Oxygen Therapy

[RLSofManyYears]

Hi Everyone,

A relative, who has MS, has suggested that I try oxygen therapy. It seems to really help them but I wondered if anyone here has had any experience of this and provide a suitable comment.

Many thanks!

[ChrisColumbus]

Mulberry100 was trying it a year ago and reported that they had "20xl hour treatments in quick succession and during that time I felt that the intensity in my legs was improved and I am now having weekly boosts. However, this doesn’t seem to be working as well as I had hoped."

healthunlocked.com/rlsuk/po...

But we often respond to things differently....

[Joolsg]

I've always wanted to try it for my MS, but there are only a few MS therapy centres in the UK that will do it. You need several sessions. The nearest centre to me is in the Chilterns or Guildford, both around a 90 minute journey away.Many people report improvements in RLS with CPAP, so it makes sense that oxygen therapy will help some RLS patients.

[CalmRestPeace in reply to Joolsg]

Hi Joolsg

Not sure if you've heard of this person. An American doctor named Terry Wahls was suffering from MS, was fading fast, and turned all her energy towards finding a solution. She developed a protocol that helped her and many others. There was a BEFORE and AFTER photo of her that went viral. I had the good pleasure of corresponding with her. She's a wonderful person. She also had Restless Legs. terrywahls.com

Before and After photo of Terry Wahls' MS condition.

[Joolsg in reply to CalmRestPeace]

The MS community is VERY aware of Dr Wahls.She claims to have cured her MS and RLS through diet alone.

However, she had stem cell MS therapy.

[CalmRestPeace in reply to Joolsg]

I can't find anywhere where it says she had that therapy.

She didn't have it, according to her response when someone asked her in 2013.

"Am asked about Stem Cells for MS. My thoughts:

Stem cells do not address the environmental factors that led to developing MS such as nutritional deficiencies, toxins, allergy, sensitivity issues. I expect that they will provide temporary benefit to some people. The magic bullet is before you - the choices you make every day to change how live - are you adopting health promoting lifestyle choices or health destroying western diet lifestyle choices? It is the daily choices, the hard work of giving up the destructive habits - to which we are often addicted and replacing them with health promoting habits - that has the best chance for sustained improvement for the most people with the least risk of harm."

[Mulberry100]

As ChrisColumbus says, I tried oxygen therapy a while back and certainly felt some benefit whilst having it almost daily, however, once I moved to weekly sessions I felt the cost outweighed the benefit. I was lucky to be living very close to Warminster in Wiltshire where there is a MS therapy centre. I would certainly say “give it a go” as I have severe RLs which appear to resist all medication and over the counter products, therefore, maybe I wasn’t a good candidate! I am currently, taking Oxycodone and using Therapulse and Harrogate Magnesium Spray, which is providing the best relief so far, whilst waiting to take my next dose of Oxycodone. Good luck if you do try it.

[ChrisColumbus]

I dont use oxygen therapy, but after a hint from Bowie4eva I found a charity run MS therapy centre with a hyperbaric chamber at Milton Park near Abingdon, Oxon, who'll treat conditions other than MS:

omstc.org.uk/

"Therapies are provided on a voluntary contributions basis – meaning they are usually far more cost effective than private treatment."

I don't know if there's a similar place near you....

neurotherapynetwork.org.uk/

[RLSofManyYears]

There's an MS centre here in Glasgow which apparently doesn't charge much. However I would find it difficult to manage daily sessions. I do have severe RLS and have found that many things, like Therapulse, just do not work. I'll maybe contact them and see what they say themselves.Many thanks,

[Mulberry100]

To the best of my memory I made an initial payment of £400 for the 20 daily sessions which, when broken down, I didn’t feel was particularly expensive, but when I realised I would need to keep up the almost daily regime at £25 per session for best results, it became unviable for the small benefit I was getting. Hopefully, it may cost less in your area and as, has been said so many times on this site, we are all different. I would certainly have a chat with the centre to see if they can suggest a plan that may work for you. Therapulse along with magnesium spray, is a certainly helping me - at the moment!