Despite its dubious status in the USA as an “alternative” treatment, for the past 150 years Ozone Therapy has been thoroughly studied and widely utilized throughout Europe and Asia. For US patients who encounter it for the first time it’s an interesting and curious treatment, because it seems so simple, natural and effective, that one wonders why so few US doctors use it.
As a matter of fact, even though it is statistically one of the safest medical treatments known, until relatively recently, Ozone Therapy was illegal in many states, and patients had to travel to Mexico to find American doctors who practiced “Integrative Medicine” and whose specialization included Ozone Therapy.
The reasons for this negativity and resistance to ozone in the US are entirely political and commercial, (as many disruptive innovations encounter), and have nothing to do with what is good for patient care…. But this is a subject for another article.
At AMA Regenerative Medicine, we were introduced to Ozone Therapy by some of our patients who had been healed from various devastating cancers and microbial infections by American Integrative MD’s who had moved their offices to Mexico. Their stories were so compelling that we traveled with them to these clinics to learn firsthand about the mysterious ozone treatments. Thereafter, having validated their amazing recoveries with our own eyes, we traveled to Italy, the world’s center for ozone studies, to study Ozone Therapy with renowned global experts.
It was there in Italy that we learned about Ozone Therapy and how it is extremely effective in patients who are suffering from a wide variety of chronic microbial infections, fungal (yeast) such as Candida, Bacterial infections such as Spirochetes and Lyme Disease, MRSA infections and viruses such as Epstein Barr, Herpes (Simplex & Shingles), HIV and even Ebola, as well as a whole host of inflammatory diseases.
Just a few of the many established beneficial effects of Ozone Therapy include: Dental caries (cavities), decreased blood cholesterol, increases red blood cell metabolism, increases oxygenation of tissues, increases mitochondrial production of ATP, preserves tissues suffering from hypoxic and ischemic conditions, and accelerates wound healing. Ozone Therapy comes with a long list of benefits as a complimentary medical approach in the treatment of various diseases:
From a scientific perspective ozone:
Ozone increases your body’s production of natural anti-oxidant molecules that protect you from oxidative stress and damage. (Up-regulation / Gene Modulation)
From the clinical perspective ozone:
Since ozone therapy is so powerful in helping to heal infected wounds, or wounds in general, cutting edge dental practices and periodontists rely on it during procedures and surgeries, where this is becoming more popular.
A. Yes, Ozone Therapy is fantastic for arthritis. Ozone causes the reduction of pain and inflammation, and stimulates regeneration, when injected directly into an arthritic joint.
When ozone is infused into the blood, for those with rheumatoid arthritis, it reduces the systemic inflammation throughout the body that is caused by the autoimmune disease.
A. Yes, ozone injections can be very healing for a herniated disk injury. Ozone stimulates the bodies natural regenerative processes and also reduces inflammation.
To encourage regeneration of the damaged tissue, most doctors with experience in ozone medicine will include specific vitamins and cellular nutrients along with the ozone. The injections themselves are typically painless. The most uncomfortable part of the procedure is the prick of the needle.
In the case of ozone injections into a joint, the pain disappears almost immediately. This is because an anesthetic is included in the formulation. Once the anesthetic has worn off, the pain is typically greatly diminished due to the effects of the ozone.
Following the injection, it is important not to over exert yourself for a few days. Be patient as the healing response of your physiology takes hold of healing the herniated disc. Natural healing is not a “transaction”, it is a process that needs to take its natural course. To maximize the healing, your herniated disk may require 3 to 5 strategically timed injections.
A. Yes, the ozone will help quite a bit but you will also need to detox from the effects of the Cipro.
There are Naturopathic doctors and Integrative doctors who are experts in this type of detox work. I am sure you can find one in your area.
Quicksilver Scientific has the best detox protocols I have ever encountered.
A. Yes, it is a bad idea to have bubbles in the blood stream. This is something that never happens when Ozone Therapy is administered in the standard way.
A precise amount of blood is drained from the patient similar to giving blood. That blood is then infused with ozone and every drop of the patients blood is then dripped back into their body.
Statistically, Ozone Therapies are the safest medical treatment in history. Millions of these treatments are performed every year all over the world without any negative occurrences or serious incidents.
A. Yes, Ozone Therapy is a powerful stimulant of your immune system, As such it can help very much against all sorts of viruses. We have many patients with hepatitis and herpes who are having excellent results.
The protocol needed is different for each patient depending on the severity of their symptoms. Generally, patients start with 2-3 treatments per week for 4-6 weeks, and then, as they get better, we slowly reduce the treatments to once per week, then every other week, down to once per month.
A. To encourage the healing of a damaged joint we use 4 modalities together:
A. Ozone Therapy is very much dose dependent and the blood can only handle a specific concentration of ozone at one time. The goal is to get the optimum quantity of ozone into the patient’s blood.
However, the ozone can not be administered directly into the patient’s vein. Also, you can’t use too much ozone to over saturate a specific quantity of blood all at one time.
Therefore, administering ozone of the correct concentration into a measured quantity of blood and re-infusing the blood back into the patient is the only other option. This is repeated until the overall volume of the patient’s blood has been infused with the optimal quantity of ozone.
This is know as High Dose Ozone Therapy or HDOT. When done correctly, the therapeutic value of High Dose Ozone Therapy is stunning!
A. If the ACL is NOT torn all they way through then ozone injections can help. Ozone injections are a very effective regenerative treatment that can definitely help a knee with a compromised ACL.
It is doubtful if ozone can help and ACL to reattach that is torn all the way through.
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