WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Community Foundation of NCEAST is launching a campaign to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder. The foundation held a press conference this week...
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment helping treat veterans suffering from PTSD or TBI
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Service members are used to being in pressure-packed situations, from intense training to conflicts on the battlefield. Those experiences can lead to traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Now, a different kind of...
9/11 Tribute Honoring All Who Defended America
In this 9/11 tribute, Extivita honors all service members who have defended our country & highlights the unfortunate truth about veteran suicide. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is breathing new life into injured veterans and saving lives. If you know someone suffering...
Gaining Independence from Suicidal Ideation
Treat Brain Wounds with Hyperbaric Oxygenation and other Alternative Therapies "VA’s top clinical priority is preventing suicide among all Veterans — including those who do not, and may never, seek care within the VA health care system.” Yet nowhere in their...
Veteran says oxygen therapy is helping his PTSD
RALEIGH, N.C. — Post-traumatic stress disorder and the lack of care for it are two issues plaguing the veteran population. Now, there’s an option: hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The option became available after the state legislature designated funding for this purpose....
HBOT News Network Podcast: Elena Schertz & Extivita RTP
Elena Schertz, NP of Extivita-RTP in North Carolina, discusses how her clinic is actively healing the injured and sick with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), including veterans, sports athletes and COVID long-haulers. She explains the proven benefits of HBOT – what it...
‘A godsend’: The 22 Project helps veterans with traumatic brain injuries
Veteran Tim Hammer undergoes hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a part of The 22 Project, May 20 in Delray Beach. JIM RASSOL/THE LAKELAND LEDGERAnthony Scaife can finally sleep at night. A veteran who served in the United States Navy from 1986 to 1993, Scaife suffers from...
Op-Ed: Honoring those who have sacrificed all
by Representative Walker ThomasAs Memorial Day approaches, we take the time to acknowledge and remember the heroic men and women who have sacrificed everything to defend liberty and freedom on bloody battlefields across our world. Our commonwealth has an incredible...
Florida veteran using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat his PTSD
Doctors and researchers with Aviv Clinics say hyperbaric oxygen therapy is showing promising results for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD. Credit: First Coast News Retired Col. Andy Smith says HBOT therapy helped his PTSD. Dr. Elamir, a board-certified internal...