Many conditions can affect your neurological health and cognitive functioning. Long COVID, concussion, infections, and other conditions can cause long-lasting, disruptive symptoms. People who experience these conditions may struggle with cloudy thinking, fatigue, memory issues, and other symptoms that impact their functioning and quality of life.
Holistic therapies can support your brain and body’s ability to heal, reduce physical discomfort, and improve cognitive functioning. Oxygen training is a complementary therapy that can increase blood oxygen levels, helping the body to recover after infection, injury, and other conditions.
Oxygen training is not only intended for people living with the effects of TBI, infection, or other conditions. This therapy can also help people enhance their athletic performance, experience quicker recovery times, and support improved overall health and well-being. People who engage in oxygen therapy typically experience a wide range of cognitive and physical improvements.
This article will explore the specific benefits of oxygen training for neurological health. You will learn about common forms of oxygen therapy and learn how to access this holistic therapy.
If someone in your life struggles with cognitive issues, dizziness, brain fog, or other neurological symptoms, find relief at The Hartman Center. Explore our holistic therapies, ask questions, or schedule an intake appointment by reaching out to our team today.
What is Oxygen Training?
Oxygen training is a holistic therapy that can improve symptoms of certain conditions or enhance physical and cognitive performance. This type of training involves performing light to moderate cardiovascular exercise while breathing air with a higher oxygen concentration (typically between 90 and 95%, compared to the standard 21% in normal room air). Breathing air with higher oxygen concentrations allows the body to absorb more oxygen and deliver it to the brain, muscles, and other tissues more effectively.
Some forms of oxygen training involve participants breathing higher concentrations of oxygen throughout the sessions, while others implement alternating high and low-oxygen concentrations. Research suggests that alternating high and low concentrated oxygen levels may allow for better absorption and longer-lasting increases in blood oxygen concentration.
Like all medical and holistic therapies, it is critical to work with a knowledgeable provider when choosing care. Contact the specialists at The Hartman Center to discuss oxygen training and find a treatment that best meets your needs.
What Conditions Can Oxygen Training Improve?
Low blood oxygen levels can affect your mental and physical health in various ways. Many conditions and symptoms are associated with oxygen deficiency.
Here is a quick overview of some symptoms associated with low blood oxygen levels.
Weakness
Loss of muscle strength, flexibility, or functioning isn’t just part of normal aging. It can also be a sign of low oxygen levels related to circulation issues or other conditions. Oxygen training enhances blood oxygen levels, allowing the body to replenish weak muscles with richly oxygenated blood. Over time, this can increase the strength and vitality of the muscles throughout the body.
Athletes of all ages and abilities can benefit from oxygen training. Those who simply want to improve daily functioning and strength may benefit from this enriching therapy.
Muscle pain
Muscle pain can develop during intense training or athletic performance, or simply be related to daily living. Painful, stiff, or tight muscles can prevent people from reaching their athletic potential— or simply from living their lives in comfort.
Oxygen training increases blood oxygen levels quickly, allowing more oxygen to saturate sore or overused muscles. The result is quicker recovery, enhanced strength, and noticeable improvements in functioning.
Slow recovery
Aging, overuse, or new movements can increase the risk of aches, pain, and stiffness throughout the body. Recovery can be slow and painful, which may impact your daily functioning and quality of life.
Oxygen therapy can improve comfort and accelerate recovery by increasing blood oxygen levels. People may notice shorter recovery times, reduced pain, and greater flexibility after participating in oxygen therapy.
Weight gain
Many people view weight gain as part of normal aging or a natural response to life events. Struggling to avoid weight gain or lose weight is common for millions of people in the United States.
Some research suggests that increasing a person’s blood oxygen levels can help them lose weight. Early studies show that oxygen therapies may impact energy expenditure and metabolism.
While more research is needed to establish a link between oxygen training and enhanced weight loss, this therapy may help people maintain activity levels and recover faster during training, potentially improving weight and body composition.
Fatigue
Fatigue can occur for many reasons. Illness, excessive exercise, infections, TBI, and other conditions may deplete people’s energy and leave them feeling sluggish throughout the day. In some cases, low blood oxygen levels may be to blame for excessive fatigue.
Oxygen training has been shown to reduce fatigue by increasing blood oxygen levels. More oxygen in the blood means more oxygen can reach the brain, muscles, organs, and other tissues. The result is better functioning throughout the body and more energy throughout the day.
