Meet the doctor.
Dr. Lloyd Burrows
Education:
Graduated from Parker Chiropractic College in 1992.
Bachelors Degree in Anatomy.
Treatment Protocol
Treatment time and frequency varies with each case. The initial assesment will determine your recommended treatment time and frequency. It is ultimately up to the patient to determine the desired length of each treatment and the frequency. HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) is similar to other therapies in regards to the severity of the condition being treated will determine the amount of therapy needed.
Most of our patients undergo one hour long treatments, two to three days a week. The nature of HBOT is cumulative in effect, therefore the more often the treatment is administered, the higher the oxygen levels rise in the body. In other words: each subsequent treatment adds to the last until the body becomes saturated with oxygen and this is when the highest degree of healing would occur.
Feel free to call our office to schedule a consultation regarding HBOT and any medical condition in question.
I highly recommend that anyone and everyone interested in HBOT search the internet for "HBOT and -your medical condition-" in order to find substantial information that is often as comprehensive and detailed as needed.
A few good links to get you started are included below. The information available on HBOT and its benefits is abundant on the internet, so feel free to search for yourself. If and when you have any questions, please give us a call!
www.hbot4u.com
www.drneubrander.com
www.hbot.com
www.netnet.net/mums/hbo.htm
www.hyperbaric-oxygen-ca.com/links.htm
www.youtube.com
Provides specialist assessment and treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for a wide range of conditions.
About our Chamber.
The Hyperbaric Chamber at our facility is a special design manufactured only in Europe. This particular unit is state-of-the-art and is the largest of its kind in Texas. The chamber is approximately 10 feet long and 40 inches in diameter.
To give you some idea of the size: A 6'3'' man can sit in the chamber comfortably with ample space above his head and to each side.
Children invariably find the hyperbaric chamber experience fun and those being treated are usually accompanied by a parent or guardian since there is more than enough room to comfortably accomodate two or three people simultaneously.
The size of our chamber allows you to be very comfortable during the treatment process. You can read, write, listen to music, watch a movie, sleep or whatever you wish to help pass the time while in the chamber.
Why Are We Not Getting Enough Oxygen?
What Does Oxygen Do For Us?
Hyperbaric Chambers
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What Are Mitochondria?
Mitochondria are often called "the cell's powerhouse". They are specialized compartments within almost every cell. They are responsible for producing 90% of the energey needed by our body to sustain life. Mitochondria combine oxygen from the air we breath with calories from food to produce energy.
What is Mitochondrial Disease?
Mitochondrial diseases result when there is a defect that reduces the ability of the mitochondria to produce energy. As the mitochondria fails to produce enough energy, the cell will not function properly and if this continues, cell death wil eventually follow. Organ systems will begin to fail and the life of the individual is compromised, changed, or ended.
Imagine a major city with half its power plants shut down. At least, such conditions would produce a "brown out" with large portions of the city working far below optimum efficiency. Now imagine your body working with one - half of its energy-producing facilities shit down. The brain may be impaired, vision may be dim, muscles may twitch or may be too weak to allow your body to walk or write, your heart may be weakened, and you may not be able to eat and digest your food. This is precisely the situation people with mitochondrial disease find themsewlves.
Mitochondrial disease can affect any organ of the body and at any age. Symptoms are extremely diverse and often progressive. They include: strokes and seizures, muscle weakness, gastro-intestinal disorders ,swallowing difficulties, cardiac disease, liver disease, diabetes, blindness and deafness and susceptability to infections.
What Causes Mitochondrial Disease?
For most patients, theres is a genetic mutation in either the mitochondrial DNA or the nuclear DNA. The mutation may have been inherited from the mother or from both parents, or it may represent a spontaneous mutation. For most patients with mitochondrial disease, the genetic mutation has not yet been identified.
There are environmental factors, even certain medicines that may interfere with the mitochondria and result in symptoms.
How Common Are Mitochondrial Diseases?
Every 30 minutes a child is born who will develop a mitochondrial disease by age 10.
At least 1 in 200 individuals in the general public have a mitochondrial DNA mutation that may lead to disease.
Mitochondrial disease is a relatively new diagnosed disease first recognized in an adult in the 1960s and in the 1980s for pediatric onset cases. It is greatly under-diagnosed and the true prevalence is difficult to determine.
Research has consistently shown that mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of many very common illnesses and chronic conditions of adulthood. These include: Alzheimers Dementia, Parkinsons disease, diabetes, hypertension, autism, heart diseases, osteoporosis, cancer and even the aging process itself. Furthermore, autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis appear to have a mitochondria basis to illness.
Why is Research So Critical?
There are no known treatments or cures for mitochondrial disease.
Mitochondria may play a far greater role in human health than scientists and doctors have realized. Any health concern that is an energy problem could be related to mitochondria.
Further research into the mitochondrion and primary mitochondrial diseases (those due to genetic defect) would benefit millions of people. It would offer hope to thousands suffering from this debilitating and often fatal disease and provide a broad range of new therapeutic approaches for attempting to treat theses other very common and incapacitating illnesses and conditions.
Mitochondrial Defects are a Central Factor in Human Health and Disease
Mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of a surprising range of very common illnesses and conditions, and represents a promising new avenue for treatment. As the mitochondria are responsible for producing energy, any illness that has an energy problem could be related to the mitochondria. Diseases in which mitochondrial dysfunction have been implicated include:
•Alzheimers Dementia, Parkinsons disease, Huntington disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), mental retardation, deafness, blindness, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Over 50 million people in the US suffer from these chronic degenerative disorders. While it cannot yet be said that mitochondrial defects cause these problems, it is clear that mitochondria are involved because their function is measurably disturbed.
•Even autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Sjorgrens Syndrome, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis appear to have a mitochondrial basis to illness.
•Mitochondrial dysfunction has been associated with a wide range of solid tumors, proposed to be central to the aging process, and found to be a common factor in the toxicity of a variety of physical and chemical agents.
CFS - The Central Cause: Mitochondrial Failure
Now I would like you to click on the following link and read the entire article: http://drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/CFS_-_The_Central_Cause:_Mitochondrial_Failure.
The tests that are now available are the first tests developed in the world that can actually diagnose and prove exactly what is wrong with your mitochondria. The results of these tests can now provide many answers towards a treatment protocol which can allow many CFS patients to recover. I have had many of these tests performed on myself and the findings are remarkable. They finally gave me the answer to what was wrong with me and how to treat it.
Once you find DR. MYhill's website you need to download her book (it's free!) and read it thoroughly. This is the most accurate assesment of CFS that exists and is all scientifically backed up with state-of-the-art testing which is irrefutable.
These tests can also - for the first time in history - prove on a percentile basis the degree of a person's disability which can also be beneficial and uncontestable in seeking government disability assistance.
You can understand most of what you read there, as much of it is in laymen's terminology, but some of it can be rather technical.
That is what I am here for: I understand the technical aspects of this new field regarding the testing and how to utilize the results for a treatment protocol that is the most accurate available today.
For more information and to schedule an appointment please call my office at 817)596-0002
