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Hyperbaric Chambers in Edmonton

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Full body oxygenation without hoods or masks 


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Neurology  MS, Stroke, TBI
Cardiology Angina, Claudication, Post MI
Cancer Radiation Injury, Tumor Hypoxia, 

Athletics Injury, Fatigue, Recovery
Infection Bacteria, Fungi, Lyme


Hyperbaric Oxygen Enhances Healing.


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About Hyperbaric Chambers

Hyperbaric Oxygen enhances healing of injured tissues. 


Normally only 3% of the oxygen is the blood is dissolved in the plasma. 


With Hyperbaric Chambers we can increase blood oxygen up to 10-15x 

 

By dramatically increasing tissue oxygen, you can enhance tissue metabolism & healing. 


Safety - Generally speaking, no serious complications are associated with moderate pressures in Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers.


Efficacy - Massive amount of accumulated data supporting Hyperbaric Oxygen for a range of conditions.


Synergy - Hyperbaric Therapy is synergistic with many Naturopathic treatments including IV Therapy. 


Hyperbaric Effects: 

Hyperoxygenation - Increased oxygen from Hyperbaric treatment enhances tissue metabolism


Stem Cell Mobilization: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy mobilizes stem cells to aid in tissue healing. 


Collagen Formation: Hyperbaric Therapy increases the number & activity of collagen producing cells.


Enhanced Immune Activity: Increased Oxygenation enhances white blood cell action.


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About IV Therapy 

IV Therapy gives you 100% absorption of vitamins, minerals and amino acids - you can achieve levels of nutrients that are simply impossible with oral supplementation.


IV therapy gives our Naturopathic Doctors effects in conditions that can otherwise be stubborn to treat. Mood, Energy and Cognition can frequently easily improve with IV Therapy.


Hyperbaric Oxygenation can often times enhance IV Therapy through additive mechanisms.


Best of all, TruMed focuses on IV Therapy in Edmonton - We're extremely experienced.


Our Naturopaths have given thousands of IV Therapy treatments since 2010 for everything from fatigue to cancer to hangovers.


IV Therapy Effects

100% absorption - IV Therapy guarantees 100% absorption of a given dose. Our Naturopathic doctors are able to give precise doses with none of the gastrointestinal side effects as can be seen with oral Vitamins and Minerals. 


Higher blood levels - Gastrointestinal saturation is "side-stepped" by IV Therapy and our Naturopathic doctors can administer higher doses of nutrients like Vitamin C and Magnesium which translates to higher blood levels and therefore higher cellular levels.


Pharmacologic effects - IV Therapy dosing allows nutrients to exert pharmacologic effects for instance, Vitamin C which is regularly involved in immunity also has an "anti-cancer" effect when the levels are high enough to generate peroxide.  


Rapid results - IV Therapy results are often extremely rapid, most commonly a robust effect is seen within 24 hours which is simply rarely seen with oral therapies. 



Combining HBOT and IV Therapy


Combining IV Therapy and Hyperbaric Treatment can often produce additive effects.

So we're able to get even more pronounced results in a range of conditions.

IV Drips can be done back-to-back with Hyperbaric "dives". 


IV Vitamin C


Because of the oxidative mechanism, synergy is expected between oxidative cancer therapies like IV Vitamin C and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy which is a service we offer at our Edmonton office.


The mechanisms of high-dose IVC are distinct from those of orally administered vitamin C.

At high doses, when administered intravenously, Vitamin C creates oxidative end products, through hydrogen peroxide production around cancer cells.


In "Pharmacological Ascorbic acid and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Target Tumor Cell metabolism via an Oxidative Stress Mechanism" D'Agostino and DeBlasi and Vitamin C conducted experiments with IV Vitamin C and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment. 


Using highly metastatic brain tumor cells (mouse VM-M3 Cells) were treated with a less than cytotoxic concentration of Vitamin C (<0.5mM) and one session of HBOT (100% O2 for 60 minutes at 2.5 ATA). 


24 hour treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen and 0.3mM Vitamin C had enhanced cytotoxicity compared to all other treatments. That is, sub-cytotoxic doses had cytotoxic effects when Hyperbaric Oxygen was added.

The researchers described it as "the cytotoxic oxidative stress mechanism of IV Vitamin C is therapeutically exploited by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy."


IV Alpha Lipoic Acid 


Hyperbaric Oxygen is a strong driver of the Krebs Cycle and oxidative phosphorylation and Alpha Lipoic Acid is as well (it is a cofactor for the pyruvate dehydrogenase which converts pyruvate into acetyl CoA, which then drives the Krebs cycle).


The in-vivo data presented by Poff and D’Agostino (2013) showed Ketogenic diets were strongly synergistic with Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment.


