Optimal Hyperbarics
Care areas
About
Optimal Hyperbarics is a free-standing hyperbaric facility in the River's Edge complex in Rancho Mirage and has served the Coachella Valley since 2000. It gives one-on-one treatments in a self-releasing seated monoplace chamber, and a trained hyperbaric technician administers each treatment. The clinic says the seated chamber suits patients who have difficulty lying flat or have claustrophobia, and pediatric patients who need an adult present. Its FAQ lists the 14 approved HBOT indications and a separate list of conditions outside them, including stroke, brain injuries and Lyme disease. The clinic lists its staff's education and training on its About page, including Certified Hyperbaric Technologist (CHT) and California emergency medical technician certification, and director of hyperbaric medicine roles at Whitaker Wellness Institute and the Center for New Medicine.
Clinic services
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Consultation with the medical director
Conditions
- Air or gas embolism
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by cyanide poisoning
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Crush injury, compartment syndrome and other acute traumatic ischemias
- Decompression sickness
- Arterial insufficiencies: central retinal artery occlusion and enhancement of healing in selected problem wounds
- Severe anemia
- Intracranial abscess
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis (refractory)
- Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)
- Compromised grafts and flaps
- Acute thermal burn injury
- Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- AIDS* (off-label use)
- Amputation prevention and recovery* (off-label use)
- Asthma* (off-label use)
- Birth injuries* (off-label use)
- Cancer treatment recovery* (off-label use)
- Chronic fatigue syndrome* (off-label use)
- Dementia* (off-label use)
- Enhanced healing after cosmetic surgery* (off-label use)
- Wet and dry macular degeneration* (off-label use)
- Multiple sclerosis* (off-label use)
- Near drowning* (off-label use)
- PTSD* (off-label use)
- Stroke* (off-label use)
- Alzheimer's* (off-label use)
- Arthritis* (off-label use)
- Anti-aging* (off-label use)
- Autism* (off-label use)
- Brain injuries* (off-label use)
- Cerebral palsy* (off-label use)
- Diabetes* (off-label use)
- Heart disease* (off-label use)
- Learning disabilities* (off-label use)
- Lyme disease* (off-label use)
- Migraine and headaches* (off-label use)
- Myocardial infarction* (off-label use)
- Parkinson's* (off-label use)
- Sleep apnea* (off-label use)
- TBI* (off-label use)
* Off-label: outside FDA-cleared HBOT uses. FDA HBOT guidance
Planning your visit
A written HBOT prescription from a physician (MD, DO or DDS) is required; patients without one can schedule a consultation with the clinic's medical director.
Before the first appointment, the clinic asks new patients to complete the patient forms linked on its home page and to read the special preparations section of its FAQ. A prescription can be sent by fax or email or brought to the first appointment. The number of treatments follows the prescribing physician's protocol; the clinic says some cases need only a few, while wound-healing and neurological cases may need 20 to 40. Patients are asked to eat and take medications as usual, and patients with diabetes are encouraged to eat before entering the chamber. The clinic asks for a complete medication list, including non-prescription drugs, and advises against tobacco use during the course of treatment; its patient forms add that patients should not smoke for at least four hours before or after a treatment. It recommends 100% cotton clothing and socks; pockets must be emptied, and electronic devices, metal, jewelry and watches are not allowed in the chamber. Scented lotions and perfume should not be worn, and topical ointments and makeup should be kept to a minimum. The clinic advises against heavy cardiovascular exercise for one hour before and four hours after a treatment, and against flying or driving to a higher altitude within 12 hours of the last treatment. After new dental work, especially fillings, patients must wait 48 hours before entering the chamber, and the team should be told about recent or upcoming dental work. Treatment is not recommended on a day with nasal congestion, sinus problems or a head cold. Patients remain seated in a private chamber with an entertainment system and may feel pressure in the ears similar to flying. The patient forms describe clearing the ears by yawning and swallowing, the Valsalva maneuver, or wiggling the jaw or chewing gum in the seated chamber, and ask patients to knock on the chamber if an ear does not clear so the technician can pause.
Nearby clinics
Within 25 miles
- Eisenhower Grainger Family Wound Care Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Hospital Wound Care Center
Approx. 1.4 mi away
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