Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hyperbaric Oxygen Providers List Georgia - North Carolina --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Return to MUMS Home Page Where can I go to find out more about the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a treatment for children with Cerebral Palsy and other forms of brain damage? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) as a treatment for brain damage as yet. Therefore MUMS is not promoting this use. We are only providing information. HBOT is used to treat 13 conditions, some are; " the bends " that some divers experience when coming up too fast, Air Embolism (air in the bloodstream), Carbon Monoxide poisoning, burns, and wounds that are difficult to heal, such as those experienced by people with diabetes. Many parents who are trying the HBO with their children with brain damage are showing remarkable results. We are getting reports from parents all over the world that their children are experiencing improvement in the areas of speech, reduced spasticity, vision and hearing improvements, behavior improvements, Autistic behaviors reduced, and the reduction or stopping of seizures. Children of all ages, even adults are showing the same improvements. It is not working for all children and we have heard of a few cases in which the children showed no improvements. The children with the milder impairments seem to be showing the most improvements. There are studies in Canada and the United States going on right now to establish whether or not HBO improves children with brain damage. The preliminary results are very encouraging! MUMS is only providing a list and is not recommending any of these places! The following is a list of people you can contact for more information. Some clinics have monoplace chambers and some have multiplace chambers. We are told that only a monoplace ( " place for one " ) can safely treat by pressurizing with 100% oxygen. If more than one person is being treated in a chamber it should be through a mask or preferably, for comfort, through a hood. Some clinics are more accessible than others. If you have claustrophobia (fear of being in confined spaces) and cannot go in the chamber with your child this needs to be discussed. Some providers may give discounts for larger numbers of treatments in a row or for prepayment. Some may offer free for hardship cases. It doesn't hurt to ask. The protocol that we are hearing is most used is 1 hour treatments (at pressure) once a day of 1.5 - 1.75 ata for 40 days for first session. Some parents are opting for twice a day treatments but are taking a 4 hour break in between treatments. Recent reports are coming in from parents who are doing too many in a row using the twice a day protocol that their children are getting toxic and regressing. One mother got 100 treatments for her son in a two month time period. He stopped talking and walking which he had been able to do after the first 40 treatments. It took 6-8 weeks for him to start progressing again. Please read " More is Not Better. " by Dr. Harch on this website. We are hearing it may be best to take a day off every 5 or 6 days to allow the brain to adjust to using the new brain cells. Many parents see more improvements the two to three weeks after they return home from the series of treatments. Dr. Harch, who has been doing research since 1995 using HBOT on children with brain damage, believes that 40 treatments is recommended for the first series, because some children don't respond until 30 treatments and some may require 200 or more treatments total. Four to six week breaks between series are recommended and these should be individualized. (See Dr. Harch's letter). Because this is a new treatment for brain damage and Cerebral Palsy the best protocol is really not known for sure. One treatment a day using pessures of 1.5 ata or less (1.25 ata if child has a seizure condition) are where we are seeing the best results. Most doctors or HBO technicians would not use any pressure higher than 2.0 ata because they feel this may be too high and dangerous causing oxygen toxicity. That is why we need more studies! HBO Providers in Alaska - Florida HBO Providers in Georgia - North Carolina HBO Providers in Ohio - Wisconsin HBO Providers Outside Of The United States Mobile Chambers These providers bring chambers to your area. They all give reduced rates or free treatments to the host family depending on how many parents commit to getting treatments. Host family is usually responsible for finding families and a site, hotels, etc. Ask each provider for their specific requirements. Setup, mileage