Undersea Oxygen Clinic is Tampa Bay’s premier independent outpatient provider of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. They are the areas only Platinum International Board of Undersea Medicine accredited facility. Farhan N. Siddiqi, MD, Mario Caruso, CHT-A, DMT, EMT-P, and Joseph Dituri, Ph.D are the highly trained and experienced staff members with over 100 years of combined experience.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a medical treatment which enhances the body’s natural healing process by inhalation of 100% medical grade oxygen in an FDA approved total body chamber. Inside the chamber the atmospheric pressure is increased and controlled which enhances oxygen distribution and utilization throughout the body. The clinic has a patient-centered approach that emphasizes coordination with primary care and referring providers. The staff at Undersea oxygen clinic creates a customized care plan that is designed specifically for each patient’s medical needs. Some of the conditions that the therapy treats include traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress, various sports injuries, smoke inhalation, poorly healing wounds, anemia, and many more.
There are numerous benefits from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, some include enhancement of the body’s natural healing process, reduced swelling, inflammation, bruising, infection, and scarring, improvement of immune system response and improvement of brain cell function. Recent studies have suggested that this treatment reawakens the dormant neurons that are alive but not functioning in and around the injured tissue in the brain. Another study also suggested that patients undergoing open heart surgery have better brain function if they receive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy prior to undergoing surgery.
“Let us help you heal faster and better!” – Mario Caruso