Hyperbaric Oxygen in EdmontonHyperbaric Chamber Treatments & IV Therapy Stroke, Concussion & Brain Injury Treatment in Edmonton |
|
A Modern Hyperbaric Facility in Edmonton Two state-of-the-art Hyperbaric Chambers 100% oxygen Hyperbaric pressurization without hoods or masks Large 36" clear acrylic chambers for maximum comfort
Hyperbaric Oxygen Research: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neurological Issues- Stroke - Brain Injury - Multiple Sclerosis - Cerebral Palsy |
Vascular Disease- Angina - Claudication - Post MI |
Cancer Care- Radiation injury -Tumor hypoxia - Osteonecrosis - Chemo Recovery |
Infectious Disease- Lyme - Bacteria - Fungi - Mold - Immunity |
Sports & Athletics- Injury Healing - Swelling - Recovery - Brain Health |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See all of the Hyperbaric Research
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Our Naturopathic Doctors will formulate a custom treatment protocol First, a review of medications, allergies, past treatments and medical history Advanced Functional Medicine testing is usually run (eg. nutrient testing) Hyperbaric Oxygen, IV Therapy, supplements and dietary changes often used Personalized Medicine in Edmonton. |
Stroke Treatment
Stroke treatment is one of the best researched indications for Hyperbaric Therapy.
Stroke is one of the most common uses for Hyperbaric Oxygen at our Edmonton office.
Select Hyperbaric Stroke treatment data:
Efrati et al.(2013) - 74 chronic stroke patients treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen.
Patients experienced significant neurological improvements.
We've seen similar efficacy as Efrati using Hyperbaric Oxygen at our Edmonton clinic.
Schiavo (2020) - 27 chronic Stroke patients treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen.
Patients demonstrated significant improvements in numerous Stroke related assessment scales.
Our Edmonton patients have demonstrated similar benefits with our Hyperbaric Chambers.
IV Treatment in Stroke: Preliminary data suggests that NAD+ can enhance recovery in Stroke improving neural functional recovery.
IV NAD+ is a central therapy we consider for treatment of Stroke at our Edmonton Clinic which pairs mechanistically with Hyperbaric Oxygen.
See our entire Stroke Treatment Section
Brain Injury & Concussion Treatment
Brain Injury & Concussion are amongst the most commonly sought out reasons for HBO.
Concussion is the most common condition we treat with Hyperbaric Oxygen in Edmonton.
Select Brain Injury & Concussion treatment data:
Boussi-Gross (2013) - 56 patients with mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Post Concussion Syndrome (up to 5 years after the injury and 40 Hyperbaric sessions were given)
A significant improvement was observed in all cognitive measures.
We see similar magnitude improvements in our Edmonton patients using Hyperbaric Oxygen.
Harch (2020) - 63 patients with mild Traumatic Brain Injury with Post Concussion Syndrome (up to 4.6 years after the injury) and 40 Hyperbaric sessions were given.
Significant improvements in Post Concussion and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms.
Our experience mirrors the benefits seen by Harch at our Edmonton office using Hyperbaric.
IV Treatment in Brain Injury:
Preliminary Data suggests that NAD+ can aid in preventing TBI-induced neuronal death.
Therefore, IV NAD+ is a central therapy we consider for the treatment of Head Injury at our Edmonton Clinic in conjunction with IV Glutathione and Hyperbaric Treatment.
See our entire Brain Injury & Concussion Treatment section.
About Hyperbaric Oxygen
|
Hyperbaric Chambers can increase plasma oxygen levels up to 20x
This dramatically increases tissue oxygen content to enhance tissue metabolism. HBOT is effective in increasing oxygen to injured areas that have poor blood supply. With brain injury, additional oxygenation is needed to supersede the high levels already required. Healing Edmonton with Hyperbaric Oxygen. |
Hyperbaric Effects:
Tissue Hyperoxygenation: Hyperoxygenation provides an ideal setting for tissue metabolism.
Less Edema: Hyperbaric Treatment reduces edema through its blood vessel constricting actions.
