What is ozone and ozone therapy?

Ozone, or trioxygen, is an allotropic form of oxygen, with the chemical formula O₃.

In medicine, medical therapeutic ozone is used—a mixture of oxygen and ozone (O₂/O₃)—in concentrations appropriate for the conditions being treated.

Ozone therapy is a therapeutic method in which ozone enriched with oxygen is introduced into the body through various techniques. The result is the stimulation of the immune system and the enhancement of the body’s repair mechanisms.

In 2010, the “Madrid Declaration on Ozone Therapy” was signed for the first time by 26 international organizations, and by July 22, 2014, it had been signed by 38 national and international organizations.

In Greece, the National Health System recognized in 1991, through Government Gazette 157/91, the use of ozone in medical procedures of various specialties, and in 2014 the Central Health Council (KESY) included the method of major and minor autohemotherapy as well as intramuscular and intra-articular injections among recognized medical procedures.

Indications for ozone therapy

Ozone therapy is indicated for the management of the following conditions:

Fibromyalgia
Facial pain
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Neck pain
Low back pain
Sciatica
Headache
Migraines
Trigeminal neuralgia
Tendonitis
Piriformis syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Spinal stiffness (cervical, lumbar, thoracic spine)
Osteomyelitis
Herpes
Colitis