and provider room and board fees may be extra. MUMS can send you a list of interested parents in your area. Idaho:Idaho: Hyperbaric Oxygen Providers Express, & Crowe, 618 9th Street South - Rupert, ID 83350 208-436-3505 Email: Web:www.hboproviders.com Cost: $100 plus expenses shared (oxygen, $.65 a mile from last location, $50 a day room & board for technician) Host parent with 3 others pays $50 a treatment (with 6 others host's child is free). land: American Hyperbarics 866-450-9822 Web:americanhyperbarics.com 4 person multiplace is in a medical mobile clinic and travels to local areas. Cost: $110 Includes 100% cotton scrubs for parent & child. Hosting family receives treatments at reduced rate. Tenative Schedule: Minneapolis/St , Minnesota from April 17- May 21, 2004. Participants must register by March 15, 2004. Call: 866- 450-9822 to sign up. Oklahoma:Hyperbaric Services Inc., Mike Pugh, 4215 Blue Sage Rd., Norman, OK 73072 405-245-6628 Email: Cost:$85 ($100 if less than 10). Host family gets free treatments with 10 other families signed up. Person accompaning child gets treatment for $10! Multiplace 5 person Tenative Schedule: Milwaukee March 23 - May 7, 2004 Green Bay: May 25, 2004 - June, 2004 Call 877-336-5333 to register or to get more information. Oklahoma: , 40456 W 5th St. S, Terlton OK 74081 918-865- 3427 918-740-1978 (cell) Email: mobilehyperbaric.com Cost:$100 plus $30 a day & $1.50 a mile 1 way Host family gets discount will treat up to 5. Georgia Decatur:Atlanta Hyperbaric & Wound Care Clinic, Glenn Goodheart MD, 2675 N Decatur Rd., Suite 312, Decatur, GA 30033-6133 404-501-7312 Email: glg_md_jd@... Web: www.atlantahyperbaric.com Cost:$250 Marietta: ProHBO at Health Horizons, 1455 Bells Ferry Rd., Suite 100, Marietta, GA 30066 Ken Knot MD-Med Dir, 770-421-8094, Web: www.prohbo.com Cost: $150 2 monoplaces. Prepayment discounts and financing are available (40 treatments can be financed for $126 per month). Tucker:International Alternative Medicine (IAM) Tucker, 4450 Hugh Howell RD., Suite 4 & 5, Tucker, GA 30084 770-934-3873 Email: CBSheena@... Web: internationalalternativemed.com Cost:$150 Hawaii Honolulu: The Hyperbaric Medicine Center of Hawaii, 1130 N. Nimitz Highway, Suite A-140, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 808-550-0881, 808-537- 4460, 808-545-1909 (fax) 808-545-1704 Email: hsd_allstar@... Cost: $135 to $175 per session for HBOT physical therapy at $75-$120 per session. Maui: Kim Brown, PO Box 330656, Kabului, Hawaii 96733 808-870-2567 Email: mauihbot@... Interested in opening a Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic in Maui and wants to hear from anyone interested. Idaho Idaho: Hyperbaric Oxygen Providers Express(HOPE), & Crowe, 877-460-HOPE(4673), 208-461-7262 Email: george@... Web: www.hboproviders.com Mobile chamber will come to your area. Cost: $100 plus shared expenses. (oxygen, $.65 a mile from last place, $50 a day room & board for technician) Mastercard & Visa accepted. Host parent with 3 others pays $50 a treatment (with 6 others host's child is free). Hoods used. Pocatello: Idaho Hyperbarics, Inc. Jeff Hampsten, PO Box 4282, Pocatello, Idaho 83205 208-233-7802 208-237-1151 Email:jeff@... Cost: ? A 6 place double lock hyperbaric chamber in a new building with several doctors offices. Opening soon. Indiana Mishawaka:Northern Indiana Hyperbarics, Buffy Nemeth, Mishawaka, Indiana, 574-256-2561 Email: northernindianahyperbarics@... Web: www.northernindianahyperbarics.com One & 1/2 hours East of Chicago loop. Opening 2004. Offering Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Oxidative medicine, Chelation, Ultrviolet Blood Irradiation (UVBI), Intervenious Hydrogen Peroxide, Intervenous Mineral & Vitamin Bags, Metabolic accessments, Glutathione Injections, Blood chemistry analysis, Nutrition Counseling. Physical, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy. Illinois Arlington Heights: Arlington Heights Longevity Institute, Terrill Haws, DO, 121 S Wilke Rd, Suite 111, Arlington Heights IL 60005 847- 577-9451 Cost: $170 (sliding scale) Insurance is billed. Nutritional supplements encouraged. Bolingbrook (Chicago area): Midwest Hyperbaric Institute, Inc., Harch Hyperbarics affiliate, Dr. August ucci, 391 Quadrangle, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 630-378-1760, 866-281-4268 (toll-free), 630- 378-1764 (fax) Email: info@... Web: www.midwesthbot.com Cost: ? Louisiana Harvey: Harch Medical & Research, LTD., G. Harch, M.D., 1816 Industrial Blvd., Harvey, Louisiana 70058-2314 504-366-1445 Email:hmr@... Web: www.hyperbarics.org Cost: $150.00 SPECT scans optional. Dr. Harch is