Two professional footballers both having surgery on their Achilles tendons by the same surgeon with outcomes as follows:

Prognosis for Recovery 9-10 weeks

Without HBO:

Patient trained for the first time 64 days after surgery. Earlier training was impossible due to pain and oedema when cast was removed and was unable to weight-bear until 3 weeks after cast removal.

With HBO:

Patient trained after 34 days following 13 one hour sessions of HBO while still in his cast. He was able to fully weight-bear immediately the cast was removed, had no swelling and had full ankle movements.