Bath Rugby players have been receiving oxygen therapy to help with their sports injuries.
Staff at the Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Warminster have been treating players including Rob Webber, Jonathan Joseph, and Alafoti Fa'osiliva, using a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
Hyperbaric oxygen is used to speed up the healing of sports injuries, as without sufficient oxygen the strength of the tissue repair is much weaker than normal.
In order to get more oxygen into the blood and speed up the healing process it is necessary to use a special pressure chamber.
Therapy centre manager Rosie Eliot said: "Oxygen therapy has been used by professional sports teams up and down the country for many years, and we are delighted to welcome our local heroes from Bath Rugby club.
"Many of our members who use oxygen therapy regularly for their MS, sports injuries or cancers have been surprised to find a six foot five rugby player in the chamber with them and everyone is thrilled to have them at the centre.
"The players are lovely to have around and extremely polite."
Bath Rugby physiotherapist Brent Taylor said: "We are very happy to be using the oxygen therapy and we feel the players are benefiting from using the oxygen on an intense and regular basis.
"We are very grateful to this local charity for supporting us and being so kind and helpful to the players."
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