doing ongoing research/ very knowledgeable about protocol. Meraux: Gateway Rehabilitation (Bodyworks Health), 2605 Munster Blvd., Meraux, LA 70075 504-279-2000, 985-851-6668, 985-381-4267 (cell) Cost: $200 Slidell: Greenbriar Hyperbaric Unit (Outpatient Center of Greenbriar Skilled Subacute and Rehab Center), 505 Blvd, Slidell LA 70458 800-541-9756(LA only) 985-643-6900 985-641-6176(fax) Email:gbnh@... Web:greenbriarnursinghome.com Dr. J. , MD, F.A.A.P. is Medical Director of the Greenbriar facility and hyperbaric unit. He is a Pediatric Pulmonoligist that specializes in HBO. " Greenbriar will work with families to provide hyperbarics at the lowest rate possible. Some of the diagnoses treated are encephalopathy, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, autism, wound care, multiple sclerosis, stroke, amputations and many others. " Cost: ? Slidell: IHS Neurologic Rehabilitation Center, Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Dr. J. , MD, F.A.A.P., 1400 Lindberg Dr., Slidell, LA 70461 504-641-4985 504-646-0793 (fax) Dr. is a Pediatric Pulmonologist. He treated Fickle who was featured on Lifetime/Beyond Chance, who had Resistant Pneumoccal Meningitis and totally recovered. Massachusetts Great Barrington:New England Hyperbaric Center, Deckoff-, M.D., Great Barrington, MA 01230 413-528-9977 Email:jdj@... Web: www.newenglandhyperbaric.com Cost: $150 Multiplace chamber seats 7. Randolph: Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Centers, 1395 North Main Street, Randolph, MA 02368 781-961-7887 800-973-3009 781-986-3860 (fax) Web: www.hyperbaricoxygenchamber.com. Six patient multiplace chamber conveniently located near Boston's finest medical facilities and near major highways surrounding Boston. Cost:$150 (for children with Cerebral Palsy) others $150-$250. Michigan Michigan:St. Shores. MUMS is no longer listing this clinic. Missouri Kansas City: Hyperbaric Healing Institute, Deister, Ganesh Gupta, MD Medical Director, 10060 NW Prairie View Road, Kansas City, MO 64153 816-801-7878 or 866-633-7321 (toll free) Email:info@HHI- KC.com Web: www.HHI-KC.com Cost: $150 ($125 for 40) Founded by parents of a 4 year old with Cerebral Palsy. Two miles south of the Kansas City International Airport. Largest multiplace chamber in the Midwest with walk-in door. Chamber seats 8 plus professional tender inside during treatments. Certified Hyperbaric Technicians. Special hotel rates available as well as referral arrangements with the 2 Mc Houses in Kansas City ($10/night). Call for current rates. Will bill insurance. Kansas City: McDonagh Medical Center, J. Rudolph, Jr., DO, PhD, 2800a Kendallwood Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64119 816-453-5940 Email: drrudolph2@... Web: www.mcdonaghmed.com Cost: $119 Moberly: Hyperbaric Centers of Missouri - closed Nevada : Nevada Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Ty Szokel MD, 1701 Green Valley Pkwy #2D, , NV 89014 702-617-9138 Web: www.lasvegashyperbarics.com Cost: $175 Las Vegas: Desert Hyperbarics, Jon Dembo, 3663 E. Sunset Suite 506, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120, 702-944-4268, Email:Jdembo@... Web: http://www.deserthyperbarics.com A. D.O.: doctor, 3 person multi chamber + Mono place chamber Cost: $175 (discounts available for multiple treatments) Special Hotel Rates and Shuttle service for Patients. Las Vegas: The Nevada Clinic, F. Fuller Royal MD, 3663 Pecos McLeod, Las Vegas, NV 89121 702-732-1400 702-732-9661 (fax) Email: ffroyal@... Web: www.nevadaclinic.com Cost: $200 Reno: Northern Nevada Hyperbaric Center, Flyer, M. S., Clinical Director; Dr. Tay., M.D., Medical Director, 1698 Meadowood Lane, First Floor, Reno, NV 89502 775-826-2084 775-826-2087 (fax) Web Site: www.nevadahyperbarics.com Email: rflyer@... We have 2 transparent, monoplace chambers. We treat neurological disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain I, and Stroke. Also, we treat non-healing wounds, radiation tissue damage, sports injuries, Chronic Fatigue, Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia. Cost:$200.00 New Jersey Clifton: Hyperbaric Services of New Jersy, 935 Allwood Road, Clifton, NJ 07012 973-916-1010 973-916-0077 (Fax) Email: info@... Web: www.hyperbaricservices.com Cost: $150 - $175 (Hardships considered & Financing available) Cherryhill: Hyperbaric Services of New Jersy, 1907 Greentree Rd., Cherryhill, NJ 08003 856-874-1096 Cost: $200 Parsippany: New Jersy Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Bramwell MD, Medical Director, 2200 Route 10 West, Suite 106, Parsippany, NJ 07054 973-401-1800 jbramwell@... Web: www.njhbot.com Cost: $200 Opening