As Camden Hyperbaric approaches its six-month benchmark since opening in December, we continue to experiment with how best to communicate the health benefits of our technology to the Midcoast community.

Whether you’re seeking relief from chronic health complaints, a refresh in times of stress, to augment your energy and cognition, or simply to explore new horizons, here’s a simple primer on our tech and how it might enhance your life.

Hyperbaric Oxygen

Hyperbaric oxygen involves breathing pure oxygen while under elevated air pressure (not to worry - our chamber is pressurized with standard air, so there’s no elevated risk of fire). 

This has numerous knock-on effects:

• It raises the saturation of oxygen in blood 

• It boosts blood circulation and angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels)

• It increases metabolism

• It triggers amplified production of antioxidant enzymes in the immune system, reducing inflammation

These effects are behind hyperbaric oxygen’s usefulness in addressing a number of chronic inflammatory states, including exercise and injury recovery, Parkinson’s, PTSD, and mild traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome.

Molecular Hydrogen

As the smallest element in the universe, inhaled or ingested hydrogen has been found to perfuse exceptionally well throughout the body and in recent decades has demonstrated a potent antioxidant impact.

Studies have found broad anti-inflammatory effects in a number of chronic conditions, from asthma and COPD to heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and more.

Camden Hyperbaric offers pure inhaled molecular hydrogen.

Photobiomodulation

Photobiomodulation refers to changing one’s biology with light. It’s OK to call it red light therapy! 

Wavelengths of blue and red light boost production of the cellular energy currency ATP and hormones associated with the sleep-wake cycle. Numerous knock-on effects observed in some studies include anti-inflammatory effects; improved injury recovery and wound healing; boons to sleep quality, mood, and cognitive function; enhanced cerebral blood flow and blood oxygenation; and more.

Camden Hyperbaric offers a red light therapy mat much like a sleeping bag with thousands of red and near-infrared LEDs.

PEMF Therapy

PEMF therapy, or Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy, uses localized low-frequency EM pulses to enhance cellular health and energy production. Increases in blood flow, angiogenesis, and tissue oxygenation are behind researchers' conclusion that PEMF improves exercise performance and recovery from common athletic injuries.

PEMF additionally reduces inflammation and increases heart rate variability; it even reduces stiffness and augments physical function in osteoarthritis, making it another apparently broadly-effective anti-inflammatory therapy.

Our PEMF device consists of two coils placed at the most relevant sites of concern and is painless when in operation.

Conclusion

Learn much more about the principles and research supporting these therapies at camdenhyperbaric.com, or book a session for yourself at vagaro.com/camdenhyperbaric.