Warminster's Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre is using its hi-tech hyperbaric oxygen chamber to treat a soldier suffering from a brain injury after he was blown up while serving in Afghanistan.

Captain Andrew Hieghton-Jackson makes the 100-mile round trip from Weymouth up to three times a week. The 33-year-old still has hearing loss, crippling headaches and problems with his balance and memory after the blast in August 2009.

He was also left with post-traumatic stress disorder and a probable acute traumatic brain injury, and considered flying to America for help.

But after receiving funding and support from Help For Heroes, The Officers Association and SSAFA, the former Captain in The Black Watch, The Third Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, has been coming to Warminster since November.

Capt Hieghton-Jackson said: “The centre is absolutely fantastic, it is run by such a welcoming bunch of people and takes a huge weight off my shoulders. Coming to the centre is definitely helping.”

The ex-soldier spends up to an hour in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber breathing pure oxygen, which moves the blood around the body faster, so speeding up healing.

The centre on The Avenue mainly cares for people with MS – which affects the central nervous system – but also treats people suffering with cancer and sometimes even injured local rugby players.

Centre manager Rosie Eliot said: “It’s been a pleasure having Andrew here. It shows how important oxygen and the treatment we offer is for soldiers with post-traumatic stress, wounds and all other injuries.”

The centre is trying to raise £10,000 to buy a new oxygen flask and be able to offer treatment to more people. and is planning a variety of fundraising events.