The Northport Wellness Center is proud to announce Hyperbarics of Great Neck, PC a member of the Northport Wellness Center Alliance. Hyperbarics of Great Neck is an outstanding facility that provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy to individuals who are challenged with various conditions that prevent them from experiencing optimal health.

What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment that saturates the body with 100% pure oxygen under pressure. The cells of the body are saturated with oxygen to a far greater degree than they ever would become naturally.

How Does HBOT Work?

During therapy, the patient breathes pure, 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure. (The air we normally breathe contains only 19-21% of this essential element.)The concentration of oxygen normally dissolved in the bloodstream is thus raised many times above normal (up to 2000%). In addition to the blood, all body fluids including the lymph and cerebrospinal fluids are infused with healing benefits of this molecular oxygen. It can reach bone and tissues that are inaccessible to the red blood cells, enhance white blood cell function, and promote the formation of new capillary and peripheral blood vessels. All of this results in faster healing of a wide range of conditions.

HBOT uses a chamber that increases the atmospheric pressure 2 or 3 times, thus expose the patient's entire body to the pressurized oxygen. It is used to treat a wide range of conditions, with new applications being researched on a continual basis. There are currently 13 conditions treatable with Hyperbarics that are approved by the FDA in the US. However, there are numerous "off-label" uses for Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, many of which are documented with scientific evidence that is stronger than that of the FDA approved conditions. Nearly all medical clinics, doctor's offices, and hospitals use FDA-approved drugs and medical devices for "off-label" use on a consistent basis. FDA allows "off-label" use of approved medical devices that have scientific data supporting their use under the supervision of a licensed physician.

FDA Approved Conditions to be treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

The following is a list of the 13 conditions that are FDA approved for treatment with Hyperbaric therapy. These conditions are typically reimbursed by insurance and include:

1. Air or Gas Embolism
2. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Smoke Inhalation
3. Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
4. Decompression Sickness
5. Diabetic Foot Ulcers
6. Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
7. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
8. Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
9. Radiation Tissue Damage (Osteoradionecrosis)
10. Severe Anemia
11. Skin Grafts and Flaps (Compromised)
12. Thermal Burns
13. Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)

Other conditions treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy are....

The following is a list of many conditions with documented benefit from Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an "off-label" treatment:

Hyperbarics of Great Neck, PC is located at  290 Community Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021. For more information, call 516.487.1902.