Collagen Formation: Hyperbaric increases Fibroblast proliferation (the cells that make collagen).
Enhanced Immune Activity: Increased oxygenation enhances leukocytic activity (white blood cells).
See our About Hyperbaric Oxygen Section & Hyperbaric FAQ
About IV Therapy
|
IV Therapy gives 100% absorption for nutrient levels impossible orally. TruMed focuses on providing Edmonton with a wide range of IV Therapy . We've administered over 12 000 IV Therapy treatments for a range of conditions. Frequently combine IV Therapy with Hyperbaric Treatment at our Edmonton office. Advanced Alternative Medicine in Edmonton. |
IV Therapy Effects
100% absorption - IV Therapy is not hindered by issues with the digestive tract - IV Therapy guarantees 100% absorption of a given dose and no gastrointestinal side effects.
Higher blood levels - Gastrointestinal saturation is "side-stepped" by IV Therapy and we can administer dramatically higher doses of nutrients which translates to higher blood levels.
Higher cellular levels - IV Therapy provides an opportunity for deficient cells to take up nutrients in an easier fashion, and allow them to repair or restore function.
Higher brain levels - As blood levels are increased, nutrient passage across the blood brain barrier increases as well which is helpful for Brain Injury such as Concussion and Stroke.
Pharmacologic effects - Larger doses made available through IV Therapy allow nutrients to have pharmacologic effects, that is, effects above and beyond their normal biochemical roles.
Rapid results - We have a preference for IV Therapy for our Edmonton patients because the effects are often extremely rapid which is rarely seen with other methods.
Synergy - Hyperbaric Oxygen mechanistically synergizes with many of our IV Treatments, as such, many of our Edmonton patients do these therapies back to back.
About Us
|
Over 12 000 IV Therapy treatments given since 2011 Four Naturopathic Doctors with different special interests Two state-of-the-art Hyperbaric Chambers One modern Hyperbaric Oxygen facility in central Edmonton Modern Naturopathic Medicine. |
More about Naturopathic Doctors
Naturopathic Doctors have 7-8 years of post secondary education
Trained in western diagnostic methods in addition to natural treatment modalities
We offer Edmonton modern Functional Medicine testing and treatment
Our NDs have advanced training in IV Therapy & Hyperbaric Treatment
Our Best Naturopathic Treatments:
|
Hyperbaric Medicine: Hyperbaric Medicine is one of TruMed's most powerful modalities offered to Edmonton. Precise Herbal Medicine: Standardized evidence based plant extracts to have specific reproducible results. Functional Medicine Treatments: Evidence backed treatments based on your specific test results. Personalized Dietary Changes: Testing guides the dietary augmentation for diets that are specific to you. Natural Medicine. Upgraded. |
UHMS Approved Hyperbaric Indications
|
1. Air or Gas Embolism |
Gas embolism occurs when gas bubbles enter vessels. |
|
2a) CO Poisoning |
The injuries caused by CO poisoning. |
|
2b) CO Poisoning with Cyanide |
Frequently occurs simultaneously in victims of CO |
|
3. Gas gangrene |
A rapidly progressive clostridial infection of the muscles |
|
4. Crush Injury |
Body part injury & pressure causing ischemia |
|
5. Decompression sickness |
"The Bends" - formation of gas bubbles in tissues or blood |
|
6a) Arterial inefficiencies |
Central retinal artery occlusion causes sudden vision loss. |
|
6b) Arterial Inefficiencies |
Enhancement of Healing In Selected Problem Wounds |
|
7. Severe Anemia |
Marked loss of red blood cell mass by hemorrhage etc. |
|
8. Intracranial Abscess |
Includes: cerebral abscess, subdural & epidural empyema |
|
9. Necrotizing Infections |
Highly lethal tissue destroying infections |
|
10. Osteomyelitis (Refractory) |
An unresponsive infection of bone or bone marrow |
|
11.Delayed Radiation Injury |
HBO is well studied for delayed radiation injuries |
|
12. Grafts and Flaps |
HBO has been shown to be extremely useful in flap salvage |
|
13. Acute Thermal Burn Injury |
HBO can improve wound healing and reduce infection |
|
14. Sudden Hearing Loss |
The most recently approved UHMS HBO indication |
|
Our Naturopathic Doctors most commonly treat Arterial Inefficiencies & Delayed Radiation Injury at our Edmonton office using Hyperbaric Oxygen. |
|
Hyperbaric Research
MS:
Oriani et al (1990) studied 44 MS patients - 22 in the 100% Hyperbaric Oxygen group and 22 in the compressed normal air group.
