Healing depends foremost on the patient’s investment in the care plan. Patients and their caregivers are continually educated as to why and how the plan will be successful. Chronic wounds and ailments with their associated diseases seriously affect the entire family. Therefore the patient’s support base is evaluated with the intent to guide and provide resources for the emotional health of the patient and their caregivers. Dietary recommendations and compliance aided according to the ADA and wound healing requirements.

Important effects of hyperbaric oxygen: it is a safe way to alter the inflammatory process to help wound healing. It cuts down pain and swelling, inflammation in tissues and it has an anti-bacterial effect. Patients who have had this therapy in conjunction with other therapies seem to have a shorter recuperation period.

“to button your own shirt 8 years post stroke of not being able to, to have your autistic child begin to look you in the eye and take an interest in other family members, to feel better enough to rekindle an optimism about your life”-----these are the steps with which we measure our success. If only doctors made their recommendations as if their patient was a beloved family member and each patient could be treated based upon which therapies and treatments would be most helpful to them………”

Despite the fact that our longevity is increasing, our health has been deteriorating year by year. The rates of all degenerative diseases in this country are increasing. We have more heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, etc., than ever before in history. And at the same time we spend more and more money each year for “health care”. Are we healthier???