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18 Oct 2021
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Regenerative Medicine Step 2: NormaTec

Regenerative Medicine Step 2: NormaTec

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Please note that you do NOT need to be a patient to benefit from NormaTec.  You can simply call and set up an appointment to experience the benefits of NormaTec.  This also applies to Hbot and SoftWave.

NormaTec has been used to aid athletes recovery from training, injury, and surgery for over 10 years.  This amazing tool uses pressure to pump both lymph and blood supply.  By doing so, you increase blood flow and the nutrients it carries (especially oxygen) through not only the specific area of treatment but also through the whole body and this allows for an increased rate of healing.

At Columbia Advanced Chiropractic, LLC, we utilize the NormaTec 2.0 Pro.  This version is their top offering and it allows for specific programming to isolate areas that need the increased circulation the most.  We use NormaTec as our second step in our 3-pronged approach to tissue regeneration.  Why is it used second?  First, we hyper-oxygenate the blood with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (Hbot), then we use the NormaTec to hyper-vascularize the area of need.  Third, we use the unique SoftWave unfocused extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) unit to stimulate stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue.  The three-pronged approach is a potent combination of therapies aimed at helping you recover, and heal, in dramatic fashion.  NormaTec will deliver fantastic recovery results when used individually from Hbot and SoftWave, but pairing it with these other therapies will provide for the best means of true tissue regeneration. Continue Reading →

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Regenerative Medicine Step 1: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Regenerative Medicine Step 1: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

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Please note that you do NOT need to be a patient to benefit from Hbot.  You can simply call and set up an appointment to experience the benefits of Hbot.  This also applies to NormaTec and SoftWave.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or Hbot, is healthy for us in many ways.  We usually consider the greatest effects to be for those who have inflammation/swelling following trauma or for those wish to use it for a recovery tool after strenuous exercise.  It is also used to aid those who get altitude sickness as enriching the blood with oxygen  helps to reduce the effects of reduced oxygen at high elevations.

A new study, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases telomere length and decreases immunosenescence in isolated blood cells : a prospective trial , published by Hacho, et. al. in 2020, has shown that Hbot goes further than common uses in that it actually has direct, anti-aging, and regenerative effects.  These effects are due to its ability to elongate telomeres.

Telomeres are nucleotides that are found at the end of chromosomes.  They serve to maintain DNA stability.  Telomeres shorten during replication (mitosis) as well as due to disease processes, lack of physical activity, obesity, cortical thinning of the brain, diabetes, stress, smoking, inflammation, vitamin deficiency, and oxidative stress (think free radicals).  Being most of us are not functioning at optimal health, it’s easy to see that our telomeres tend to shorten far faster than they should and this process leads to an earlier death.  Telomeres are measured in kilobases, and they tend to be 4-15 kilobases in length.  We lose 20-40 bases per year just due to aging.  However, the aforementioned conditions drastically decay the telomere length.  When telomeres reach a ‘critical length’, cell replication cannot occur and this leads to further cell death.  Studies have shown  that adults with shorter telomere lengths have increased mortality rates.  Simply put: the faster your telomeres shorten, the sooner your death. Continue Reading →