Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) in sports has become more prevalent in today’s collegiate and professional realm. Mild HBO therapy provides a highly effective way to increase the volume of oxygen in the blood and thus increase the many beneficial effects that oxygen has on the body. It allows the body to get the oxygen it needs to create ATP for energy and flush out the lactic acid that causes muscle fatigue. The elevated oxygen levels help athletes increase performance and recover more quickly after a workout. Increased oxygen delivery to the brain facilitates brain function, and enhances an athlete’s ability to make split-second decisions that could be a difference in the outcome of a game.

A sports injury can be especially devastating for an athlete. Often, athletes re-injure themselves or make their conditions worse by attempting to return to full activity before their bodies have healed completely. Athletes sidelined because of injury can lose their standing in national rankings, or their place on a team. Because elite athletes have so much at stake, many have turned to mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy to speed recovery.

The pressurized chamber in which athletes breathe pure oxygen, allows up to a tenfold increase in the oxygen level of the blood plasma and hemoglobin. The red blood cells become more malleable, increasing their ability to penetrate restricted blood vessels so that cells and tissues receive the oxygen they need to regenerate and heal. With hyperbaric treatment, a sprained ankle might recover in four days instead of eight; a bruised thigh could mend in one week, not three. Recovery time is reduced significantly, and athletes at all skill levels get back into play faster.

Joe Namath Brings Hyperbaric into the Limelight with scientific proof of improved circulation and recovery from brain injury!

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NFL athletes using hyperbaric chamber to accelerate healing!

The NFL Draft brings hundreds of young men to the field that were just in classrooms a few months ago. They will don suits and snapback hats to pledge allegiance to their new employers and fanbases.

In today’s world, with our knowledge of how the violent game of football impacts the bodies of football players, NFL stars are doing everything they can to prolong their careers from being drafted in their early twenties all the way through their primes into their late thirties.

One of the ways NFL athletes recover from a long day on the field is with oxygen therapy from a hyperbaric chamber. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has produced benefits in a range of conditions and slows the aging process by stimulating the production of mitochondria inside cells. This increases the cells energy and allows athletes to speed up their own healing process and reduces or eliminates the necessity for potentially addictive opiate pain pills or banned substances.

This is crucial in today’s athletic environment, where an injury can cost an athlete millions of dollars or their entire career by aggravating chronic injuries:

A sports injury can be especially devastating for an athlete. Often, athletes re-injure themselves or make their conditions worse by attempting to return to full activity before their bodies have healed completely. Athletes sidelined because of injury can lose their standing in national rankings, or their place on a team. Because elite athletes have so much at stake, many have turned to mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy to speed recovery.

According to Steve Weatherford of the New York Giants, many NFL players go ahead and sleep in their personal hyperbaric chambers! From USA Today:

Despite how futuristic sleeping in hyperbaric chamber may seem, this has actually become a common practice among many NFL players for a few years now. I have my own portable chamber in my house! The reason for why I and so many NFL players engage in sleeping these chambers is because a hyperbaric chamber reduces swelling, promotes the healing of wounds, helps fight off dangerous infections, and increases the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream.

One of those athletes is Weatherford’s New York Giants teammate, RB Rashad Jennings. Jennings appeared on ESPN this past NFL season to show reporter Hannah Storm the logistics and benefits of bringing his own personal hyperbaric chamber on the road (If you can’t watch the video, click here).

 

Other NFL players that use hyperbaric chambers include former Georgia Bulldogs Benjamin Watson and Hines Ward, Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Schaub, RB Reggie Bush, Steelers LB James Harrison, and Tim Tebow. Athletes outside of the NFL that use hyperbaric chambers include the MLB’s Matt Kemp and Adrian Beltre, UFC star Urijah Faber, and golf legend Tiger Woods.