HBOT for Concussion: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Clinical Experience
Integrating hyperbaric oxygen therapy with functional neurology to accelerate concussion recovery and restore brain communication
Discover how HBOT integrates with functional neurology and chiropractic care to restore brain communication and improve concussion outcomes.
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Course Description
Concussion recovery often stalls not because the body has lost its capacity to heal, but because the systems guiding that healing are no longer communicating efficiently. For clinicians working with complex post-concussion cases, understanding the biological and neurological mechanisms behind recovery is what separates good outcomes from exceptional ones.
This course bridges hyperbaric oxygen therapy, functional neurology, and chiropractic into a unified clinical framework. Dr. Aaron MacArthur guides clinicians through the physiological rationale for HBOT, the current evidence base, and how integration with neurological assessment and spinal care can restore more efficient brain function and accelerate healing in real patients.
What you’ll learn:
- Explain the physiological mechanisms by which HBOT supports brain healing
- Identify how concussion disrupts neural communication across body systems
- Apply an integrative framework combining HBOT with functional neurology
- Evaluate current clinical evidence guiding HBOT use in concussion recovery
- Recognize how chiropractic care complements HBOT in neurological rehab
More About This Course
Post-concussion syndrome remains one of the most clinically demanding presentations in modern healthcare. Despite growing awareness, many patients continue to experience prolonged symptoms including cognitive fog, vestibular disruption, autonomic dysregulation, and persistent fatigue long after the initial injury. Clinicians trained in functional neurology, chiropractic, and integrative neurorehabilitation are uniquely positioned to address this gap, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy is emerging as a powerful adjunct in that conversation. This course explores HBOT for concussion from the ground up: mechanisms of oxygen-driven neuroplasticity, the role of cerebral blood flow and inflammation in post-concussion recovery, and how HBOT interfaces with the broader neurological systems involved in healing.
This one-hour course taught by Dr. Aaron MacArthur, DC, DACNB, translates the current evidence base into actionable clinical thinking. Rather than treating HBOT as an isolated intervention, the course frames it within the full communication architecture of the brain and body. The vestibular system, autonomic nervous system, spinal integrity, and cellular signaling are all part of the recovery equation. Clinicians gain a model for understanding how each layer of that system is influenced by hyperbaric oxygen, chiropractic care, and functional neurology, and where those influences converge most powerfully.
This course is designed for licensed chiropractors, chiropractic neurologists, and healthcare clinicians already working with concussion and brain injury populations who want to expand their clinical reasoning around integrative recovery protocols. No prior HBOT training is assumed, but the content is delivered at a level that respects the advanced knowledge base practitioners already bring to complex neurological cases.
Components
Educational Syllabus
- The Brain as a Communication System
- Concussion does not break the brain. It disrupts the signaling architecture connecting the brain, spine, vestibular system, and autonomic nervous system. This topic reframes how clinicians understand symptom generation and recovery potential.
- How Oxygen Drives Neurological Healing
- Explore the cellular and vascular mechanisms behind HBOT, including its effects on inflammation, mitochondrial function, and cerebral blood flow. Understand why oxygen delivery is a central variable in post-concussion recovery.
- What the Evidence Actually Shows
- grounded review of the current research on HBOT for concussion and brain injury. Learn how to interpret study findings critically and identify the patient presentations where the evidence is strongest and most clinically relevant.
- Building an Integrative Clinical Framework
- Bring it all together. See how chiropractic, functional neurology, and HBOT each target different layers of the recovery system and how combining them creates a more complete and effective approach to complex concussion cases.
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HBOT for Concussion: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Clinical Experience
Discover how HBOT integrates with functional neurology and chiropractic care to restore brain communication and improve concussion outcomes.
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