Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury is when certain nerve cells in the brain may have been permanentely  destroyed.  Althought some of the brain may be permanently  damaged when a  traumatic brain injury occurs a much larger area may be in a dormant state because the amount of oxygen the brain  receives has been reduced due to a decrease in blood flow

Swelling of the brain tissue will also occur in a traumatic brain injury  Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is believed to increase blood flow to the brain and decrease swelling of the brain tissue causing the dormant cells to be revived indicating a  potential for recovery.