My name is Ken Carson and I completed 18 HBOT session last Friday, May 10, 2002, for RSD, now known as CRPS.  I had RSD starting in my right knee after a torn meniscus at work over a year ago.  After 9 doctors, tests, pills, gadgets, PT and nerve blocks that did nothing or made my situation worse.  The RSD had spread to about 75% of my body.  When I asked my 1st Pain Clinic doctor about HBOT he laughed at me an claimed to never have heard of it for treating RSD, and I would be throwing my money away.  I researched the net for more info on HBOT and how it may help treat my RSD.  Not much information was out there about HBOT and treating RSD but what I found was promising. After finding lots of information on the benefits of oxygen and the effects of pressure on the nerve systems I felt it might just help.  The local hospital has an HBOT chamber but I "did not meet criteria" and the cost was about $2,000 for 1 treatment.  We made arrangements to go to the Ocean Hyperbaric Neuro center for HBOT.

Prior to treatment I had to stop and rest twice trying to walk the 1 block from the hotel to the clinic.  After the first treatment I was pain free in all but my lower back, I walked 3 miles without stopping and up 2 flights of stairs.  After the second treatment the pain in my back was gone.  After the 4th treatment I walked for 13 miles, pain free.  The 13 miles was a little much, I had not been able to walk in a year and the RSD had reduced muscle and developed Osteoporosis in my bones.  After that I kept my walks to 3-5 miles at a time.  All the symptoms of RSD are gone, the stabbing, burning, pins&needles and aches are gone.  My body temp is stable, appetite and digestion have returned, skin color went from gray with black circle under my eyes to normal, the gash on my shin healed (happened over a year ago), rashes from the RSD went away, brain is working sharp again.

Feel free to use my story as a testimonial for others.  I will keep you updated, I know I've only been free of the RSD symptoms for a few weeks now.  It's great to have a chance at life again WITH OUT a wheel chair.  The staff at OHNC was the best!  I was treated like a person.  Seeing first hand others at the clinic, I felt my RSD was minor.  I'll never be able to forget the amazing results I witnessed there.  Keep up the good work and again thanks for my life back.  My only regret is not to have done it sooner, it would have saved a lot of hardships not to mention muscle and bone loss I now need to recover.