Mild hyperbaric therapy is believed to speed recovery from sports injuries, giving athletes faster recovery from workout and increases energy and mental clarity both on and off the field.
By providing more oxygen at the cellular level, healing is rapid, energy levels are high and the athlete is able to focus and perform at peak levels.
Many athletes report much less lactic acid buildup with HBO, greater endurance and less muscle fatigue.
HBO allows many to recover much more quickly from sports injuries due to swelling, dehydration and ischemia. HBO decreases swelling at the same time increasing blood flow to restricted areas. Higher concentration of oxygen in the blood at the cellular level allows healing and reparation to occur at a much faster rate.
Latest Diving and Hyperbarics Headlines
Friday, 28 September 2007
Monday, 24 September 2007
River Ouse Search For Missing Student
Police divers are searching the River Ouse in York for a student who went missing after a night out in the city.
Sunday, 23 September 2007
Diver Airlifted
A diver had to be winched to safety by a Royal Navy rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose after he got into difficulty off the Devon coast at Salcombe.
He was treated by ambulance staff who took him to Plymouth for recompression treatment.
He was treated by ambulance staff who took him to Plymouth for recompression treatment.
Friday, 21 September 2007
Body of Diver Missing Since 2005 Found
The body of a diver found off the Dorset coast has been formally identified as Mark James Steel. The 22-year-old diver from Daventry went missing during a diving trip to the Kyarra wreck on 22 August 2005.
His body was found this year by another diver near the wreck off Anvil Point.
His body was brought ashore by a police dive team and after more than a month was identified using DNA technology.
His body was found this year by another diver near the wreck off Anvil Point.
His body was brought ashore by a police dive team and after more than a month was identified using DNA technology.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Arbroath Harbour Searched For Missing Man
Police divers have been searching Arbroath harbour in Scotland for a man who was last seen on 12th August.
Tayside Police have been trying to find Ian Mowatt, 32, who has not been seen since 12th August.
They have called in Grampian Police's Underwater Search Team to assist with the investigation.
Tayside Police have been trying to find Ian Mowatt, 32, who has not been seen since 12th August.
They have called in Grampian Police's Underwater Search Team to assist with the investigation.
Friday, 14 September 2007
Hyperbaric Medicine Update
The Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine Centre and The Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Midwest Chapter presents:
The purpose of this course is to update participants on topics of interest in the use of hyperbaric medicine for disease and injury treatment and to assist certified participants in maintaining their credentials. It is also to prepare participants for the Certified Hyperbaric Technologist(CHT) & Certified Hyperbaric RN (CHRN) exam. The participant will:
- Hyperbaric Medicine Update
The purpose of this course is to update participants on topics of interest in the use of hyperbaric medicine for disease and injury treatment and to assist certified participants in maintaining their credentials. It is also to prepare participants for the Certified Hyperbaric Technologist(CHT) & Certified Hyperbaric RN (CHRN) exam. The participant will:
- Increase knowledge of clinical applications and practice standards for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Practice.
- Describe current HBO technology and principal applications
- Increase awareness of current research in HBO therapy
- Identify current updates in wound care.
- Gain understanding of the legal issues pertaining to HBO Therapy.
Campbell's Bluebird whole again
Donald Campbell's legendary Bluebird is back in one piece for the first time in 40 years.
The famous boat, in which Campbell died while trying to break a speed record on Coniston Water, Cumbria, in 1967, was split in half by the crash impact.
Diver Bill Smith and his team, who salvaged Bluebird from the lake, have been restoring the craft.
Mr Smith said Thursday's successful attempt to re-join the frame's two halves was a major milestone. Bluebird was winched from the bottom of Coniston in March 2001. Since then, it has been in Mr Smith's North Tyneside workshop, where he is restoring the craft to full working order.
(From bbc.co.uk)
The famous boat, in which Campbell died while trying to break a speed record on Coniston Water, Cumbria, in 1967, was split in half by the crash impact.
Diver Bill Smith and his team, who salvaged Bluebird from the lake, have been restoring the craft.
Mr Smith said Thursday's successful attempt to re-join the frame's two halves was a major milestone. Bluebird was winched from the bottom of Coniston in March 2001. Since then, it has been in Mr Smith's North Tyneside workshop, where he is restoring the craft to full working order.
(From bbc.co.uk)
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Breath Hold Diving Workshop Proceedings Now Available
It had been 20 years since the last gathering of breath-hold experts, so Divers Alert Network and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society joined forces in 2006 to bring together the movers and shakers in breath-hold diving. The gathering included scientists as well as practitioners of the sport. The result was a two-day workshop about the physiology, performance and health and safety of breath-hold diving. Find out how 'samba', the 'mooglies' and apnea are related, how DAN has developed a database for breath-hold diving and the diving habits of Hawaiian breath-hold divers. There's more, of course.
Breath Hold Diving Workshop Proceedings is available now from DAN.
Breath Hold Diving Workshop Proceedings is available now from DAN.
DAN Funds A Study Into Causes Of Immersion Pulmonary Edema
DAN, through its partnership with subsidiary AGI, has contributed $100,000 to fund a study of the causes of immersion pulmonary edema, a lung injury identified in water enthusiasts. Richard E. Moon, M.D., DAN senior medical consultant, will conduct the study, which is targeted for completion in late 2008.
Moon is also professor of anesthesiology and medicine at Duke University Medical Center and medical director of the DUMC’s Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology.
The study will supplement a Navy-funded study presently being conducted at Duke.
