase among children without intellectual disability. There was also an increase in the estimated occurrence of autism at all levels of intellectual ability.

The CDC organization called a national strategy which would include some of the following:

• More funds for research in the genetic underpinnings and finding the cause of autism.
• Funds for effective medicines and treatments.
• All the children with autism should be diagnosed by the age of 18 months.
• The adult autism issue would be addressed. Education, employment and housing etc to be provided.
• National Training Corps recruiting more specialists and service providers like teachers and assistants.
• The training corps would associate assistants to work with the adults.

January 30th, 2012 by Angel

The simplest way to define autism is to give it the connotation of a “complex developmental disability.” Usually detected within the first three years of a human life, autism is the result of a severe neurological malfunction disabling the person’s communicative and social interactive skills.

Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD

Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD are developmental disorders which results in abnormality of the individual. Caused due to the brain anomaly, a person with ASD reflects the same autistic behavior of reserved communication and zero sociable skills. Resisting to any change, the individual can develop further complications. People still do not know the exact causes of autism and therefore the treatments also vary as per the individual for example one which is gaining momentum is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Wide spectrum disorder: Autism

By the term wide spectrum, we mean that no two individuals suffering from the disability will display the same problems or behavioral patterns. They can have varying combinations of behavior and these can range from mild to severe ones. Enlisted are some of the behavioral patterns visible in the patient’s disabilities.

• Social behavioral patterns

An ASD individual would behave differently than other individuals. The communication would not be in sync with others and can seem to be socially clumsy. If the person suffers from severe disability, then he or she would not be interested in the conversation at all. The most common symptom is the inability to make eye contact. They miss out on the cues of communication and can often turn to be a traumatic experience. Proper counseling at least ensures improvement in the eye contact.

• Unaware of emotions

Individuals with ASD are unaware of the emotions and are unable to understand the feelings of others. They usually lack the ability to empathize and therefore lay oblivious to their surroundings. Frequent reminders often improve the situation but they like staying aloof to the feelings around them. It’s in human nature to talk with oneself, to debate the rights and wrongs and for an autistic it is even more.
The other symptomatic behavioral patterns of an autistic involves avoidance of physical contacts even a handshake. Others prevent areas of loud noises and crowds. Some people need reminders that these noises are can happen and lessen the stress.

• Speech disabilities

Depending on the severity of the ASD, the person speaking skills are affected. Most repeat what they hear, echolalia and some do not speak at all. The speech is more formal and woody and forced out of the individual. The intonation being flat, they often sound more aged than they actually are.

• Obsession and Repetitive behavior

The autistic often repeats and is often obsessed with certain things. Vulnerable to the societal pressures, they often become obsessed with an individual or even a thing. They have this set routine and hates partaking in anything else.
Autism doesn’t mean that the individual lacks emotion or do not have the capabilities to do something at all. They have some disabilities which can be lessened with time, practice, support and counseling. Research is going on to find a cure for Autism and the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is one of the developing therapies.

January 9th, 2012 by Gregory Penn

Did you ever feel that we people who live high on the hog are becoming less emotional every day? I mean, do you remember the last time you felt terrible for the people who are suffering from some awful sickness? You don’t remember right! That’s what I thought. But it’s really a blessing that there are still many people who actually feel for the unfortunate ones and try their best to help them.
You know I was no better than any other until one of my family member suffered a crash injury and I had to take him for the Personal Hyperbaric Chambers treatment to cure him. I didn’t even know what a hyperbaric chamber is or how it works. But I found out soon enough and I felt the urge to inform those people who are unaware about it. Then let’s talk about what a hyperbaric chamber is. It’s a chamber; where we can adjust pressure of air, to give the person inside, an experience of higher atmospheric pressures than the normal environmental. Of course there is an expert to control the pressure of the chamber to monitor patient’s well being.

Now you must be thinking that, how it would cure one. Well, that question bugged me too. And when I talked with the doctors I learned that, when the atmospheric pressure increases, it increases the oxygen up to 100% without an enriched oxygen source and it cures the patient. Hyperbaric Oxygen chambers were used at first to treat decompression sickness, but recently hyperbaric chamber has shown quite efficiency in treating severe conditions such as gas gangrene and carbon monoxide poisoning and cure Crush injury, thermal burns, compartment syndrome, acute traumatic ischemia, exceptional blood loss, delayed radiation injury, necrotize soft tissue infections and also can enhance healing in selected problem wounds as well. Surprising huh?
So, let just thank those people who created it and other things alike to help people and gave us a boon to deal with these life-taking diseases.

December 22nd, 2011 by Angel

There are millions of people who suffer memory loss. In most cases these patients are diagnosed wrongly, leading to further complications. Sometimes the doctors even say that it’s normal and show up reasons like aging and stress. Well all is not that simple about memory loss. In most cases these doctors are hardly able to figure out the issue. Despite of seeing several specialists and consuming numerous drugs the problem may still seem to persist. Memory loss often occurs due to poor oxygenation of brain cells; mild strokes can also result into memory failure. Such strokes may occur even without the knowledge of the patient. Sudden loss of memory is an actual symptom of strokes which can be dealt with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. HBOT Treatments help infuse oxygen into the blood which is transported to the damaged tissues.

