Hyperbaric oxygen therapy explained: soft vs. hard chambers, protocols, and how to use HBOT safely at home. Dr. Jason Sonners, DC, clinical director of HBOT USA, joins Freddie Kimmel to break down how pressure, not percentage, drives more oxygen into your plasma, tissues and cells.

Jason shares how a 30-minute session in a Las Vegas vendor hall brought feeling back to his foot after 18 months of nerve damage, then breaks down how hyperbaric works, why he chases the minimum effective dose instead of the highest pressure, and what to vet before you buy a chamber or book a clinic.

In this episode

Pressure vs. percentage: why oxygen saturation isn’t the whole story
The four mechanisms: mechanical, immune, metabolic and regenerative
Soft vs. hard chambers, session counts, cost, and home safety
Lyme, long COVID stories, and building a protocol you can sustain

For education only. This episode is not medical advice. Hyperbaric chambers are prescription medical devices; talk with a qualified provider before starting HBOT.

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Episode highlights

00:00 Cold open: pressure, not percentage 01:48 Welcome Dr. Jason Sonners 02:48 Drop foot, a herniated disc and a chamber in Vegas 05:50 How hyperbaric works: pressure, not percentage 09:10 If oxygen oxidizes, why would more help? 12:40 Blood flow shunting and the limits of "saturated" 16:35 The four mechanisms of hyperbaric 19:58 The brain, neurological and autoimmune cases 21:25 COVID, cytokine storms and ventilators vs. pressure 26:10 Soft vs. hard chambers: atmospheres explained 26:52 Minimum effective dose 29:07 Hyperbaric and Lyme disease 35:29 What sessions cost and how many you need 40:00 Long COVID stories from Austin 41:46 Should you put a hard chamber in your home? 42:36 A medical device, not a sauna 44:51 What a safe soft chamber costs 50:13 Where the extra oxygen actually goes 52:30 Jason's personal hyperbaric routine 53:45 Chamber companies Jason trusts 55:59 Financing, rentals and family use 59:14 "Life maxing" and quarterly health goals 1:00:49 Foundational vs. targeted tools 1:06:32 Why healing plans fall apart 1:11:09 How to vet a hyperbaric clinic

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