Active Recovery

Training and competition increase the stress on the body.  Distance runners and distance cyclists know the importance of rest days to allow their bodies to recover in between events.

But recovery isn’t as simple as lying down. Athletes trying to optimise their performance take advantage of active recovery therapies like Oxygen Treatment.  Mo Salah, one of the best footballers in the world, used Oxygen Treatment to recover from a shoulder injury in a fraction of the time it took other footballers to get back on the pitch.

Recovery time may be reduced by 75% through the use of Oxygen Treatment

Think of Oxygen Treatment as accelerated healing and recovery. By dissolving oxygen directly in the tissues, athletes may experience benefits such as:

  • Increased stem cell activation
  • Increased bone and cartilage regeneration
  • Reduced muscle fatigue and exhaustion
  • Reduced inflammation
  • Increased production of collagen
  • Increased growth of cells that help repair tissues and bones
  • Increased growth and development of blood vessels
  • Increased oxygen levels in tissues
  • Reduced recovery time between events

Healing & Trating Injuries

Injuries are an everyday part of sporting life, whether you’re involved in a contact sport like football, stressing joints, ligaments and tendons by running, or straining muscles by making that extra effort.

The standard treatment for an injury for most weekend warriors relies on R.I.C.E. – Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation … and then more rest. The problem with the ice and the compression is that they reduce blood flow and thereby reduce Oxygen delivery to the affected area.  But as it is so important to reduce inflammation, this is considered a price worth paying.

With Oxygen Treatment, however you can dissolve extra Oxygen directly into the affected tissues.   High tissue Oxygen concentrations cause blood vessels to constrict, so you get the anti-inflammatory effects of ice and compression, without the decrease in Oxygen delivery.  In fact, overall Oxygen delivery is increased

A 60-minute Oxygen Treatment allows Oxygen to dissolve into the plasma, and from there to dissolve into all of the body’s other fluids, increasing healing where it’s needed most.  Injuries that may be helped with Oxygen Treatment include:

  • Cartilage damage, tendon and ligament injuries
  • Broken/fractured bones
  • Muscle strains and fatigue
  • Head Injuries

Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

Nearly 1.4 million concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s) are reported in the UK every year.   Almost 20% of these happen while playing sports!

While many athletes may never experience a TBI, those who do may greatly benefit from Oxygen Treatment.   American Football players, who suffer from many concussions during their career, use the treatment regularly and some even have Oxygen Treatment systems set up in their homes.

Breathing high levels of Oxygen can help your brain heal itself after a concussion and can reduce the pain, nausea, fatigue and other debilitating symptoms of a TBI.