We would also expect IV Therapy with Alpha Lipoic Acid to enhance these because of shared mechanisms and therefore a role in the metabolic treatment of cancer. 


Other synergistic therapies to Hyperbaric Oxygen and Alpha Lipoic Acid include: B1, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Niacinamide and Metformin, and possibly CoQ10, PQQ, Solomon's Seal and Quercetin.


IV Myers Cocktail 


The Myers is our premier vitamin IV therapy. Our Naturopathic doctors use it to enhance energy, mood and cognitive function in our Edmonton patients.

Mechanistic synergy is expected between Hyperbaric Oxygen and the Myers IV Therapy because of the roles of the B Vitamins in the Krebs Cycle and that they both drive oxidative phosphorylation.


For instance, B1 is needed to make acetyl-coa from pyruvate, B2 as a part of FAD, is part of the Krebs cycle, B3 is the precursor to NAD+ a key player in Krebs cycle, B5 is the precursor to CoA and B12 is used to make Succinyl-CoA, a Krebs cycle intermediate.


IV NAD


IV NAD+ is a premier IV Therapy we offer Edmonton for fatigue and longevity.


NAD+ is reduced to NADH in the Krebs cycle and as NADH is also involved in the electron transport chain which are both oxygen driven processes therefore theoretically enhanced by the oxygenation provided by HBOT.


NAD+ IV therapy with HBOT may provide additional substrate for ATP production and in some patients may produce profound increases in energy.   


About TruMed

TruMed is a focused on Advanced Naturopathic Medicine in Edmonton.


Our Naturopaths focus on Hormones, Digestion and Fatigue


We work with Advanced Testing - Hormonal, Nutritional and Allergy Testing.


A leader for IV Therapy in Edmonton and in 2020 we added Hyperbaric Chamber


In 2022 we added Prolotherapy to our list of advanced services



Premier Hyperbaric Therapy in Edmonton


Large clear acrylic chambers for superior comfort


Rigorous safety and hygiene protocols


Medically supervised by Naturopathic Doctors


Optional IV Therapy alongside Hyperbaric Treatment


UHMS Approved Hyperbaric Indications 

1. Air or Gas Embolism

2a) Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning

2b) CO Poisoning Complicated By Cyanide Poisoning

3. Clostridial Myositis &  Myonecrosis (Gas gangrene)

4. Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome 

5. Decompression sickness

6a) Arterial inefficiencies

6b) Arterial Inefficiencies

7. Severe Anemia

8. Intracranial Abscess

9. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

10. Osteomyelitis (Refractory)

11.Delayed Radiation Injury (Soft Tissue & Bony Necrosis)

12. Compromised Grafts and Flaps

13. Acute Thermal Burn Injury

14. Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss


In 2011, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) recognized Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy as an effective treatment for 14 specific conditions


These 14 conditions are typically dealt with in a hospital setting. 


However, our office can works with 6b) Enhancement of Healing in Problem Wounds and 11) Delayed Radiation Injury.



Hyperbaric Research


Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has a long history of research for many conditions.


Our Naturopathic doctors have summarized some of the medical research for Hyperbaric Therapy.


Autoimmune: 


Hyperbaric Oxygen has shown benefit in a range of autoimmune diseases.

 

According to Butler (2009) Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has supressive effects on secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and displays immunomodulatory effects including decreased production CD4 cells (TH1/TH17) and increased percentage of CD8 cells (Al-Waili et al. 2006).

MS: 

Significant data exists for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen in MS with healing of damaged neurological tissue as the main goal. 


For instance, Oriani et al (1990) studied 44 MS patients with Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers - 22 in the 100% Hyperbaric oxygen group versus compressed air for 1 month then multiple "booster" treatments over 12 months.

 

In the Hyperbaric Oxygen group, 14/22 MS patients reported benefits vs. 2/22 in the Hyperbaric air group.


Dr. Muradov has extensive experience treating MS with Naturopathic medicine. 

Psoriasis: 

Butler (2009) showed good results using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in two patients with the use of multiple 60 minutes sessions (2.8 ATA pressure - our Hyperbaric Chambers are capable of 2.8 ATA at our Edmonton office).


A 40-year-old man with full body psoriasis and also had psoriatic arthritis. Only eight sessions, resulted in significant amelioration of symptoms.


A 55-year-old man with extensive psoriasis had significant improvement after 15 sessions. 


Our Naturopathic doctors have significant experience treating Psoriasis in our Edmonton clinic. We find identification and elimination of food allergies and sensitivities a cornerstone treatment. 

Rheumatoid Arthritis:

Rui-Chang (1994) used Hyperbaric Chambers in 37 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.


Relief of pain and swelling with improved mobility was seen. 24.3 % recovered completely, 51.4 % improved markedly.


Only 8.1 % failed to respond. 


