At CPMC the latest breakthroughs in medicine are leveraged to spark healing in patients who have been told there is no hope of recovery. One of the best methods to heal the body is to restore oxygenation to the damaged tissues.
Exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT) creates higher oxygen blood levels than exercise or oxygen supplementation alone. By combining the two (the patient literally rides a stationary bike while a computer algorithm feeds them varying amounts of pure oxygen via a mask) the body is able to absorb and utilize a much larger percentage of O2. This extra oxygen then goes to work healing damaged tissues of the brain, joints, and nerves (and any of the body’s tissue that needs it).
Many patients have heard about the healing effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Yet these chambers can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are rarely utilized by mainstream medicine due to poor insurance reimbursement. CPMC offers a similar outcome with EWOT that can be done in office in as little as 5 minutes!