Dr. Scott Sherr – Why & How To Use Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy To Heal & Transform Your Health

HBOT basics: pressure + oxygen heals tissue

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy combines increased atmospheric pressure with concentrated oxygen to dramatically boost tissue healing.

"So once that oxygen gets into circulation in a chamber, you have a couple of things that happen. So hyperbaric oxygen therapy, like I said, is a combination of increased inspired oxygen and increased atmospheric pressure. You drive that oxygen in circulation and to,"

HBOT triggers epigenetic changes and stem cells

Over a protocol of treatments, HBOT suppresses and expresses genes, reduces inflammation, and stimulates new neurons and stem cells.

"New cartilage cells, new bone cells, new connected tissue cells, new neurologic cells, like neuro cells, like glial cells, and even new neurons. Neuroplasticity can happen over a protocol of hyperbaric therapy. As a result of that epigenetic change, that hyperbaric therapy can actually manifest on the DNA itself."

Trauma center sparked HBOT career path

Dr. Sherr discovered hyperbaric oxygen therapy during medical school at a trauma center, inspiring his integrative medicine career.

"and figure out a way to bridge these worlds together. And it was during medical school that I learned about hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a trauma center, actually, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. And it was there that I saw patients go into this gigantic chamber in the basement with like crazy diseases like flesh-eating bacteria, carbon monoxide poisoning, soft tissue injuries, and come out of the chamber"

20+ sessions needed for anti-aging benefits

Soft chambers reach 1.3 ATM; hard ones go deeper. Israel's protocol uses 60 sessions over 3 months; minimum 20 for measurable results.

"To get over that sort of threshold, it looks to be at least 20 treatments, but we're not entirely sure at this time."

3 sessions reduce oxidative stress baseline

HBOT can optimize health broadly, but goals and protocol must match. About 3 treatments shift oxidative stress levels.

"So what hyperbaric therapy will do over about three treatments, so I almost never just recommend one hyperbaric treatment, by the way, is over about three treatments, that oxidative stress that it's"

HBOT is a profound anti-inflammatory

HBOT powerfully reduces inflammation in autoimmune conditions, though the effect can gradually wear off over time.

"Although what I have seen is that once that inflammation goes down, hyperbaric therapy is helpful, and their inflammation typically ramps back up over a certain period of time. So with these kinds of issues, Genevieve, I am so passionate at looking at that foundational health."

HBOT requires a prescription as a drug

Pressurized oxygen is classified as a drug, so HBOT requires a prescription. It complements but doesn't replace other care.

"One of the things I should mention while you're looking is that hyperbaric oxygen therapy is classified as a drug because we're pressurizing oxygen. And as a result of that, it does require a prescription to get into a chamber. Now, that being said, you could buy one on YouTube and not YouTube on like eBay or something like that. And you can get one, a soft chamber. I don't recommend you use it without understanding why. And again,"

Screen for lung disease before starting HBOT

Underlying lung disease is a key safety consideration since HBOT directly affects lung tissue under pressure.

"If you have any underlying lung disease, hyperbaric therapy works on the lungs. That needs to be screened for."

Diet quality amplifies HBOT results

Proper nutrition is essential to maximize HBOT outcomes. Clean fuel in means better healing output.

"Put the right fuel in the tank, you're going to get the right output. Garbage in, garbage out."