OK Theta & Wellness

07/31/2026

Here is exactly when insurance covers it, since that is the question everyone asks.

The treatment is EECP. Medicare and most major plans cover a full 35 session course when all of these are true.

Your angina is Class 3 or 4. Class 3 means a block of walking or one flight of stairs sets it off. Class 4 means almost anything does, or it happens at rest.

You are already on maximum medication and still having pain.

You are not a candidate for a stent or bypass, whether because of your anatomy, high operative risk, or other conditions that make surgery too risky. A cardiologist or cardiothoracic surgeon has to be the one who determines that. It is built into the policy.

And your cardiologist has to clear you medically, which is a separate step and not a formality. Things like a leaky aortic valve, an aortic aneurysm, a leg clot, uncontrolled blood pressure, or certain irregular rhythms all have to be ruled out first. EECP is gentle but it moves a lot of blood, and that is not safe for everyone.

If you do not meet every criterion, EECP can still be an option as self pay. Either way we verify your benefits first so you know exactly where you stand before you start.

Details: oktheta.com/eecp-therapy
Research: blog.oktheta.com/category/eecp
Questions: 405 849 5165

07/27/2026

“Why hasn’t my doctor told me about this?”

Fair question. The honest answer: most of them have never heard of it.

I worked in hospitals for 14 years and never once heard EECP mentioned. Not in a lecture. Not on rounds. It isn’t taught in school. It’s not a drug, so there’s no rep bringing lunch to the clinic to talk about it.

That’s the whole reason it stays invisible.

EECP is a non-invasive, FDA-cleared therapy. Cuffs on the calves, thighs, and hips inflate in rhythm with your heartbeat, pushing blood back toward the heart between beats.

If you’re living with heart failure or angina, ask your cardiologist whether you’d be a candidate. And if they haven’t heard of it, that’s not a knock on them. The information just hasn’t reached them yet.

Tag someone that needs to see this.

Chad Glenn

07/26/2026

Let’s talk about endothelial dysfunction.

It’s part of why heart disease is the number one killer in Oklahoma and still gets missed.

Every blood vessel in your body is lined with a single layer of cells that tells your vessels when to relax and open. When that layer stops working, it shows up as chest pain with clean arteries, high blood pressure, diabetes, Long COVID, POTS, poor circulation, and brain fog. Different symptoms, same pathway. It’s the lining, not the plumbing.

This is exactly why we’re so passionate about EECP. You lie on a table for an hour while cuffs on your legs squeeze in rhythm with your heartbeat, pushing blood up toward your heart and brain. That flow stimulates nitric oxide and improves endothelial function, working on the lining itself. And you no longer have to drive to Dallas for it. 🙌

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07/25/2026

This is my stress relief, because I’m terrible at meditating.

The Theta Chamber uses light, sound, and gentle vibration to guide your brain toward a theta rhythm, the slow brainwave state you pass through right before sleep. The one real meditators spend years learning to find. It does the hard part for you.

30 minutes. Nothing to focus on, nothing to
clear, nothing to be good at.

After a stressful day, the first thing I notice every single time is my shoulders dropping.

Tag someone who’s also a terrible meditator. 😂

07/21/2026

Those compression boots at the gym and EECP look like cousins, but they’re doing completely different jobs. 🦵❤️

One gives your legs a programmed massage. The other syncs every squeeze to your heartbeat using ECG monitoring, inflating while your heart rests and releasing right before it beats again. That timing is the whole difference.

Dr. Chad Glenn breaks down compression socks, Normatec style recovery boots, medical pneumatic compression, and true EECP. What each one is actually designed to do, and how to tell them apart.

If you’ve ever wondered “isn’t that just fancy compression boots?” then this one’s for you. 👇

https://blog.oktheta.com/eecp-vs-compression-boots/

EECP and recovery boots may look similar, but they are designed for very different purposes. Learn how heartbeat timing, ECG monitoring, cuff placement, and treatment goals distinguish true EECP from Normatec-style compression boots.

07/17/2026

You've had a stent. But it didn't touch the root cause.

The stent opened the artery. It worked, and during a heart attack, it's the thing that saves your life.

But atherosclerosis isn't a plumbing problem in one location. It's a disease of the entire endothelium, the single-cell lining running through every artery in your body. Inflammation, reduced nitric oxide, stiffened vessels. The blockage that got stented is where the disease became visible. It isn't where the disease lives.