Our Naturopaths also use foods as the foundation for RA treatment in our Edmonton patients because numerous investigators have reported that food allergy is an etiological or triggering factor in some patients with RA in addition to dietary lectins.  

Inflammatory Bowel Disease:

Dulai 2014 conducted a systematic review of the effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in IBD  based on 17 studies involving 613 patients. 286 of these were diagnosed as Crohn’s disease and 327 as Ulcerative Colitis. 


The overall response rate using Hyperbaric treatment was 86% in Crohn’s disease and 88% in Ulcerative Colitis. 


The combination of tissue healing effects and anti-inflammatory effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen are thought to have a particularly synergistic effect in the treatment of IBD. 


Naturopathic medicine once again uses food allergy identification as a base treatment in IBD. Oral Curcumin, LDN, and Fish Oil are frequently utilized Naturopathic therapies. LDN requires referral in Edmonton. 

Neurological Disease: 

The most important effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen are on the Brain. The brain consumes 20% of the body's oxygen despite being only 2% of the body's weight. 


Improvement of microcirculation, cerebral metabolism, and mitochondrial function as well as Stem Cell mobilization are some of the main effects of Hyperbaric treatment in neurological disease. 

Vascular Dementia:

Xu 2019 looked at 158 patients with Vascular Dementia. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy was given 5 days per week, for 12 weeks. After treatment, compared with the control group, the the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were significantly increased. 


The authors concluded Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy "can improve cognitive function in patients with VD, and its mechanism may be related to elevated serum Humanin levels." which were significantly increased in the Hyperbaric group and were correlated with MMSE scores.  


Our Naturopathic doctors have used Vinpocetine for vascular dementia in our Edmonton patients as it can improve blood flow in the brain as it can inhibit phosphodiesterase. 

Stroke:

A massive amount of research has been conducted on the potential positive effects of Hyperbaric Therapy for sequela related to Chronic stroke. 

 

Neubauer and End (1980) used Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in patients with both acute and chronic strokes. Of the 79 patients with chronic stroke patients 65% reported an improvement in the quality of life (up to 9 years after the stroke)

  

Efrati et al.(2013) looked at Hyperbaric treatment in 74 patients with chronic stroke. 40 treatments were used and significant neurological improvements were seen in this chronic stroke population up to three years after the stroke. 


Most impressively, both studies suggest that partial restoration of brain function can still be activated long after the initial insults and this may have applicability to other types of brain injury.

 

Possibly synergistic benefit may be seen by the use of phospholipids (which can be given orally and via IV Therapy) and Hyperbaric treatment. 


Hyperbaric Oxygen is the main treatment our Naturopathic Doctors use for Stroke at our Edmonton office. In 2022, we've seen some excellent preliminary effects using IV NAD+ in Stroke.

Lyme:

Chronic Lyme disease symptoms are often vague and resemble numerous other conditions including: Memory loss or cognitive impairment, Fatigue, Numbness or tingling of extremities, Balance or coordination problems, Cardiac and Joint issues, Balance problems and many others.  


In the 1990s, patients with  "post-Lyme disease syndrome" (PLDS) were treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy the "Texas A&M University Pilot Program". Chronic Lyme patients underwent up to 40 1 hour Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy sessions. A pressure of 2.36 ATA was used which is a pressure our Hyperbaric chambers are capable of at our Edmonton office. 


Improvement or resolution of Chronic Lyme neurological symptoms was observed in 37 of 38 subjects within 3 weeks of completing treatment and the effect from Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment was sustained in approximately 70 % of subjects for up to 6 years. 


For primary Lyme treatment our Naturopathic doctors often refer out however we do offer Edmonton IV Therapy that can be helpful for healing from Chronic Lyme - IV Alpha Lipoic Acid, IV Glutathione and IV Phospholipid Therapy.

TBI:

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a trauma to the brain caused by external forces and up to 90% of TBIs are classified as mild TBI (mTBI) or concussion Post concussion syndrome (PCS) is a set of symptoms succeeding mTBI in most patients which our Naturopaths have seen  numerous times at our Edmonton office.


The brain is utilizes almost all oxygen provided to it for energy production however the regeneration process after brain injury requires much additional energy. Therefore, oxygenation can provide additional oxygen for energy production. 


Harch et al. 2012, looked at Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in 16 war veterans with mild to moderate TBI, Post-Concussion Syndrome and PTSD, where each patient received 40 Hyperbaric Chamber sessions. A chamber pressure 1.5 ATA was used for 60 minutes. 1.5 ATA is the lowest pressure our Hyperbaric chambers are capable of at our Edmonton office. 


80% of patients reported improvement in a majority of their mTBI symptoms after Hyperbaric treatment. 


Our Naturopaths have seen impressive results using Glutathione IV Therapy at our Edmonton office for mTBI post concussive symptoms. 

