Your First Visit at HBOTSpot...

At HBOTSpot, your trust in our office and equipment is important and furthering your health is paramount as to why our office is here.  Please review the benefits and contraindications for each piece of equipment you wish to use.   If you have questions about any contraindications, please call our office to discuss as some are hard No-Go's, while others can have some wiggle room. 

RED LIGHT BED USE

If you are choosing the Red Light Bed for the first time, expect to be met with a warm smile and your questions answered.    After being presented with your Red Light Waiver, you will be supplied with safety goggles to limit your eye's exposure initially to the red light.  Please read up on the benefits of the red light to your body and eyes and expect to relax in our state of the art 4 frequency red light bed for up to 30 minutes.

HYPERBARIC CHAMBER USE

If you are wishing to enter the hyperbaric chamber, we have a few more requirements to qualify you for your safety.  First after filling out the Hyperbaric Informed Consent and reviewing the contraindications will start to make sure that your experience will be a good one.  Then we will perform a short exam that includes blood pressure, blood sugar, review some simple questions, and perform an otoscope your ears for issues that may keep you from adapting to the increased pressure.  If there are no issues that we see to keep you from having your best hyperbaric experience and to keep you safe, we will perform a review of the safety features of our chambers before we start your session.  We start your hour once your chamber is fully pressurized, unlike many clinics that start that hour once you get in.  This will allow your body to benefit from a full hour under full pressure and not cheat you out of time while waiting for the chamber to pressurize and depressurize.  We will stay with you until you feel totally comfortable and can relax for that hour.

• Our Red Light Bed offers the following wavelengths: 633nm, 660nm, 850nm, and 940nm which penetrates deep into the body tissues, organs and bone
• Stimulate collagen production, which gives skin its structure, strength and elasticity
• Increase fibroblast production, which makes collagen. Collagen is a component of connective tissue that builds skin
• Increase blood circulation to the tissue.
• Reduce inflammation in cells
• Improve wound healing
• Reduce stretch marks
• Reduce wrinkles, fine lines and age spots
• Improve facial texture
• Improve psoriasis, rosacea and eczema
• Improve scars
• Improve sun-damaged skin
• Improve hair growth in people with androgenic alopecia
• Improve acne
• Temporary relief of minor muscle pain
• Temporary relief of joint pain or minor arthritic pain
• Relieving stiffness
• Muscle spasms 
• Promoting relaxation of muscle tissue
• Temporary increase in local blood circulation
• Reduce training fatigue
• Improve bone healing
• Reduce neuropathic pain
• Accelerated wound healing
• Studies show possible improved recovery from stroke and traumatic brain injuries

CONTRAINDICATIONS

• Recent Burns
• Malignant Cancers
• Hyperthyroidism (Neck and Upper Chest Only)
• Epilepsy
• Pregnancy 
• Eye Disease (Eyes Only)
• Light Sensitivity
• Fever or Infection
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• Severe Bleeding or Blood Loss
• Use of Photosensitizing Medications - antihistamines, coal tar and derivatives, contraceptives (oral and estrogen), NSAIDs, Phenothiazines, Psoralens, Sulfonamides, Sulfonylureas, Thiazide Diuretics, Tetracyclines, Tricyclic Antidepressants

• Increases oxygenation of the blood and tissues 
• Increases energy and promotes better sleep
• Strengthens your immune system and reduces inflammation
• Improves wound healing and promotes collagen production
• Enhances athletic performance
• Improves endurance, reduce muscle fatigue, speeds  up recovery
• Improves cognitive function, memory, and promotes new brain cell growth
• Stimulates growth of new blood vessels
• Increases stem cell production and promotes anti-aging
• Helpful for concussions, MS, cerebral palsy, strokes
• Reduces pain and swelling
• Helps radiation damage from cancer treatment
• Treats long Covid symptoms

CONTRAINDICATIONS

• Eustacian Tube Blockage or inability to equalize sinus presure
• Colds, Rhinitis and Sinus Infections
• Nasal Polyps
• Untreated Rib Fractures
• Open Chest Wall Trauma
• Atelectasis or  Pneumothorax
• Emphysema
• Epidermolysis Bullosa
• Bronchiectasis
• Severe Pulmonary Infection
• Cavernous Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Bradycardia
• Sick Sinus Syndrome
• Active Internal Bleeding and Bleeding Disorders
• Severe Otitis Media
• Heart Disease
• Hypertension
• High Fever
• Epilepsy
• Schizophrenia
• Pregnancy
• Infectious Diseases
• Retinal Detachment
• Doxorubicin, Disulfiram, Cisplatin, Bleomycin, Sulfamylon Medications
• Asthma, Pulmonary Blebs and Bullae
• Implanted Devices
• Recent history of eye surgery
• Claustrophobia
• Insulin dependent diabetes or acute hypoglycemia
• Congenital Spherocytosis
• Perilymph Fistulas
• Age related macular degeneration, glaucoma, keratoconus