A stent opens one artery. You have sixty thousand miles of them.

That's one of the things EECP works on.

EECP increases pulsatile blood flow through the whole arterial tree, a shear-stress stimulus your body normally only gets from vigorous exercise. Research has shown it improves endothelial function, increases nitric oxide availability, and lowers inflammatory markers. Not at one spot. Everywhere blood flows.

And it matters most for the people who can't get that stimulus on their own. "Exercise is the best medicine for your heart" is true, and useless if angina stops you before the end of the driveway, or your knees won't cooperate, or you're too exhausted to start. EECP delivers the hemodynamic signal without requiring the exertion. Studies in heart failure have shown improved exercise tolerance and quality of life.

Stent the lesion. Treat the vessels.

EECP is FDA-cleared and Medicare-covered for refractory angina. Ask your cardiologist whether it's right for you.

Read more about EECP at https://oktheta.com/eecp-therapy/

07/13/2026

The heart therapy most people have never heard of.

EECP works with your own heartbeat to improve circulation. No surgery. No needles. You just lie back and relax.

FDA cleared for angina and heart failure. Covered by Medicare for refractory angina.

Oklahoma City. Call 405 849 5165 or visit OKTheta.com

07/10/2026

If you know someone whose heart could use a little help, send them our way. 🫀 EECP is FDA-cleared for angina and heart failure. It’s covered by insurance for refractory angina.

Cuffs wrap around your calves, thighs, and hips. They inflate in rhythm with your heartbeat, gently squeezing blood up toward your heart while it rests between beats, then release right before the next beat.

Over a course of sessions, this is designed to improve circulation to the heart and may encourage the growth of collateral arteries.

Chad Glenn

07/09/2026

Shaquille O’Neal, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning have all used EECP.

Between them: 13 championship rings. Me: zero, but I have excellent circulation.

Here is what drew them to it. Six cuffs wrap your calves, your thighs, and your hips. They inflate between your heartbeats and drive blood back toward the heart. That surge pulls across the lining of your blood vessels, and the friction signals them to release nitric oxide. It is the blood flow pattern of aerobic exercise, without moving a muscle. Elite athletes wanted a cardiovascular stimulus with no joint load. That makes sense when your body is your career.

EECP is FDA cleared and covered by Medicare for refractory angina.

It is also being studied for:

Long COVID
POTS
Dementia
Stroke recovery
Hypertension
Diabetes complications
Erectile dysfunction
Tinnitus
Exercise tolerance

Learn more about EECP at https://oktheta.com/ lumenair-eecp-therapy/

OK Theta & Wellness | Oklahoma City

Chad Glenn

07/07/2026

I have to share this. I watched two numbers move today that I honestly did not expect, and I cannot stop thinking about them.

First, let me be honest with you. These are different people, and this is not a study. Everybody is different and results vary. I am sharing this because I think it is fascinating, not because I am promising anyone anything.

One of my patients finished their EECP course today. Out of pure curiosity, we had done a CADScor heart scan before they started, and we ran it again today. It is a quick, noninvasive scan that gives you a number tied to heart disease risk, and a lower number is what you want to see. Theirs went from 28 down to 22, and that made my whole day.

Another patient has been wearing a WHOOP (a wearable fitness and recovery tracker)
through their entire EECP course and tracking their HRV. That stands for heart rate variability, and it is the tiny difference in timing between one heartbeat and the next. The interesting part is that you actually want that timing to vary. A heart that ticks along like a stiff metronome is usually stressed and tired, while a heart that naturally speeds up and slows down is flexible and well recovered. So a higher number is better. Theirs started in the high 20s, and now it regularly reaches the 40s and 50s!

Honestly, those two are not all we’ve seen with EECP. One person with long COVID has finally seen their heart rate come down. Another person with kidney disease had labs that improved. One person's chest pain is gone. Others are getting stronger, dealing with less swelling, and seeing better blood pressure, just to name a few.

Let me be real with you about all of that. These are all different people with different things going on, some of it outside what EECP is even meant for. I am simply telling you what I have gotten to watch. EECP is designed to support healthy circulation, and days like today are exactly why I love this work.

If you are curious about EECP or CADScor, send us a message or read more about it at oktheta.com