When most people think of hyperbaric chambers, they think about scuba divers who are susceptible

to something called the bends and the bends is when someone comes up too quickly from being

at depth and they get too much nitrogen in their system. Nitrogen is part of our ambient air right

now, but when you go scuba diving you're breathing compressed air. So there's quite a bit more nitrogen

per breath and you get too much nitrogen. It can cause all kinds of problems. You feel sick and

cause nerve damage. In extreme cases, people can even get paralyzed. That doesn't usually happen.

But if somebody has the bends very often in dive towns and dive centers, they'll have access to

a hyperbaric chamber and they'll they'll pressurize you. They'll pump you down below sea level,

help you to clear out that excess nitrogen. Well, these chambers, these hyperbaric chambers are now

being used by medical professionals as well as off script. They're being used in garages and

basements all around the world to help athletes recover faster from workouts to help people with

brain problems, neurodegenerative things to help reduce inflammation to help overcome chronic

illnesses like Lyme's disease. And it's pretty interesting stuff. It's also a little bit terrifying

to think about somebody playing around with medical gizmos in their garage, but hey, there are

worse things that you could do. My guest on this week's podcast is one of the leading voices in

hyperbaric therapy. And I hope you get some good ideas. If you're new here, it's the Lucas

Rockwood show. I'm a yoga teacher, a teacher trainer, a serial entrepreneur. I have three kids,

but first and foremost, I'm a student. I like to learn things. So I go out and find people

doing interesting things, researchers in this case, medical doctors. And I try to bring their best

work here and a little short sound bite so you can get some new ideas, how to live a more

inspired life. Let's see how it goes. If you like the show, the best way to support me is just

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