Cancer Recovery

Cancer Recovery

In 2021, roughly 1.9 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States, according to www.cancer.gov. Although we have made great strides for early detection and radical advances in medical treatments, cancer is still one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. Patients and healthcare professionals alike are constantly looking for innovating ways to help treat this invasive disease. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has become a viable option that many are turning to in conjunction with other modalities for post-cancer treatment recovery. 

HBOT has been proven to be a powerful and effective method for those recovering from cancer. Cancer flourishes in hypoxica, or the absence of enough oxygen in the tissues to support the body’s environment. HBOT is a way to increase oxygen delivery to cells.

This therapy helps to increase the body’s natural ability to heal itself, because oxygen is used as food and an energy source for our cells to function as intended, which ALSO means energy for the body to use to heal the damages from medical treatments that kill cancer cells. Oxygen has been proven to actually weaken some tumors, because lack of O2 is the environment that cancer loves to proliferate in.

Some of the more common uses of HBOT in regards to cancer include: 

  • Recovery from radiation injury, chemotherapy, and post cancer recovery in general for mind and body

  • Reducing anemia, bone infections and symptoms of neuropathy from the treatments

The benefits of HBOT have been shown to have additional benefits for those recovering from cancer and medical treatments, such as:

  • Decrease side effects from radiation exposure & chemotherapy

  • Boosts and energizes the immune system

  • Increases the results of chemotherapy and radiation treatments

  • Improves blood oxygen levels

  • Promotes the regrowth of damaged blood vessels - this is called angiogenesis in the body and neurogenesis in the brain

  • Decreases the resistance of certain cancer drug treatments

  • Reduces some of the side effects of chemotherapy; clients report energy levels sustained and less nausea due to detoxification properties of HBOT

  • Prevents the likelihood of post-operation infection

  • Lowers chemo-brain syndrome symptoms - due to more circulation of O2 to the brain

  • Speeds up post-operative healing - due to more circulation of O2 to the damaged areas

There is growing research that HBOT contributes to the prevention of some cancers by doing the following. 

  • Decreasing inflammatory markers

  • Normalizing intracellular oxygen levels

  • Encouraging cellular detoxification

  • Supporting energy processes for cells for better DNA repair

At In Light Hyperbarics, HBOT is at the very center of what we do. It can stimulate and accelerate the body’s own healing process by delivering and circulating oxygen through the body, which is ENERGY FOR THE CELLS.

We offer two types of hyperbaric chambers for next level healing. First, the mild soft shell hyperbaric chamber which offers infrared lights for combination therapy. Second, hard-shell chambers, which offer medical grade oxygen and deeper pressures beyond nine feet below sea level...and as Edna & Cait, our co-owners LOVE to say: “The MAGIC is in the PRESSURE!”

We firmly believe that everyone deserves to be given the chance to heal and recovery. Our team is here to help answer your questions about HBOT, our chambers, and the benefits of this natural healing option.