In the Hyperbaric group, 14/22 reported benefits vs. 2/22 in the Hyperbaric air group reporting benefit.
Our experience: We've seen similar response rates using Hyperbaric Oxygen in our Edmonton MS patients - approximately 50% show appreciable benefit.
Stroke:
Neubauer and End (1980) used Hyperbaric Oxygen in 122 patients with acute and chronic strokes.
Of 79 patients chronic stroke patients who received Hyperbaric treatment 65% reported an improvement in the quality of life.
Our experience: Edmonton Stroke patients using our Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers tend to have a higher response rate due to higher pressures we use.
Lyme:
Texas A&M University - Lyme patients underwent up to 40 1 hour Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments.
Improvement or resolution of symptoms was observed 68/75 subjects within 3 weeks of completing treatment.
Our experience: We have seen improvements in our Edmonton Lyme patients from the antibacterial, and nerve repairing effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen.
Athletic Injury:
Yagishita (2019) looked at 32 rugby players with MCL injury.
The time to return to play was 31 days in the Hyperbaric group and 42 days in the non-Hyperbaric group.
Our experience: Our Naturopathic Doctors have seen 30-50% faster healing rates by using Hyperbaric Oxygen in our Edmonton athletes.
TBI:
Harch et al. 2012 looked at 15 war veterans with TBI/Post-Concussion Syndrome and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder treated for 30 days.
12/15 subjects (80%) reported improvement in a majority of their symptoms on their prioritized symptom list after HBOT.
Our experience: TBI is the condition we treat most commonly using Hyperbaric Oxygen at our Edmonton clinic with a similar high response rate.
Longevity:
Hachmo 2020 looked at Telomere Length (TL) and senescence in immune cells.
Telomere length of T helper, T cytotoxic, natural killer and B cells increased significantly by over 20% following HBOT.
Our experience: Most of our Edmonton patients use IV NAD+ for longevity purposes over Hyperbaric Oxygen due to costs involved with a longevity protocol.
Our Top IV Therapies:
|
We've given thousands of Myers Cocktail IV treatments to our Edmonton patients. The Myers synergizes with Hyperbaric Oxygen as they both drive oxidative phosphorylation. IV Glutathione is mainlining pure anti-oxidant magic. It's neuroprotective - additive effects are expected with Hyperbaric for neurological repair. NAD IV is a powerful mitochondrial tonic we use at our Edmonton office. IV NAD and Hyperbaric Oxygen drive oxidative phosphorylation, like the Myers. IV Plaquex can provide additional phospholipids for cellular repair. IV Phospholipids synergize with IV Glutathione for nervous system repair. IV Therapy can be done before or after Hyperbaric Treatment. Check out our IV Therapy page. |
|
Top Hyperbaric Oxygen FAQ
What is Hyperbaric Oxygen ?Hyperbaric Oxygen is the medical use of 100% oxygen at increased atmospheric pressure. Most Hyperbaric Treatments are between 1.5 and 2.0 atmospheres of pressure. How does Hyperbaric Oxygen Work?
The increase of pressure dissolves more oxygen into blood and body tissues. This oxygen saturation enhances healing. How many Hyperbaric Treatments do I need?For most conditions, patients are treated once a day - scheduled Monday through Friday. For brain injury, the effects are gradual and 20 - 40 treatments may be required. What will I feel during the Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment?You will definitely feel a fullness in your ears as your eardrums adjust. You will have to "crack" your ears to balance the pressure. The chamber temperature tends to increase as pressurization occurs. How soon can someone start to feel better from HBOT? This is strongly dependent on the condition being treated. Anywhere from 3 - 40 treatments may be needed depending on the condition. See our entire FAQ section |
Hyperbaric Oxygen Facts
Fact 1: Safety - Generally speaking, we have not seen serious complications are associated with moderate pressure Hyperbaric Oxygen at our Edmonton clinic.
