Inflammation is one of the most common—and most frustrating—barriers to healing. It can leave you feeling stiff, swollen, tired, and unable to move the way you want to. At Medici Orthopaedics & Spine, we understand how deeply this affects your daily life. You’re not just dealing with discomfort—you’re dealing with limitations that keep you from doing what you love. That’s why our team, led by Dr. Sonny Dosanjh, focuses on treatments that not only reduce pain, but genuinely restore quality of life.
When your body is inflamed, the tissues in the affected area don’t receive the oxygen they need to repair and function normally. Oxygen is a critical fuel for healing. Without enough of it, swelling worsens, mobility decreases, and recovery slows to a crawl. Whether inflammation stems from injury, chronic pain, autoimmune flare-ups, or post-surgical recovery, inadequate oxygen delivery often keeps the cycle going.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) offers a simple, minimally invasive way to interrupt that cycle. By delivering oxygen at higher-than-normal pressures, HBOT helps your body absorb what it cannot achieve on its own—flooding damaged or inflamed tissue with the oxygen essential for repair, regeneration, and relief. For many patients, this gentle, restorative therapy becomes a turning point in their healing journey.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a medical treatment that involves breathing 100% oxygen inside a comfortable, pressurized chamber. This increased pressure allows your lungs to take in far more oxygen than normal—the kind of oxygen levels that simply aren't possible through regular breathing, even with a face mask or nasal cannula.
Here’s how it works:
Inside the chamber, air pressure is gently increased to two to three times normal atmospheric pressure. This environment pushes oxygen into your bloodstream at a dramatically higher concentration, saturating blood plasma—not just red blood cells. That means oxygen can reach deeper into swollen, injured, or low-circulation areas that are typically difficult for the body to heal naturally.
This surplus oxygen reduces inflammation, supports cellular repair, promotes new blood vessel growth, and encourages an overall environment where healing becomes faster and more efficient.
At Medici Orthopaedics & Spine, we use advanced, medical-grade hyperbaric technology designed for both safety and patient comfort. Many patients describe the experience as calming—similar to resting or meditating—while receiving the therapeutic benefits of deep oxygen saturation. Our team stays with you throughout the session, monitoring your comfort and ensuring that the process feels relaxed, approachable, and reassuring from start to finish.
Inside an HBOT chamber, oxygen saturates your blood plasma at levels that are impossible under normal circumstances. Instead of relying only on red blood cells to carry oxygen, your blood plasma becomes a powerful oxygen delivery system capable of reaching damaged, swollen, or poorly perfused tissue.
This is especially crucial for hypoxic tissue—areas that have been deprived of oxygen due to swelling, compression, or injury. HBOT helps break that cycle.
Benefits include:
One of the most immediate benefits of HBOT is its natural ability to reduce swelling. The increased pressure inside the chamber causes mild vasoconstriction—a temporary narrowing of blood vessels that helps decrease fluid leakage into surrounding tissues.
This gentle effect helps:
Inflammation is driven by chemical messengers called cytokines. When they become overactive, they can trigger pain, swelling, and long-term tissue damage.
Hyperbaric oxygen has been shown to help modulate these inflammatory cytokines, reducing their excessive activity and restoring balance to the body’s immune response.
This means:
Every cell in your body needs oxygen to produce energy. When inflammation restricts blood flow, cells struggle to repair themselves. HBOT reverses that limitation.
By delivering high concentrations of oxygen, HBOT supports:
Inflammation and immune imbalance often go hand in hand. HBOT helps strengthen the body’s natural defenses by creating an oxygen-rich environment that limits bacterial growth, enhances white blood cell activity, and supports overall immune function.
The result?
Inflammation can show up in many forms—sometimes sudden and painful, other times chronic and exhausting. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is uniquely effective because it supports healing at the cellular level, making it valuable in a wide range of orthopedic and pain-related conditions. At Medici Orthopaedics & Spine, HBOT is often part of a comprehensive, minimally invasive treatment plan designed to restore function and long-term comfort.
Whether caused by osteoarthritis, overuse, or aging, chronic inflammation in the knees, hips, shoulders, or ankles often leads to stiffness and reduced mobility. HBOT helps improve oxygen delivery to these compromised joints, easing swelling and supporting tissue repair.
Tight, inflamed muscle groups can be difficult to treat when circulation is limited. HBOT enhances oxygen saturation to deep muscle layers, reducing spasms and promoting relaxation.
Sprains, strains, and tendonitis are slow to heal because these tissues naturally receive less blood flow. HBOT accelerates recovery by providing the oxygen required for collagen repair and regeneration.
Nerves are extremely sensitive to oxygen deprivation. HBOT helps reduce oxidative stress, calm nerve irritation, and relieve lingering post-surgical swelling.
Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or Behcet’s Disease can cause widespread inflammation. HBOT helps modulate inflammatory cytokines and support immune balance.
From tendonitis to impact injuries, athletes often benefit from HBOT’s ability to reduce swelling and support faster recovery—helping them safely return to activity.
HBOT is increasingly recognized for its potential to help calm the severe inflammation and nerve dysfunction associated with CRPS.
Many chronic pain conditions involve mitochondrial dysfunction and poor oxygen utilization. HBOT provides the cellular support needed for improved energy production and reduced pain sensitivity.
Consultation & Safety Screening
Your HBOT journey begins with a thorough consultation. Our clinical team reviews your medical history, current symptoms, and overall health to ensure HBOT is the safest and most effective option for you.
Understanding How the Chamber Works
Before entering the chamber, we walk you through what to expect—the pressure changes, breathing process, session duration, and how we keep you comfortable throughout. You’ll have plenty of time to ask questions.
Typical Session Duration (60–90 Minutes)
Most HBOT treatments last between 60 and 90 minutes. You’ll lie comfortably inside the chamber, where the pressure gradually increases as you begin breathing pure oxygen.
Comfort-Focused Environment
Our chambers are designed to feel quiet, calming, and private. Many patients relax, meditate, or even nap during treatment.
Continuous Monitoring by Trained Specialists
You’re never alone. Our team monitors you throughout the session to make sure you’re comfortable and relaxed, adjusting pressure as needed and communicating regularly.
Post-Treatment Experience
Most patients feel relaxed and refreshed after HBOT. You can return to normal activities right away.
Expected Short- and Long-Term Benefits
Short-term benefits may include reduced swelling, a sense of relaxation, and decreased pain.
Long-term benefits often include improved mobility, faster tissue repair, better circulation, and less chronic inflammation.
Inflammation doesn’t have to control your life or limit the way you move, work, and experience your day. At Medici Orthopaedics & Spine, Dr. Sonny Dosanjh and our experienced team are dedicated to helping you reclaim your comfort and mobility through the safest, most effective, and least invasive treatments available today.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is one of the powerful tools we use to reduce inflammation, accelerate healing, and improve your overall function—naturally and without reliance on addictive medications. When paired with complementary therapies such as physical rehabilitation, regenerative medicine, and targeted injections, HBOT can help you experience meaningful, lasting relief.
If you’re ready to explore innovative, non-addictive solutions for chronic pain or inflammation, we’re here to guide you every step of the way with compassion and clear direction.
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