[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":173},["ShallowReactive",2],{"sanity-IFjsQ2awUc4L66S7hu7DT8DrPN9K_h4LopP6Szw0zTE":3},{"data":4,"sourceMap":-1},{"assessment":5,"clinicalReview":20,"definition":28,"evidence":33,"hero":73,"key":85,"medicalCondition":86,"meta":89,"pathways":93,"patientExperiences":115,"relatedReading":141},{"_type":6,"heading":7,"image":8,"introduction":14,"items":15},"assessment","Choosing Safe, Consultant-Led HBOT for Sports Injury",{"_type":9,"alt":10,"height":11,"src":12,"width":13},"baseImage","Dr Nur speaking with a patient during a medical consultation at NUMA",610,"\u002Fresources\u002Fimages\u002Fconsultation.webp",805,"HBOT is a medical treatment that requires specialist assessment and prescription to ensure it is safe, appropriate and tailored to your clinical needs. Treatment is provided alongside your existing sports medicine, physiotherapy and orthopaedic care.\n\nYour consultation with our specialist medical doctor includes:",[16,17,18,19],"Review of medical history, symptoms, imaging and specialist reports","HBOT suitability and individualised HBOT prescription","Discussion of evidence, potential benefits and limitations","Ongoing medical supervision and treatment review",{"_type":21,"heading":22,"introduction":23,"primaryAction":24},"clinicalReview","Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for High-Performance Athlete Recovery","A review of the evidence for HBOT across ligament, tendon, muscle, bone marrow oedema and post-surgical rehabilitation, examining its role as an adjunct within sports injury recovery and rehabilitation.",{"_type":25,"href":26,"label":27},"action","\u002Farticles\u002Fhyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-for-high-performance-athlete-recovery","Read the clinical review",{"_type":29,"heading":30,"sections":31},"definition","What is Sports Injury",[32],"Sports and exercise-related injuries affect individuals across all levels of physical activity, from elite athletes to recreational exercisers. Muscle strains, ligament sprains, tendon injuries, stress fractures, bone marrow oedema, and post-surgical recovery challenges can significantly affect physical function, activity levels, and recovery.",{"_type":34,"disclaimer":35,"heading":36,"primary":37,"supporting":46},"evidence","There is no good evidence that HBOT alone heals a fully ruptured ACL, and larger controlled human trials are still needed across these applications. This is general information, not medical advice, suitability for HBOT is assessed individually by our clinical team, alongside your sports medicine or orthopaedic team.","HBOT in Sports Injury Rehabilitation: What the Evidence Shows",{"_type":38,"heading":39,"introduction":40,"links":41},"evidenceItem","An adjunct within sports medicine and rehabilitation","Across available human studies, HBOT has demonstrated benefits in selected sports injuries, including faster return to play, reduced pain and oedema, and improved tissue healing. It is best used alongside sports medicine, physiotherapy and orthopaedic care as part of a structured rehabilitation programme.",[42],{"_key":43,"href":44,"label":45},"462fd5aefd17","https:\u002F\u002Fjournalofsportsmedicine.org\u002Ffull-text\u002F746\u002Feng","Canarslan Demir & Avci, 2025",[47,56,65],{"_key":48,"_type":38,"heading":49,"introduction":50,"links":51},"9cfe169142b1","MCL Injury","In 32 professional and semi-professional rugby players with grade 2 MCL injuries, HBOT was associated with a faster return to play: 31.4 vs 42.1 days without HBOT",[52],{"_key":53,"href":54,"label":55},"0b66f2de7db3","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F31683363\u002F","Yagishita et al., 2019 ",{"_key":57,"_type":38,"heading":58,"introduction":59,"links":60},"4d798bc7f00d","ACL Reconstruction","In 52 patients following ACL reconstruction, adjunctive HBOT was associated with improved graft maturation and reduced bone marrow oedema on MRI at 4 months.",[61],{"_key":62,"href":63,"label":64},"815eaad0aa96","https:\u002F\u002Fnumaoxygen.com\u002Farticles\u002Fhyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-for-high-performance-athlete-recovery","Leite et al., 2026",{"_key":66,"_type":38,"heading":67,"introduction":68,"links":69},"5a787d6432fb","Muscle Injury","In a randomised placebo-controlled study of 41 athletes, HBOT produced significant improvements in pain and reductions in muscle-injury biomarkers after 10 sessions.",[70],{"_key":71,"href":63,"label":72},"30c9a78df99e","Chen et al., 2019",{"_type":74,"breadcrumbLabel":75,"heading":76,"img":77,"introduction":82,"secondaryAction":83},"hero","Sports Injury ","Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Sports Injury",{"_type":9,"alt":78,"height":79,"src":80,"width":81},"A man sitting on a tennis court holds his injured ankle, which is highlighted with a red glow and anatomical overlay. A tennis racket, ball and water bottle are beside him.",1080,"\u002Fresources\u002Farticles\u002Fsports-injury\u002Fcover.webp",1920,"HBOT is a promising adjunctive therapy for selected sports and musculoskeletal injuries. At NUMA, is individually assessed, medically prescribed and integrated alongside sports medicine, physiotherapy and rehabilitation.",{"_type":25,"href":26,"label":84},"Explore the evidence","hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-for-sport-injury",{"alternateName":87,"name":88},null,"Sports Injury",{"_type":90,"description":91,"title":92},"meta","Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for sports injury in