Fact 2: Efficacy - The accumulated data supporting Hyperbaric Oxygen is staggering - tremendous data is available for HBOT in non UHMS conditions.
Fact 3: Synergy - Hyperbaric Oxygen is strongly synergistic with many Functional Medicine treatments we offer Edmonton like IV Therapy.
IV Therapy FAQ
What's in the IVs?Our Edmonton clinic has custom blends using Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids & Anti-oxidants. Our standard "Myers Cocktail" has B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, Magnesium and Vitamin C. How does IV Therapy work?IV Therapy places nutrients directly into the blood stream and cells are "flooded" with nutrients. This allows for specific pharmacologic functionality of nutrients when their levels reach certain quantities. IV Therapy also allows for higher brain levels of nutrients for brain injury. What does IV Therapy cost in Edmonton?Here are some general prices, but feel free to call the clinic if you're looking for more specifics: IV NAD starting at $185 Myers Cocktail IV starting at $175
IV Vitamin C starting at $175 Do I need a consultation before trying an IV?All new IV patients require a consult before starting IV Therapy. However, the initial IV Therapy consultation with one of our Naturopathic Doctors is complimentary. How often do you get an IV?How often you need an IV depends on what health concerns we're trying to address. For instance, for Fatigue, our Naturopaths typically administer one IV per week for 3-4 weeks. How quickly does IV Therapy work?IV Treatments can work really quickly. For mood and cognitive enhancement, many see positive effects within 24 hours. Can I do both Hyperbaric Oxygen and IV Therapy ?Our Edmonton office frequently pairs Hyperbaric Oxygen & IV Therapy "back to back." |
Top Reasons to visit TruMed:
|
Hyperbaric Oxygen: TruMed has brought Edmonton powerful Hyperbaric Oxygen with strong data for treatment in brain conditions such as Stroke & Concussion. Nutritional IV Therapy: We provide Edmonton with modern Naturopathic IV Treatments helpful in an assortment of health issues including Brain Injury & Fatigue. Functional Medicine: Our Naturopathic Doctors have modern Functional Medicine Training and use Functional testing to get to the root of concerns. Complete hormone Testing: Our clinic provides Edmonton with all available test modalities: blood, urine, saliva to get an accurate understanding of our cases. Food Allergy Testing: Our Naturopaths proudly provide Edmonton with numerous science backed food allergy & food sensitivity tests. Evidence Based Medicine: Naturopaths at TruMed typically emphasize treatments that are backed by clinical trials, published studies and case reports. |
TruMed FAQ
Are TruMed's Naturopathic services covered by AB health?
Naturopathic Doctors in Edmonton and Alberta are private providers and costs are out of pocket unless you have benefit plans with Naturopath care coverage. How much do treatments cost?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment is usually $195 for 60 minutes at our Edmonton office. What training do TruMed's Naturopathic Doctors have?
All Naturopathic doctors in Edmonton and Alberta have a ton of training. Everyone has a four year Naturopathic doctorate - minimum of 7 years post secondary. Furthermore, our NDs have additional training in IV Therapy & Hyperbaric Oxygen. What conditions do your Naturopaths deal with?
All four Naturopaths at TruMed have general Naturopathic practices but with regards to Hyperbaric Treatment we frequently see Stroke, Brain Injury and Concussion at our Edmonton Clinic. Check out our larger FAQ section |
We excel at: Digestive Concerns, Hormone Issues, Fertility, Fatigue, Mood and Skin Concerns.
Advanced Testing in Edmonton, including food allergy, urinary hormone and thyroid testing.
Special focus in Hyperbaric Oxygen & IV Therapy
Get in touch
(780) 757-8378