Circulation issues
Issues affecting the heart, veins, and other blood vessels can reduce your circulation system’s efficiency. Reduced efficiency can result in a lack of adequate oxygen to the brain and throughout the body, which can cause a range of disruptive (and sometimes dangerous) symptoms.
Oxygen training can help to mitigate some of the harmful effects of poor circulation. This therapy raises blood oxygen levels, allowing the muscles, brain, and other tissues to receive more oxygen. This can reduce symptoms of poor circulation and supports the body’s natural ability to heal.
Cognitive issues
Brain fog, dizziness, memory issues, poor concentration, and other cognitive symptoms can be related to low blood oxygen levels. Enhancing blood oxygen levels through oxygen training therapies can reduce these symptoms and enhance cognitive functioning.
Oxygen training is a non-invasive, accessible therapy that can offer a range of benefits for people with physical or cognitive symptoms related to low blood oxygen levels. Contact The Hartman Center to learn more about this form of therapy or to explore any of our holistic health programs.
How Oxygen Training Can Improve Neurological Health
Research shows that increasing blood oxygen levels can have a significant impact on neurological health and cognitive functioning. These effects can be measurable among people who have experienced stroke or TBI, as well as those living with the long-term effects of COVID, infections, concussion, and other conditions.
Here is an overview of how oxygen training can improve neurological health.
Improved oxygen delivery
Oxygen training increases the concentration of oxygen in the blood. When the blood is more richly oxygenated, more oxygen reaches the brain, allowing it to function, grow, and heal more effectively.
Increased neurotransmitter production
Oxygen allows the brain to produce neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers of the brain. Increased neurotransmitter production means the brain can transmit signals between nerve cells more effectively. People can experience clearer thinking, better memory, and other cognitive benefits as a result of higher blood oxygen levels.
Reduced Inflammation
Inflammation can affect the brain’s health, leading to memory issues, brain fog, and more serious conditions, including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. Increasing the brain’s oxygen levels can reduce inflammation and guard against both short and long-term cognitive conditions.
Better blood flow and metabolism
The brain needs a steady supply of nutrients and oxygen to avoid damage and perform optimally. Enhancing blood oxygen levels using oxygen training therapies provides the brain with more of what it needs to function most effectively and stay healthy.
Live O2 and other oxygen therapies can have a significant and long-lasting effect on your neurological health. Contact The Hartman Center specialists to learn more about oxygen training or to explore our other programs.
What is Live O2 Therapy?
There are many forms of oxygen training therapies that can increase blood oxygen levels. Live O2 therapy is an accessible, highly effective form of oxygen therapy. This holistic therapy involves performing brief periods of moderate exercise while alternately breathing saturated oxygen and normal room air.
Live O2 uses a comfortable, innovative process that enables more people to experience the benefits of higher blood oxygen levels. Sessions are typically short, lasting only 15 minutes, and treatment can be adapted to accommodate a wide range of needs and abilities.
Live O2 therapy has been shown to be effective in reducing a wide range of symptoms, including:
- Brain fog
- Headaches
- Chronic pain
- Dizziness
- Sleep issues
- Post-concussion syndrome
- Coordination and balance issues
- Breathing problems
- Migraines
Holistic practitioners may use Live O2 therapy to relieve these and other symptoms related to TBI, infections, mental health conditions, sleep disorders, and other conditions. They may also implement this holistic therapy to enhance cognitive functioning, athletic performance, and daily functioning in people without other diagnoses or conditions.
The Benefits of Live O2 Oxygen Training
Increasing blood oxygen levels can have a range of physical and neurological benefits, including:
- Improvements in balance and coordination
- Faster recovery time
- Deeper, more restorative sleep
- Clearer thinking
- Better memory
- Improved ability to sustain focus and concentration
- Improved immunity
- Reduced pain
- Less inflammation
- More energy
Live O2 is a highly accessible form of oxygen training that does not require pressurize chambers or long treatment periods. Participants can receive this convenient and comfortable form of treatment in an outpatient setting, including clinics or private offices. Sessions are short, and people typically require minimal to no downtime after receiving treatment.
Find Live O2 Therapy
If you or someone you love struggles with cognitive or physical symptoms of low blood oxygen, you do not have to accept them as your “new normal.” Find relief from these symptoms by participating in Live O2 therapy at The Hartman Center.
Explore our holistic therapies, get answers to your questions, or schedule your first appointment by contacting our team today. We look forward to joining you on your journey to better health and well-being.