Seated hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Newport Beach
An hour in the chamber, sitting back in a padded recliner and breathing oxygen at pressure. More of it dissolves into your blood and plasma, and it reaches tissue that circulation alone struggles to feed. We run sessions here at the office.
Prefer to lie down? See Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen, under pressure
Ordinarily almost all the oxygen you breathe rides on red blood cells, and once those are full, you cannot carry more. Raise the pressure around you and oxygen starts dissolving directly into plasma — the fluid itself — which travels where red cells cannot easily go.
That matters because injured tissue is usually oxygen-starved tissue. Swelling squeezes the small vessels that feed it, and healing slows precisely where you need it fastest. Pressurised oxygen bypasses that bottleneck for the length of the session and leaves the repair machinery better supplied than it was.
Hyperbaric medicine is decades old and thoroughly studied — standard care in wound clinics and dive medicine long before recovery culture found it. What is new is access: you no longer need a hospital referral to sit in a chamber for an hour.
Where it fits with adjusting
An adjustment restores movement. Oxygen supplies the tissue that has to hold that movement. Patients working through a disc injury, a stubborn strain or a post-surgical recovery tend to consolidate gains faster when the two run together.
Most people book the chamber on its own, on a separate visit or before an adjustment. Either works. Ask us how to sequence it for what you are dealing with.
Who gets the most out of it
Athletes in heavy training blocks, patients recovering from an auto accident injury or concussion, anyone with a soft-tissue problem that has stalled, post-operative healing, and people whose back and neck pain comes with persistent inflammation.
Recovery, accelerated
Oxygen is the rate limit on tissue repair. Remove the limit and hard training blocks, strains and surgical recoveries all move faster.
Swelling, reduced
Pressure and oxygenation together shrink oedema, which is often what is keeping a joint stiff and sore weeks after the injury.
Circulation, rebuilt
Repeated sessions encourage new capillary growth, so the tissue holds its supply between visits rather than only during them.
Head injuries
One of the most active research areas in hyperbaric medicine, and a common reason patients come to us after a concussion.
Clarity and sleep
Regular users describe sharper thinking and deeper sleep. Book earlier in the day if you are sensitive to feeling energised.
An hour of nothing
No needles, no drugs, no downtime. You sit back, breathe, and get on with your day afterwards.
What a session is like
You sit back in a padded recliner inside the chamber, in comfortable clothes. It seals, and over a few minutes the pressure comes up — you will feel a fullness in your ears like a descending plane, and swallowing or yawning clears it. We stay with you and bring the pressure up at your pace.
Then it is quiet. An hour to read, listen to something, or rest. Decompression takes a few minutes at the end and you walk out with nothing to manage.
Effects accumulate. One session is restful; a run of ten to twenty is where patients start describing a real change in how quickly they bounce back. We will tell you honestly when you have had enough.
- Seating
- A padded recliner — you sit upright and comfortable rather than lying down.
- Length
- About 60 minutes at pressure, plus a few minutes either side.
- How often
- Three to five times a week for an active injury, then once or twice a week to maintain.
- Feels like
- Warm, quiet, still. Ear fullness on the way in and out, nothing in between.
- Afterwards
- No downtime and no restrictions. Most people go straight back to work.
- Not for
- Untreated pneumothorax, active chest or ear infection, uncontrolled fever, or certain lung conditions. We screen first.
- Booking
- On its own or alongside an adjustment — see this week’s openings.
How long is a seated hyperbaric oxygen session?
About sixty minutes at pressure, plus a few minutes to compress at the start and decompress at the end. Most patients read, listen to something or rest.
What does seated hyperbaric oxygen therapy feel like?
Warm and quiet, with a fullness in the ears during compression that clears by swallowing or yawning. Once you are at pressure there is nothing to feel or do.
How many sessions do I need?
Effects accumulate. A run of ten to twenty sessions is typical for an active injury or a stubborn recovery problem, and once or twice a week suits general maintenance.
How is the seated chamber different from lying down?
In the seated chamber you sit in a padded recliner instead of lying down. If you would rather lie down, see our Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy page. Not sure which suits you? Call us and we will help you choose.
Who should not use the chamber?
Anyone with untreated pneumothorax, an active chest or ear infection, uncontrolled fever, or certain lung conditions. We screen before your first session and coordinate with your physician when needed.
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