London. Learn how HBOT may support sport injury recovery.","Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Sport Injury - NUMA",{"_type":94,"disclaimer":95,"heading":96,"introduction":97,"items":98},"pathways","Every treatment plan is personalised. The number, frequency and timing of HBOT sessions vary according to individual clinical circumstances and may change as treatment progresses.","Typical treatment pathways","Every HBOT programme begins with an individual medical assessment. Treatment is prescribed according to the type and severity of injury, clinical presentation and rehabilitation goals, with the protocol tailored to each patient.",[99,105,110],{"_key":100,"_type":101,"description":102,"sessions":103,"title":104},"7702262ab923","pathwaysItem","on consecutive days, as used in most published protocols.","5–10 sessions","Soft-tissue & ligament injury",{"_key":106,"_type":101,"description":107,"sessions":108,"title":109},"de858cb71af7","supporting graft integration and early healing.","10–20 sessions","Post-surgical recovery",{"_key":111,"_type":101,"description":112,"sessions":113,"title":114},"0ea9b231c769","guided by imaging and clinical response.","30–40 sessions","Bone marrow oedema or early AVN",{"_type":116,"category":88,"disclaimer":117,"heading":118,"introduction":119,"reviews":120},"patientExperiences","Individual experiences vary and testimonials should not be taken as evidence of treatment outcomes.","Patient experiences","Don't just take our word for it — hear directly from patients who have completed treatment with us.",[121,129,135],{"_key":122,"_type":123,"rating":124,"reviewerName":125,"sections":126,"url":128},"7c700c0fcca7","review",5,"Dame Kelly Holmes · Double Olympic champion ",[127],"This is a fantastic facility. Science led and professionally supported. Dr Nur is amazing and full of knowledge. You feel in safe hands and also great after a few sessions, to show how much physiological adaption there has been. Thanks for your ongoing support, Kelly","https:\u002F\u002Fmaps.app.goo.gl\u002FwoTZQ56xEfkky9Xx7",{"_key":130,"_type":123,"rating":124,"reviewerName":131,"sections":132,"url":134},"0de1b61f4f6e","Brian Dodgeon",[133],"I very much enjoyed the experience of ten sessions of HBOT therapy. I was treated in a very friendly and helpful way, and the hyperbaric oxygen therapy had a pronounced healing effect on my previously troublesome clavicle fracture repair.\n","https:\u002F\u002Fmaps.app.goo.gl\u002FoRgi1ZEy5RY2Dsyy8",{"_key":136,"_type":123,"rating":124,"reviewerName":137,"sections":138,"url":140},"5a83fddd9952","Bruce 1",[139],"I did 8 x 90 minute HBOT sessions here at NUMA, and one elsewhere when NUMA was fully booked for the day, and I have been to multiple other HBOT clinics. My experience at NUMA london is that they are the leading HBOT clinic in Europe, with the most professional and knowledgable staff I have come across. I did my sessions at 2 ATA with airbreaks every 20 minutes, and they monitored everything very closely, also blood pressure and oxygenation before and afterwards. My dislocated collarbone seemed to heal super fast after I began treatment. So if you want a medical condition treated professionally and maybe just general health, this is the place to go. The resident medical doctor, Nur, really knows her stuff also. I cannot speak more highly of the total offering\n","https:\u002F\u002Fmaps.app.goo.gl\u002F7BmzxDBhkpJY3Um3A",{"_type":142,"heading":143,"items":144},"relatedReading","Related reading on Sports Injury?",[145,157,165],{"_key":146,"_type":147,"description":148,"href":149,"img":150,"title":155,"type":156},"815f005d68e7","relatedReadingItem","A review of the evidence for HBOT in traumatic brain injury, including concussion in sport.","\u002Farticles\u002Fhyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-traumatic-brain-injury",{"_type":9,"alt":151,"height":152,"src":153,"width":154},"Two American football players collide helmet-to-helmet, with glowing illustrations of their brains highlighting the potential impact of head injuries and concussion.",1024,"\u002Fresources\u002Farticles\u002Ftbi\u002Fcover.webp",1536,"Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Concussion and Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms (PPCS)","article",{"_key":158,"_type":147,"description":159,"href":160,"img":161,"title":164,"type":156},"8aee32d87092","A review of the evidence for HBOT in avascular necrosis, including bone marrow oedema and early, pre-collapse disease.","\u002Farticles\u002Fhyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-avascular-necrosis-avn",{"_type":9,"alt":162,"height":79,"src":163,"width":81},"X-ray image of the pelvis and both hip joints, with the right hip highlighted in red to indicate pain, inflammation, or an area of concern","\u002Fresources\u002Farticles\u002Favn\u002Fcover.jpeg","Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Avascular Necrosis (AVN)",{"_key":166,"_type":147,"description":167,"href":168,"img":169,"title":172,"type":156},"ad0b5d522ef6","How HBOT is used alongside surgery and rehabilitation to support healing after injury and operation.","\u002Farticles\u002Fhbot-for-post-surgical-and-injury-recovery",{"_type":9,"alt":170,"height":79,"src":171,"width":81},"Surgical team in blue scrubs and protective masks performing a procedure in an operating theatre under bright surgical lights.","\u002Fresources\u002Farticles\u002Fpost-surgical-injury-recovery\u002Fcover.webp","Replace Edit HBOT for post-surgical and injury recovery",1787847487272]