Oxygen Therapy: How it helps

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Oxygen Therapy: How it helps…

It’s amazing how many people feel better through breathing pure oxygen – sometimes helping with serious medical conditions they’ve had for years. Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Letchworth has been doing oxygen therapy for 33 years and has helped thousands of people with MS, Parkinson’s, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and cancer. People visit the centre in Letchworth from far and wide, including from overseas, to be treated for many of these conditions. More recently, oxygen therapy is being used to fight the long-lasting effects that some people experience after Covid19. Known as ‘Long Covid’, the symptoms include extreme fatigue, brain fog (struggling to think clearly), breathlessness, anxiety and PTSD.

What is oxygen therapy?

During oxygen therapy, people breathe pure oxygen under gentle pressure. This is almost five times as much oxygen as usual. Often that extra oxygen helps to reduce pain, fight infection, increase energy levels and speed up the body’s natural healing processes. It can accelerate recovery from an operation and is used by athletes to improve performance too.

Give it a go!

The team at the centre is delighted to see oxygen helping so many people but is clear that it does not work for everyone. It is a natural therapy, without the side effects of prescription drugs, complementing conventional medicine. You do not need a referral from the NHS to use oxygen therapy, you can just contact the centre direct by email oxygen@hmstc.net or calling 01462 684 214.

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