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+27 78 520 6873

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info@gvaa.co.za

  What is mild hyperbaric oxygen 

therapy recommended for?

Mild HBOT is one of the safest and effective therapeutic procedures available today.

 

 

We use HBOT technology to improve the quality of life

  • Achieve better blood circulation
  • Eliminate toxins efficiently
  • Encourage neuroplasticity (regeneration of brain cells)
  • Increase various functions of metabolism
  • Improve motor skills in children, muscle tone, motricity, spasticity
  • Increase fine motor skills
  • Reduce muscle cramps
  • Increase strength
  • Increase control of the body and mind
  • Decrease edema effects by vasoconstriction
  • Decrease leucocyte chemotaxis and adhesion
  • Attenuate ischemic-reperfusion damage
  • Suppress the formation of inflammatory mediators
  • Inhibit the autoimmune syndrome and the immune reaction in antigens
  • Improve chronic skin damage healing by inducing angiogenesis
  • Stimulate O2 dependent collagen matrix formation, which is an essential phase in wound healing

 

 

Hyperbaric technology can change the face of beauty

 

We aim to make HBOT technology safe, reliable,and available for home and professional use.

The anti-aging and beauty effects of hyperbaric oxygen represent only the visible part of the cellular science behind HBOT.

When we go deeper, the compound action of oxygen inside our system is far greater than the sum of its parts.

We support a healthy lifestyle that combines sports, wellness, and beauty strategies to enjoy the quality of life longer and safer.

 

 

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for beauty and anti-aging strategies

 

HBOT can be used as part of a proactive approach to aging with grace.

When oxygen levels in the tissues start to drop, the body’s natural healing process enters a slow decline which leads to damaged tissues, decreased tissue function, slow healing of wounds, dry skin, fatigue, wrinkles, and a variety of other symptoms related to aging.

The supplemented oxygen under pressure during HBOT sessions can reach deep to the cellular level to promote circulation, stem-cell growth, reduce inflammation, and support the immune system.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy sessions have a powerful detoxification effect on the body. Skin is the largest organ and toxins in your body show up as blemishes and discolorations. HBOT removes these toxins for the system to look and feel rejuvenated and healthy.

 

 

Oxygen can kick-start the immune and regenerative systems

Oxygen supports the immune system, activates the defence system against toxic substances, and sustains the growth of new cells.

HBOT is the most efficient method to deliver the necessary oxygen to the cells throughout our body.

The increased delivery of oxygen facilitates cell regeneration, which reduces scarring and helps improve skin appearance.

 

 

Age with grace

 

Oxygen is known to be a systemic component in skin rejuvenation.

When we deliver oxygen under pressure during HBOT, the supplemented oxygen levels improve blood flow, boost cell metabolism, facilitate collagen production, contribute to microscopic blood vessel growth, reduce oxidative stress, and on the surface level, increase skin elasticity.

Breathing oxygen inside the inflatable hyperbaric chamber is a natural and non-invasive procedure with efficient healing and regenerative action. The increased pressure inside the hyperbaric chamber facilitates the absorption of oxygen in larger quantities in the blood plasma.

When high concentrations of oxygen are transported and become available to all necessary cells and tissues, the body’s natural healing mechanism is stimulated.

 

Healing from within

 

Complementary to most skincare procedures and formulations, the action of HBOT is to heal from within. This natural approach to skincare is trusted by health professionals for the numerous benefits HBOT has proved it can deliver on a holistic level.

Respectable skincare clinics and hyperbaric spas integrate hyperbaric oxygen therapy into their programs to rejuvenate skin, increase skin elasticity, repair aging skin texture, reduce scar formation, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin complexion.

 

Stimulate skin rejuvenation and slow down the aging process.

 

HBOT is not used as a miracle cure for aging – “to rewind the clock” – there is no way to reverse aging, but what HBOT can do is improve the body as a system to experience aging with grace.

 

 

MEDICAL

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat several medical conditions. And medical institutions use it in different ways. Your doctor may suggest hyperbaric oxygen therapy if you have one of the following conditions:

·         Severe anemia

·         Brain abscess

·         Bubbles of air in your blood vessels (arterial gas embolism)

·         Burns

·         Carbon monoxide poisoning

·         Crushing injury

·         Deafness, sudden

·         Decompression sickness

·         Gangrene

·         Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death

·         Nonhealing wounds, such as a diabetic foot ulcer

·         Radiation injury

·         Skin graft or skin flap at risk of tissue death

·         Traumatic brain injury

·         Vision loss, sudden and painless

Facts about hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was first used in the U.S. in the early 20th century. This was when Orville Cunningham used pure oxygen to successfully treat someone dying from the flu. He developed a hyperbaric chamber, but dismantled it after his use of the therapy for other conditions failed.

The therapy was tried again in the 1940s when the U.S. Navy used hyperbaric oxygen to treat deep-sea divers who had decompression sickness. By the 1960s, the therapy was also used to combat carbon monoxide poisoning.

Today, it’s still used to treat sick scuba divers and people suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, including firefighters and miners. It has also been approved for more than a dozen conditions ranging from burns to bone disease:

·         Carbon monoxide poisoning

·         Cyanide poisoning

·         Crush injuries

·         Gas gangrene (a form of gangrene in which gas collects in tissues)

·         Decompression sickness

·         Acute or traumatic inadequate blood flow in the arteries

·         Compromised skin grafts and flaps

·         Infection in a bone (osteomyelitis)

·         Delayed radiation injury

·         Flesh-eating disease (also called necrotizing soft tissue infection)

·         Air or gas bubble trapped in a blood vessel (air or gas embolism)

·         Chronic infection called actinomycosis

·         Diabetic wounds that are not healing properly

Medicare, Medicaid,  and many insurance companies generally cover hyperbaric oxygen therapy for these conditions, but may not do so in every circumstance. Check with your insurance plan before treatment.

 

How does HBOT work?

·         HBOT helps wound healing by bringing oxygen-rich plasma to tissue starved for oxygen. Wound injuries damage the body’s blood vessels, which release fluid that leaks into the tissues and causes swelling. This swelling deprives the damaged cells of oxygen, and tissue starts to die. HBOT reduces swelling while flooding the tissues with oxygen. The elevated pressure in the chamber increases in the amount of oxygen in the blood. HBOT aims to break the cycle of swelling, oxygen starvation, and tissue death.

·         HBOT prevents "reperfusion injury." That’s the severe tissue damage that happens when the blood supply returns to the tissues after they have been deprived of oxygen. When blood flow is interrupted by a crush injury, for instance, a series of events inside the damaged cells leads to the release of harmful oxygen radicals. These molecules can do damage to tissues that can’t be reversed and cause the blood vessels to clamp up and stop blood flow. HBOT encourages the body’s oxygen radical scavengers to seek out the problem molecules and allow healing to continue.

·         HBOT helps block the action of harmful bacteria and strengthens the body’s immune system. HBOT can disable the toxins of certain bacteria. It also increases oxygen concentration in the tissues. This helps them resist infection. In addition, the therapy improves the ability of white blood cells to find and destroy invaders.

·         HBOT encourages the formation of new collagen (connective tissue) and new skin cells. It does so by encouraging new blood vessel formation. It also stimulates cells to produce certain substances, like vascular endothelial growth factor. These attract and stimulate endothelial cells necessary for healing.