Southern Oregon HBOT

Planning your visit

The first visit is a consultation with one of the clinic's providers, who reviews the patient's medical history before treatment.

Patients are asked to tell the provider at the first consultation about pregnancy, smoking or a history of ear or sinus problems, and to complete the new-patient paperwork before arrival. Patients bathe at home beforehand and do not wear makeup, deodorant, hair products, perfume, lotions, nail polish, medication patches or contact lenses; caffeine and nicotine are also on the clinic's list to avoid before treatment, and smoking is not allowed before the visit on the day of the appointment. The clinic asks patients to wear comfortable underwear and suggests a sports bra rather than an underwire bra. At the clinic, patients change into 100% cotton scrubs and store their belongings in a bag; shoes, jewelry, watches, hearing aids, dentures, keys, coins and other metal objects stay outside the chamber. Patients can watch a TV mounted outside the acrylic chamber or bring a book into the soft chamber. Patients climb into the soft chamber, which the clinic describes as more difficult to enter, while the acrylic chamber is entered on a gurney that slides into it. The clinic's pages differ on phones and tablets, so electronic-device rules should be confirmed with staff. Treatments last 1.5 to 2.5 hours depending on the condition. HBOT is given as a series, with the number and frequency of sessions discussed at the first consultation; the clinic's consent form describes a typical course as 20 to 30 treatments. The clinic asks for 24 hours' notice to cancel and may bill for missed appointments.