Cocoon Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy | Healing & Recovery Centre

I had had long covid for 3 years before I started on this programme. I was very apprehensive and a little scared to start with. Hamish was very kind and patient with me. He set it all up and showed me how to use it correctly and only a phone call away if I needed anything. It was nice to have it at home and not have to go out each day. I stuck with a routine of using it mid morning each day for 90min. I was concerned I wouldn't remember the instructions as my memory was terrible and my brain was very foggy but it's all written out and very easy to follow. I added an extra mattress and pillows for extra comfort. I could sit up or lay down in the cocoon I had. I watched movies and TV on my phone for the 90min each day. It was very relaxing. I felt the oxygen cocoon work for me on the third day of using it! I couldn't believe it. My head was clearer, I could think properly, it was truly amazing. I had finally found my miracle. I would highly recommend this programme to anyone that has long covid. Give it a try. It worked for me.

I found Neurocare while investigating Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy in my search for help with Chroinc Fatigue. I've had CF for 29 years. Gary has helped me make a real difference in my life through neurological assessment, rental of a Hyperbaric Oxygen chamber, brain exercises and strategic brain breaks. I was dealing with being constantly tired, brain fog, body aches and pain that made it hard to sleep, unrefreshing sleep and daily headaches despite trying many therapies. Forcing myself to do daily activies just to get through the day. Basically, after looking for help for so long and finding not much, I felt like I was hanging around waiting to die. Three months post start of treatment I regularly sleep through the night and can fall asleep again if I wake. Headaches are much reduced. No more body pain just a feeling of tingling in my arms and legs. I can walk around in my bare feet without pain. Sense of constant exhaustion is gone to the point that I have been able to regularly do physio exercises for chronic back pain and am now pain free most of the time and am slowly adding in activities like gardening. I think I will have to keep taking brain breaks for some time but I am fine with that. My latest neurological assessment has me at 80% functioning. That is a fantastic outcome and well worth the time and expense for the treatment. I can live with where I am at now but have been told to expect further improvement as time goes on. It is hard to find words for something so personally impacting but a big thank you for your help Gary!

I want to preface my story by sincerely thanking Dr. Gary and the entire team at Neurocare for enabling me to recover from a severe head injury. Two years ago, my girlfriend and I were almost killed after we were hit by a car as pedestrians, whilst we were trying to help a woman whom the driver had already tried to run over. I got struck by the car, smashing the windshield, getting flung over the car, leaving me bloody and unconscious for 10 minutes. As a result of this incident, I was left with a serious head injury. At the time, I was an A+ master’s student working hard on my dissertation and had just secured a graduate role in the finance sector. For 18 months, I spent countless hours trying to get support through conventional recovery routes with no success. It was extremely frustrating and isolated, and I often felt like I was being forgotten. I battled through immense fatigue, brain fog, and the inability to execute basic day-to-day cognitive functions under the initial guidance that I would get better ... however I did not get better. I was put in touch with Dr. Gary and the team at Neurocare, who truly understood where I was at in my recovery journey. They were able to provide practical recovery strategies and treatments: including a tangible injury assessment process, cognitive exercises, rest, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and other targeted approaches. I took four months off work to focus on my recovery under the clinic and felt like it was my last chance to get better as I was seriously contemplating my resignation. I’m glad to say that I am now as close to fully recovered as I can be and am truly grateful for everything that they have done for me. I am back working full time and living my life as I was prior to my injury. I would highly recommend Neurocare and the concussion services that they provide to anyone experiencing head injury related symptoms, as the service they provide truly changed my life.

I have seen amazing recovery from a number of people who decided to use the Cocoon therapy, we are very lucky to have this expertise available in New Zealand, lets hope they stay and don't join the mass exodus !!

Dr Gary has been so helpful teaching us a program that will help our Son with his TBI. We have been using these exercises along side his cranial work, the hyperbaric chamber and regular rehabilitation. The combination has helped him progress well through this journey. The support has been monumental and we appreciate the work that Dr Gary does.