Hyperbaric Therapy

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I am spending about an hour a day in a Hyperbaric Chamber (Hyper - not
Hypo) -

4psi, very high oxygen concentration

(I am doing this for a couple of health reasons / helping my son with
autism)

I have read that this will also help in recovering from muscle fatigue
in "getting back into shape" - I have tested this and it seems to be
true. I can bury myself in a ride and feel fine the next day (after
being in the chamber).

But long term, I am concerned this will have a negative impact on my
training - isn't that the whole reason people sleep in low oxygen
environments when training?

Thanks!

<vinnie4639@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6db5b72e-9d7f-4ef5-a3b8-ff045e98d796@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> But long term, I am concerned this will have a negative impact on my
> training - isn't that the whole reason people sleep in low oxygen
> environments when training?

People sleep in low O2 on the supposition that it causes the body to
generate more red corpuscles. That is probably unlikely unless you're a real
extremist and do it all night every night.

The same might be said of your treatments. Remember that your blood O2 is
probably 99% at atmospheric pressure so what would additional O2 do?

I slept in a "hemp chamber" and woke up hungry

On Apr 23, 5:57 am, vinnie4...@yahoo.com wrote:

> (I am doing this for a couple of health reasons / helping my son with
> autism)

Just get a TUE for asthma medication. Only a gorilla will see through
your ruse.

On Apr 26, 2:47 am, zzfrank...@mac.com wrote:
> On Apr 23, 5:57 am, vinnie4...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > (I am doing this for a couple of health reasons / helping my son with
> > autism)
>
> Just get a TUE for asthma medication. Only a gorilla will see through
> your ruse.


Regarding the effect on recovery:

http://www.acsm-msse.org/pt/re/msse/abstract.00005768-200101000-00007.htm;jsessionid=LcJHHcqvntkC48yQdTYR7ZWddymjHxm1JgmcwLK1T9MSYFyp6lFV!-1858829228!181195628!8091!-1

http://tinyurl.com/5rzm44

"Conclusion: These results suggest that hyperbaric oxygen therapy was
not effective in the treatment of exercise-induced muscle injury as
indicated by the markers evaluated."

Shaun

On May 3, 8:52 am, sha...@gbshaun.com wrote:

> Regarding the effect on recovery:
>
> http://www.acsm-msse.org/pt/re/msse/abstract.00005768-200101000-00007...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5rzm44
>
> "Conclusion: These results suggest that hyperbaric oxygen therapy was
> not effective in the treatment of exercise-induced muscle injury as
> indicated by the markers evaluated."

Why should we take your word? Have you ever ridden a fixed gear?