Moon is also professor of anesthesiology and medicine at Duke University Medical Center and medical director of the DUMC’s Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology.
The study will supplement a Navy-funded study presently being conducted at Duke.
Woman Rescued From Plymouth Hoe
Divers were called in today to rescue a woman in Plymouth after she managed to trap her feet between rocks.
The woman, had been swimming off the Hoe in Plymouth when the accident happened.
She managed to get her feet stuck and struggled to free them as the tide started to rise around her.
The water was up to her neck before divers managed to free her feet before they took her ashore.
Brixham Coastguard received a number of 999 calls alerting them to the woman who had been spotted in the sea off Grand Parade.
Together with the Plymouth RNLI inshore lifeboat and a team from a local dive boat the rescue services managed to free the woman and take her to safety.
Although she was cold she was not hurt.
The woman, had been swimming off the Hoe in Plymouth when the accident happened.
She managed to get her feet stuck and struggled to free them as the tide started to rise around her.
The water was up to her neck before divers managed to free her feet before they took her ashore.
Brixham Coastguard received a number of 999 calls alerting them to the woman who had been spotted in the sea off Grand Parade.
Together with the Plymouth RNLI inshore lifeboat and a team from a local dive boat the rescue services managed to free the woman and take her to safety.
Although she was cold she was not hurt.
BSAC Online Store Expands
The BSAC Shop has recently launched a number of new products including Element Storage Bags, Odour Proof Barrier Bags and a Dry Phone & GPS Holder.
Other items include three new books; Scapa Flow Dive Guide, Deep in the Blue and Oceans, a visual factfinder book as well as a limited supply of the book Fort Bovisand.
The 2008 Belfield Tide Plotter is now also available for anyone wanting to do a bit of advanced planning for next years trips.
Other items include three new books; Scapa Flow Dive Guide, Deep in the Blue and Oceans, a visual factfinder book as well as a limited supply of the book Fort Bovisand.
The 2008 Belfield Tide Plotter is now also available for anyone wanting to do a bit of advanced planning for next years trips.
Patient Video Goes Online
Plymouth based Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) has released a number of short videos on the popular internet video sharing site 'YouTube'. The videos form part of a new DVD that will be made available to patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy at the centre.
To view the videos online go to the YouTube site and search for UKHYPERBARICS.
To view the videos online go to the YouTube site and search for UKHYPERBARICS.
Incidents in Wales
In separate incidents in Wales over the weekend a diver off Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, was pulled unconscious from the water and airlifted to hospital while two scuba divers were rescued after being in the sea for more than nine hours off the Pembrokeshire coast.
In the second incident Milford Haven Coastguard received a call from the dive vessel 'Annie' at 15:04 stating two of its three divers were missing. Both divers are wearing dry suits and had surface marker buoys.
They were found when a helicopter from Ireland joined the search and located the divers at around 22:15. After the divers had been winched to safety they were taken to Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.
In the second incident Milford Haven Coastguard received a call from the dive vessel 'Annie' at 15:04 stating two of its three divers were missing. Both divers are wearing dry suits and had surface marker buoys.
They were found when a helicopter from Ireland joined the search and located the divers at around 22:15. After the divers had been winched to safety they were taken to Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest.
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Dorset Diver Airlifted
A 33-year-old diver was airlifted to Poole Hyperbaric Centre for medical treatment following a rapid ascent off Grove Point in Dorset, after the dive boat 'Fathom and Blues' made an May Day emergency broadcast.
Silt Problem on Scylla
Police who have been investigating the deaths of two divers who died earlier this year on HMS Syclla the artificial wreck sunk off Cornwall are looking in to whether silt dumped in the area affected conditions.
David White, 42, and Kay Moss, 43, from Gloucestershire, died while diving the wreck in Whitsand Bay in August.
Investigations are under way to find out if material dredged from the River Tamar and dumped nearby the wreck site explains large silt deposits at the site. Det Con Derek Farrow, who is leading the investigation, said: "It is certainly the case that the Scylla has got a lot of silt on it in the short space of time that it has been down. "It's a line of inquiry that we are looking at".
Environmental campaigners have argued that waste from the site two miles off Rame Head is not dispersing out to sea, as intended but is instead polluting inshore waters.
David White, 42, and Kay Moss, 43, from Gloucestershire, died while diving the wreck in Whitsand Bay in August.
Investigations are under way to find out if material dredged from the River Tamar and dumped nearby the wreck site explains large silt deposits at the site. Det Con Derek Farrow, who is leading the investigation, said: "It is certainly the case that the Scylla has got a lot of silt on it in the short space of time that it has been down. "It's a line of inquiry that we are looking at".
Environmental campaigners have argued that waste from the site two miles off Rame Head is not dispersing out to sea, as intended but is instead polluting inshore waters.
Monday, 3 September 2007
Dorset Incidents
A diver was air lifted from the boat Outrage near Lulworth Cove, on Saturday afternoon after he showed symptoms of decompression sickness.
The Portland Coastguard helicopter flew the casualty to Poole where an ambulance transported him to the Poole decompression chamber.
In a separate incident on Sunday a 65 year old man from London who was diving from the boat Smoothound off Swanage was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead.
Police said the post-mortem examination was being carried out by a pathologist who specialised in diving deaths but the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
The Portland Coastguard helicopter flew the casualty to Poole where an ambulance transported him to the Poole decompression chamber.
In a separate incident on Sunday a 65 year old man from London who was diving from the boat Smoothound off Swanage was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead.
Police said the post-mortem examination was being carried out by a pathologist who specialised in diving deaths but the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
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