HBOT enhances multitasking ability

According to a report from Portland Spine Neurology, hyperbaric oxygen treatment can enhances multitasking ability. 

"The brain is the human body’s largest consumer of oxygen, consuming about 20% of oxygen and 25% -30% of glucose. Although 10% of the brain’s maximum capacity is active at all times, the brain uses almost all the oxygen delivered. In order to perform different tasks or perform multiple tasks at the same time (multitasking), oxygen supply is transferred from one area of the brain to another area through the regulation of blood perfusion. These perfusion changes can be easily visualized by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology.A number of studies have shown that our ability to carry out complex activities will decrease in an oxygen-deficient environment.

The brain function is highly sensitive to any decrease in oxygen supply. Lowering plasma oxygen pressure to 65 mmHg will impair the brain's ability to perform complex tasks. At 55mmhg, short-term memory is impaired, at 35mmhg, consciousness is lost. At high altitudes or other hypoxic environments, when performing relatively simple tasks, cognitive and motor abilities will be impaired. In a high-pressure environment, both single-task and multi-task performance have improved, which supports the hypothesis that oxygen is indeed the rate-limiting factor of brain activity. Hyperbaric oxygen can be used as an environment to improve the performance of the brain. 

In Portland Spine Neurology, we use mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT) under conditions such as concussion, migraine, sports injury, improvement of sports performance, headache, Lyme disease, autism, etc. Increasing the delivery of oxygen to the brain and body tissues can accelerate healing and improve the function of areas that are slow to respond to other treatments."

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