Athletics: 

Hyperbaric Oxygen has a range of mechanisms that are relevant to sports injury: reduction of edema, an anti-inflammatory effect, new blood vessel and bone formation, stimulation of collagen production and stem cell release.


Ishii et al (1999) looked at 22 athletes with various injuries where Hyperbaric oxygen treatment was used at with chamber pressures between 1.3 and 2.0 ATA, with dives from 30 to 90 minutes.


Our Hyperbaric chambers are easily able to go to 2.0 ATA at our Edmonton clinic. 


More than 70% of the patients experienced improvement after Hyperbaric treatment.  


In the context of sports injury, our Naturopathic doctors often focus on oral enzymes, and IV Therapy treatments with additional Zinc, Lysine and Vitamin C for collagen production for our Edmonton patients.

Hyperbaric & Athletes (Ishii '99)

6 athletes 

Remarkably improved

Symptoms subsided in 3 days

11 athletes

Moderately improved

Symptoms subsided in 1-2 weeks. 

5 athletes

Unchanged

Symptoms unchanged after HBO.



Cancer

Hyperbaric oxygen is well known in the management of radionecrosis (healing of tissue damage from radiation therapy for Cancer). However, Mechanistically, Hyperbaric Oxygen can be often paired with other metabolic cancer therapies.


One of the major challenges in the treatment of cancer is the occurrence of local hypoxia (low oxygen) within the central tumour areas which is known to mediate some chemoresistance and radioresistance. Cancers metabolism is characterized by lactic acid production a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect.


All of which can be offset by the introduction of additional oxygen from techniques such as Hyperbaric oxygen.


With regards to the general effect of Hyperbaric Therapy on Cancer, numerous investigators have found that Hyperbaric Oxygen generally has a neutral effect on Cancer. For instance, in a review by Feldmeier (2003) the group stated "In vitro, in vivo and clinical studies strongly suggest no more than a neutral effect of HBO2 on tumor growth. In fact some studies suggest a negative impact of HBO2 on malignant progression or formation."


Although Hyperbaric treatment itself is somewhat neutral, it is thought to synergize with other anti-cancer therapies such as IV Therapy with Vitamin C or Alpha Lipoic Acid through oxidative or metabolic actions respectively. Also, reoxygenation of hypoxic tumor cells is thought to induce degradation of HIF-1 and subsequent VEGF production.


Poff and D’Agostino (2013) used a mouse model of metastatic cancer to compare tumor progression and survival with a standard diet or Ketogenic diet with or without Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Hyperbaric chambers delivered 2.5 ATA pressures for 90 min, three times weekly. These are pressures our Hyperbaric chambers are capable of delivering at our Edmonton clinic. 


The ketogenic diet alone significantly decreased tumor growth, and increased mean survival time by 56.7% in mice with systemic metastatic cancer. Hyperbaric Oxygen alone did not influence cancer progression, combining the Ketogenic diet with Hyperbaric Oxygen elicited a significant decrease in tumor growth rate, with a 77.9% increase in mean survival time

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Top Hyperbaric Oxygen Questions

How often are Hyperbaric Chamber treatments given?

For most conditions, Hyperbaric treatments are once a day - usually Monday through Friday - and treatments anywhere from 30 to 120 minutes but most commonly 60-90 minutes.


The length and frequency of treatments and Hyperbaric Chamber pressure will be individualized for you depending on your condition.

What will I feel in the Hyperbaric Chamber?

As the Hyperbaric chamber pressurizes with Oxygen, you will feel a fullness in your ears as your eardrums adjust. You will definitely have to "crack" your ears to balance the pressure.


The temperature in the Hyperbaric chamber tends to increase as pressurization occurs and cools as depressurization occurs.

How soon can someone start to feel better from HBOT?

Around 20 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy sessions are needed before new blood vessels start and for appreciable healing to begin. Commonly 20-40 treatments are recommended for patients with chronic conditions. 


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Our Best Naturopathic Treatments:

Hyperbaric Chambers: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is one of TruMed's most newest and most powerful modalities - Stem Cell Release, New Blood Vessel Growth, Massive Tissues Oxygenation and Healing and best of all it synergizes with many of our other therapies.  


IV Therapy: Our Naturopaths provide Edmonton with a massive range of IV Therapy which gets our Naturopaths results typically much faster than other natural treatment methods. 


Precise Herbal Medicine: We use standardized evidence based herbal medicines as part of our Naturopathic treatment protocols to have specific reproducible results.


Functional Medicine Treatments:  We provide Edmonton modern Functional Medicine based treatments to get to the root of your health concerns.  


Personalized Diets: Our Naturopaths do a ton of Food Allergy & Food Sensitivity Testing to provide diets that are specific to you. As well as micronutrient testing to see what your body is lacking.


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