Causes of Cerebral Palsy: About 10 to 20 percent of children who have Cerebral Palsy acquire the disorder after birth, while many more cases are caused by an incident that occurs during pregnancy or birth. Acquired Cerebral Palsy is the result of brain damage in the first few months or years of life.

One of the main causes of brain damage/ injury is lack of OXYGEN at Birth (Asphyxia). The risk of an oxygen shortage or “asphyxia” increases if your labor and delivery take too long and your baby becomes stressed. The lack of oxygen destroys the delicate tissue in the cerebral motor cortex of his/ her brain.

Lack of oxygen to the baby can also occur if you had:
- Low blood pressure.
- A ruptured uterus.
- A detached placenta.
- Or problems with the umbilical cord.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy comes into RESCUE: During HBO therapy, you breathe oxygen under pressure, and far higher amounts of oxygen flood the body, dissolving in your plasma and reaching all your cells. This pressurized oxygen treatment increased ability of white blood cells to destroy bacteria, greater production of fibroblasts (cells necessary for wound healing), growth of new blood vessels, and stimulation of damaged cells such as brain neurons. Super oxygen saturation of tissue stops the spread of certain toxins and enhances the killing of bacteria, speeding the healing of difficult or antibiotic-resistant infections. That’s why oxygen given with increased pressure can correct many serious health problems. Studies have shown that difficult and disabling conditions such a multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease, cerebral palsy, brain trauma, and stroke, all improve in astonishing ways with this treatment.