On receiving pure oxygen the blood vessels starts growing and bring in more of oxygen with the blood along with nutrients. This helps heal the damaged area faster and better.

November 2nd, 2011 by Angel

Rebirth is one word that strikes my mind when I think of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Well it’s not only about healing the precious mind or heart, it’s also about how humans can regain beauty. Have you undergone a cosmetics surgery and fear that it would turn into some ugly swelling? Well you aren’t the only one to fear the ill-effects of cosmetics surgery. Inflammation, surgical bruising and marks are too common post surgery. Today with hyperbaric oxygen therapy you can shed off stress and go ahead leading a normal life looking ever beautiful.

Speedy healing and absolute recovery is possible with oxygen therapy. The therapy is administered to help kill the harmful leukocytes. It also initiates fibroblast replication and collagen formation along with ischemic tissue neovascularization. Wound healing takes place faster and the pain is reduced too. Also the scars heal better with oxygen therapy. Cosmetics surgeons make use of HBOT to heal ill-effects of surgery.

October 14th, 2011 by Edward Jones

Oxygen is the reason why living beings are alive. It’s a blessing that separates earth from the other planets. The planet is living because of oxygen. Now oxygen is channelized to treat human health. With the help of hyperbaric oxygen you can turn the impossible into possible. Experts have found out that oxygen therapy works wonders in treating stroke. They made use of Hyperbaric Chambers to treat patients suffering from strokes and found out that the victims on being administered with oxygen therapy showed blood vessel development. The study revealed that new blood vessels grew adjoining the affected area.

This resulted into an improvement, because the blood vessels started transporting fresh blood to affected area. The damaged area starts receiving nutrients and more oxygen as a result of which the tissues regain strength and get normal. Now the revived neurons are able to reach the main parts of the brain properly. Thus cerebral functions start afresh.

September 30th, 2011 by Angel

Goodness is it true? Yes it is. Now that these oxygen chambers are available in rent, you don’t have to pay any extra for purchasing one for your own. The easy rentals make it simpler for you to hire these essential enclosures, if you can’t really afford to buy one. You can now access this utility chamber any time, at your convenience. Today there are several of them renting out Portable Hyperbaric Chambers for your benefit. So why are thousands of people crazy over hiring one? Well this needs to be answered as quickly as possible. I will tell you why.

• High costs of hyperbaric chambers have led many to think otherwise. As it is hyperbaric treatments are costly and requires around 40-80 sessions for completion. However renting a hyperbaric chamber would mean that you will be accessing the enclosure twice a day for five days/week. Your 30 days rental plan offers you 40 sessions. The most inexpensive way to avail oxygen therapy.
• Purchasing a portable hyperbaric chamber might land you in soup if you aren’t too satisfied with the results. Renting it would mean that you can try it out.
• You can access the hyperbaric chamber whenever you want. It’s almost like having one of your own and getting inside whenever you feel like.

This is why renting a mild hyperbaric chamber is a better option.

September 12th, 2011 by Nancy Smith

Thermal burns are severe problems where the tissues undergo multifactorial injuries resulting in hypoxia, edema and susceptibility to serious infections.  Thermal burns occur due to reduced functionality of the white cells. Such conditions are treated with the help of oxygen therapy. The pathophysiological derangement conditions are efficiently treated with HBOT. After a few dives in the Hyperbaric Chambers, the patients experience a significant difference in their health conditions. After researching on the same, experts have concluded that there can’t be a better solution than this. A randomized study has proved that improved healing on thermal burns could be achieved with the help of HBOT therapies.

Thermal burns need to be treated almost immediately. HBOt treatements administered on an individual suffering from thermal burns is usually given twice a day. However the span may vary from person to person depending upon the severity and response to HBOT therapy. However the experts see to it that the patient doesn’t have to suffer from physiologic stress.

August 28th, 2011 by Angel

The use of  Portable Hyperbaric Chambers has also seeped into the alternative clinics. Today even the spa therapists make use of oxygen therapy for physical and mental rejuvenation. Availability of portable hyperbaric chambers in the market has simplified our lives. A special transportable hyperbaric chamber is being manufactured to resist physical issues arising out of altitude problems; but hold on!! There is just one slight problem with this special portable hyperbaric chamber. You need to take extra care of it to avoid accumulation of carbon dioxide. However experts have come up with a solution.  On application of soda lime at a respiratory circuit actually helps avoid accumulation of CO₂. Moreover they found out that pumping can prove to be beneficial in keeping the internal conditions stable. Pumping helps maintain a stable condition for as long as 90 minutes.

Not only does the operator saves his energy but also derives better value at higher altitudes. High altitude disorder can be safely treated with the help of soda lime and it’s a proven fact.