Nexsis BioHealth has added a hyperbaric chamber to its Brickell clinic. We sat down with founder Juan Salcedo to ask why, and his answer was not the one we expected. He did not talk about hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a standalone treatment. He talked about it as the thing that makes everything else work better.
Juan Salcedo is the founder of Nexsis BioHealth in Brickell, Miami. Health Coach. Stem cell recipient. Heart health survivor. Stem cell and peptide therapy expert, biohacker and longevity advocate. Husband and father, on a mission to help others reclaim their health at the cellular level.
The interview below is lightly edited for length. Juan's words are his own.
Juan's first answer was almost offhand, and it set the tone for the rest of the conversation.
"Now that we have the hyperbaric chamber, adding another service, it just improves everything a little bit more. Just better, better quality of service."
Pushed on what "improves everything" actually means, he got specific.
"The hyperbaric chamber is a service that can magnify the effectiveness of most of the different treatments that we have. Because we're talking about increasing oxygen levels and we're talking about improving circulation. That is something that it's always going to be a way in which you can improve the results of stem cells, that you can improve sleep, that you can improve post-surgical treatments to speed up recovery. And that's one of the reasons why we brought it in. We brought it in because it really helps with improving a lot of these different services that we already do. And also services that people do outside of our clinic that they can come and do and improve those results."
That last sentence is worth reading twice. Juan is explicit that the chamber is not only for Nexsis patients. If you had a procedure somewhere else in Miami, the logic still applies.
This is where Juan got direct.
"Many different clinics that are doing what we do do not include hyperbaric chamber as part of their treatments. That means that their patients really are losing out on the opportunity to be able to magnify the results. Because anytime that you have elevated levels of oxygen and anytime that you have better circulation, you're going to improve the results that you get from stem cells, from exosomes, from IVs, and from sleep, and many of the other conditions that people come and services that people come to see us for."
It is a competitive claim, and he made it without hedging. The underlying mechanism he keeps returning to is simple and physical: more oxygen in the blood, better circulation carrying it. Everything else in his argument builds on those two things.
We asked Juan to rank them. He did not hesitate.
"Well, the biggest one really is stem cells, because anytime that you are injecting young live cells into a human body, those cells are going to be better performing when you have higher levels of oxygen and when the blood flow and circulation is more effective in the body."
He then made an argument we have not heard another clinic make out loud, which is essentially an economic one.
"Especially because it is a treatment that, it definitely, there's a cost to it. And because of the cost associated with it, you want to be able to implement other services that will be able to create a much better result from it."
Stem cell therapy at our Brickell clinic starts at $6,900. Juan's point is that if you are making that kind of investment, the question is not whether you can afford to add supporting therapy. It is whether you can afford not to.
"Which also are proteins, biologic proteins, that are also injected either into joints or IV, and they also rely on circulation to be able to move around the body and get to the areas that it needs to repair and help regenerate. So that would be number two."
Same logic, same mechanism. A biologic that has to travel through the bloodstream to reach the tissue it is meant to repair depends on how well that bloodstream is working.
This was his strongest statement of the entire interview.
"I would say it is any type of post-surgical treatment that somebody does. A hyperbaric chamber, it is a must. I think it's something that every single plastic surgeon, every single surgeon out there should be referring their patients to any type of environment, any type of facility that has hyperbaric chamber, because it's going to improve the blood flow, it's going to reduce inflammation and it's going to accelerate the recovery of that particular surgery."
Miami performs an enormous volume of elective and cosmetic surgery, and recovery is the part patients are least prepared for. Juan's position is that referral to a hyperbaric facility should be routine rather than exceptional.
We asked him to think in terms of real groups of people rather than conditions. He started with athletes, and widened the frame while doing it.
"Definitely any type of somebody that does sports. I mean, Miami, as you know, now it's becoming almost like the capital of health and wellness and longevity. And anytime that there is an individual that's doing either high-level athletic sports, this is a way in which they can recover faster. And this is something that's not unique really to us, but even to professional athletes. Most professional athletes are in hyperbaric chambers after they finish their game and they actually are looking to recover. Because again, you're increasing your oxygen level, so you are recovering much faster, you're improving circulation, and that in itself helps you recover much faster."
His second group was defined by age rather than activity.
"Any person that is older than 50, 60 years of age should be going on hyperbaric chamber regularly. And the reason is because at that time people can suffer from brain fog, people can suffer from pain in their joints, inflammation. And the hyperbaric chamber, it helps with that, because it increases the level of oxygen in the body. It also increases the level of oxygen in the brain, so it does help with mental clarity and focus."
Between those two groups sits most of the clinic's Brickell and Coral Gables patient base: people who train seriously, people managing the first real signs of aging, and a good number who are doing both at once.
We asked this half expecting a non-answer. Instead Juan went straight to IV therapy, then offered a detail about how the clinic actually runs that we would never have thought to ask about.
"For humidity, well, for that we have our IVs. So you're hydrating IVs, IVs that can help you mineralize your body, optimize your health when it comes to vitamins."
"All our IV bags are maintained in a very cold environment. Obviously it's pretty cold here in the clinic. So the temperature of the actual IV bags is probably 70 degrees. And by having the IV bag, the fluids at that temperature, it actually cools yourself."
Then, almost as an aside:
"Actually, many people, we actually have to give them sometimes blankets because they get a little bit cold."
It is a small thing. It is also the kind of operational detail that only comes from someone who is in the room. In a Miami August, a cold IV is not just hydration. It is a cooling intervention, and it works well enough that patients ask for blankets.
The chamber is not arriving alone.
"We're launching the hyperbaric chamber service as well as the blood lab service."
"And we're also going to be the vitamin D light panel."
Asked which of the three matters most, Juan put two of them side by side:
"The blood draw and the hyperbaric chamber would be, I think that's more important."
We will cover the in-house blood lab in a separate conversation. It deserves its own interview, and the short version is that running labs on site changes how quickly a protocol can be adjusted.
Juan's argument, stripped down, is a sequencing argument rather than a sales one. If you are already spending on regenerative treatment, the chamber is the cheapest thing you can add to protect that spend. If you are recovering from surgery, he thinks your surgeon should have already told you about it. And if you are over 50 and noticing brain fog and stiff joints, he thinks you should be going regularly, not occasionally.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at Nexsis BioHealth is $148 for a 60 minute session, with package totals of $384 for 3 sessions and $588 for 6 sessions. Candidacy is assessed by our physician team, not at the front desk, and the chamber is not appropriate for everyone. Some conditions and some medications rule it out, which is exactly what the consultation is for.
Read more about hyperbaric oxygen therapy at our Brickell clinic, or book a consultation with our physician team. We see patients from Brickell, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Downtown Miami and Key Biscayne.
Juan Salcedo is the founder of Nexsis BioHealth, a physician-led regenerative medicine clinic at 40 SW 13th St in Brickell, Miami. He is a Health Coach, a stem cell recipient and a heart health survivor, and works as a stem cell and peptide therapy expert, biohacker and longevity advocate. He is a husband and a father, on a mission to help others reclaim their health at the cellular level.
Juan is available for media interviews and expert commentary on regenerative medicine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, stem cell therapy and longevity. Contact the clinic at Info@NexsisBioHealth.com or 844-741-1580.
This interview reflects Juan Salcedo's clinical experience and opinion as the founder of Nexsis BioHealth. It is not medical advice. Juan is a Health Coach, not a licensed physician, and all treatment decisions at Nexsis BioHealth are made by our licensed physician team following consultation and review. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is not appropriate for every patient.
