Ravens' Anquan Boldin mulls oxygen therapy for head trauma (1 Viewer)

[chrisanna]

Anquan Boldin is mulling whether to use a hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help ward off the possible long-term effects of brain trauma, the Baltimore Ravens' receiver told CNN International via BaltimoreRavens.com.

 

[Sweet Love]

What is there to mull over? Are there downsides?

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

The detroit red wings have been using this for along time for all injury types, Steve Yzerman swore by this therapy.

 

[Da Guru]

Anquan Boldin is mulling whether to use a hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help ward off the possible long-term effects of brain trauma, the Baltimore Ravens' receiver told CNN International via BaltimoreRavens.com.

Is he mulling quitting pro football to keep from getting hit and preserving his brain? Seems like if he is that concerned already he should have played his last down.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

What is there to mull over? Are there downsides?

Oxygen toxicity is prolly the most serious concern, and of course there's the potential for pressure related complications due to barotrauma(popping eardrums, "the bends", stuff like that).I'm certainly no doctor/expert, nor do I play one on TV, but read up on it once upon a time. What I recall was that most of the potential for complications can be significantly mitigated by making sure the techs/docs administering the treatments know WTF they're doing.