HYPERMED MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

 

HyperMED Multiple Sclerosis Protocols Are Unique - We Are About 'Driving Functional Changes'

HyperMED provides saturative blocks of Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBOT) combined with Australian first LOKOMAT (Robotic Gait Training - Adult and Paediatric) to promote neuroplasticity - the ability of neural pathways to foster and develop new connections and ‘learn’ new functions. Other supportive modalities include Cryotherapy, MonoRail Walking, Median Nerve Stimulation, Whole Body Vibration and immune stimulating supplements

 

HyperMED combination protocols ‘awakens’ dormant neural pathways and provides accurate neurological repetition enhancing and re-training connections and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Patients have the ability to ‘salvage back’ what has been damaged - the capacity to wake-up dormant pathways, rewire, retrain and reconnect function improving brain and spinal cord function.  Do Wheel Chairs Inhibit Recovery?

 

Every MS patient is different and every case requires specific recommendation. Typically we recommend a current and full MRI of the brain and full spine to determine your exact current position. Typically most MS patients state that the last MRI was 'when first diagnosed' or 'many years ago'!

MS is a progressive disease - it does not remain static, damage progresses.

MRI brain and full spine provides opportunity to compare previous MRIs with current - comparing location, size and frequency of lesions. Invariably many chronic MS patients have not had previous spinal MRI investigation - this is a mystery! Unfortunately progressive MS sufferers have additional demylination effects throughout their spine and often directly correlated with underlying structural degeneration i.e. disc prolapse, canal stenosis, previous back surgery etc.

MS is also linked with underlying 'opportunistic infections'. When commencing at HyperMED you can expect apart from standard blood investigations; a range of additional tests including Mycoplasma profile, Chlamydia profile, Epstein Barr virus, Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasmosis, Rickettsia profile, Herpes profile, Immunoglobulin profile etc.

HyperMED/C.Pneu chronic_diseases.pdf

HyperMED Australia : Chronic Progressive Illness : Chronic Fatigue Illness : NeuroDegenerative Disorders

 

What Happens When Demylination Progresses?

The initial damage is often multifactoral - many underlying mechanisms have been identified including genetic and cytopathic causes. Evidence has even identified undetermined birth hypoxic events as a possible cause to late and adult MS onset. The immediate effects of nerve cell damage leads to microscopic vascular damage of nerve fibers and neural tracts. This 'leakage' results in chronic swelling and edema causing progressive destruction of the surrounding myelin nerve sheath and other immediate surrounding tissue structures

Chronic swelling and progressive vascular leakage due to weakened cell membranes results in micro-hypoxia (inadequate tissue Oxygen). Hypoxia becomes a 'magnet for circulating infections' - referred to as 'opportunistic infections'. Past lung and respiratory infections often lead to chronic circulating infections that thrive in low Oxygenated environments. Hypoxic regions are energy poor environments and provide a fertile platform for 'bad bugs' to replicate and accelerate the underlying disease progression. This destructive cycle of events is often referred to as  Hypoxic Induced Apoptosis

The difficulty in treating neurodegenerative disorders including MS is the fact that 'drugs' require Oxygen as a catalyst to penetrate the target region. If in fact hypoxia exists the MS and chemotherapeutic drug is relatively ineffective given the fact hypoxia blocks delivery. This is not a problem in a laboratory controlled drug trial where the drug is 'delivered' into the target tissue. This is exactly how Hyperbaric Oxygenation provides benefit for patients suffering MS and related illness. We often describe the impact of Hyperbaric Oxygenation is like 'getting more fizz into a flat can of coke'! The objective of Hyperbaric Oxygenation is to get more Oxygen (fizz) into the hypoxic damaged nerve cell and neural tracts accelerating recovery, fighting the underlying infection and preventing further destructive spread due to apoptosis.

 

Why Does The Individual Progressively Lose Functionality?

Experiments conducted on neural impaired subjects demonstrate that neural circuitry slowly 'learn' to shut down.

Lack of appropriate and 'accurate' stimulation induces functional incapacity called the ‘learning non-use’. Simply stated if you teach the neural circuits to cease walking or to sit they will learn 'non-use disability'. Refer to the 'rat study  Do Wheel Chairs Inhibit Recovery?

Motor cortex centers in the brain and spinal cord show signs of 'global functional loss' due to localized demylination effects. It is imperative to keep this ‘window open’

Body Weight Support Treadmill Training (BWSTT) and more recent studies on LOKOMAT (Robotic Gait Assisted Walking) demonstrate the potential of functional neuroplasticity - the ability to re-learn and re-organize function. Functional BOLD MRI measures the capacity to retrain function in both the brain and spinal cord neural pathways. The injured brain and spinal cord has capacity to 'wake-up' - salvage back tissue damage, re-activate and re-train dormant neural pathways improving functionality

HyperMED Australia : Beyond Therapy - Treatment Program

HyperMED/HyperMED LOKOMAT 2009.pdf