November 2003. New Mexico New Mexico: Simply Hyperbarics, Ken Stoller, MD & Dr. Visser, 404 Brunn School Rd Suite D/E, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505-820- 6234, 505-955-8560 Email:kstoller@... Web: www.simplyhyperbarics.com Cost: $150 12 person multiplace chamber. New York Brewster: Hudson Valley Hyperbarics, Jeffery C. Kopelson M.D., 221 Clock Tower Commons, Brewster, NY 10509 914-278-6800 914-278-6897 (fax) Email: hudsonvalleyhyperbarics@... Web: www.HVHBOT.com The clinic has added more therapies. Pediaric suit therapy, hippotherapy, aquatics, swimming with the dolphins along with Hyperbarics. For information see: www.sunshinetherapy.com/ Cost:$150 Brooklyn: Yutsis Center for Integrative Medicine, Sergei Bukley, 6413 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11204 718-621-0900 Email: hyperbaric@... Web: www.YutsisCenter.com Cost: $170 East Hampton: Warantz, Hypebaric Services of America, 139 Springs Fireplace RD., East Hampton, NY - Closed Great Neck: Warantz, Hyperbaric Services of America, 290 Community Dr., Lake Success, NY 11042 877-472-4268 Email: info@... Web: www.hyperbaricservices.com Cost:$$200 (Hardships considered & Financing available) Hicksville: Island Hyperbaric Medical Services -closed Long Island: Whole Life Practices, Marietta Forcht, 2488A Jerusalem Road, Long Island, NY 11756 516-735-5377 Hyox2 monoplace Email: angelwork888@... Web: www.wholelifepractices.com Cost: $150 - $200 Manhattan: Comprehensive Medical Services, L. Calapaido, DO, 18 E 53rd St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022 212-838-9100 Web:www.drcalapai.com 2 monoplaces Cost: $200 North Carolina Creston: Miracle Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Hartsoe, 667 Peak Rd, Creston NC 28615 336-385-1775 Email: rhartsoe@... Web: www.miraclemountain.org Cost:$50 (Special Rate for children under 18.) ($75 Stroke victims or over age 18 at $75. per session.) Multiplace chamber. Experienced with almost 9000 treatments. Housing available at $10 per night. Specializing in Neurological injury. Oxysound Harmonics available at $20 per session. Use of Flexible Walled chambers or Low pressure chambers The McGill study in Canada treated children with Cerebral Palsy using 1.3 ata with room air in a hard chamber as their control group and all the children improved! MUMS is seeking more documentation from people using just the bags with room air to treat stroke or brain damage. These flexible walled chambers are not designed to be used with 100% oxygen and can only pressurize to 1.3 ata. Preliminary observations from parents using HBO show that the brain has a memory for oxygen and children require fewer treatments especially after the first 100 - 200 in order to make the same improvements. Experts at present believe that perhaps after using the hard chambers first, the flexible chambers may be a logical use for follow up HBO treatment. More studies are needed. A study was conducted by: * Agoura Hills: Neuromed & Neurotox Assoc., Gunnar Hauser, MD, 28240 Agoura RD Ste 203, Agoura Hills:, CA 91301 818-865-1858. Cost: $100 Other Flexible Walled chambers or Low pressure chambers HBO providers: California * Corte Madera: Todd S. Kaufmann, RN, DC, 21 Tamal Vista Blvd. Suite 210, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415-927-0749 415-927-6478 (fax) Email: BonesR4us@... Cost: $500 for 12 sessions. *La Jolla Rejuvenation Medical Center of La Jolla, 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive #1162, La Jolla, CA 92037 858-550-1999 Email: rejuvenationmedicalcenter@... Currently using a Vitaeris 320 Low Pressure Chamber. Cost: $150 for adults; $100 for children. * Orange County:Hyperbaric Health & Recovery, Carl Diamond, 1234 W. Chapman Ave., Suite 204, Orange CA 92868 Cost: $75 for adults; $50 for children. Dr. Vatcher Medical Director. Colorado Aspen: 630 East Hyman Avenue, Aspen CO 81611, 970-618-0108 or 970- 544-5641. Cost: $150 Using mild hyperbaric (Vitaeris 320) which goes to 1.5 ATM. A Sechrist 2500B (3 ATM) is coming in the spring. .. land * Rockville: Center for Holistic Medicine, 11140 Rockville Pike, Suite 550, Rockville, land 20852 301-816-3000 Email: DrRind@... Web: www.functional-med.com Cost: less than $100 ********************************************************************* ******************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- MUMS: National Parent to Parent Network J. Gordon 150 Custer Court Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301-1243 1-877-336-5333 (Parents only please) 920-336-5333 1-920-339-0995 (fax) E-mail: mums@... 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