“Hyperbaric” just means “higher pressure”. Inside the chamber, the air pressure is gently raised to 1.4–1.5 times normal, about what you’d feel four to five metres under water. Through the mask you breathe up to 95% oxygen; ordinary air is 21%. Your red blood cells are already 95–100% full of oxygen, so the pressure does something different: it lets extra oxygen dissolve into your plasma, the liquid part of your blood. It’s the same reason a sealed bottle keeps its fizz.
What actually happens in the chamber?
- Five minutes with Angelo. A few health questions, so we know the chamber is right for you today.
- See it open first. Black outside, white inside, room to sit up, windows on every side. You hold the zip.
- Lie back. Pillow, blanket, soft mask. The pressure rises slowly and your ears pop, like on a plane.
- Then nothing. Read, listen or sleep. Phones are fine. Most people doze off within ten minutes.
- Out you come. A little dozy, clear-headed. Angelo tells you straight whether he thinks it’s for you.
What do people book it for?
Most of our clients come for one of four things: better sleep, feeling calmer, recovering after training, a hard week or an operation (with their doctor’s OK), and more energy. Some feel a difference on the walk back to the station. For others it builds over a few weeks. That’s why we suggest a course rather than a one-off, and why nobody here will tell you it’s a magic wand.
Why book here and not somewhere else?
Every oxygen session at Transcend
- Two hyperbaric chambers, so you can come with a partner or friend and go in side by side.
- 1.4 and 1.5 ATA, about four to five metres under water, with oxygen through a soft mask.
- A full hour, not a rushed half-session.
- A health check first, every first visit, so we know it’s right for you today.
- Angelo right outside the whole time. Windows all round, room to sit up, you hold the zip.
- Open 8am to 8pm, every day, including evenings and weekends.
Recovering from surgery, a procedure or a birth?
Many of our clients book while they’re recovering: after an operation, after cosmetic surgery such as a facelift, or after having a baby. If that’s you:
- Check with your doctor or surgeon first, and bring their OK.
- Tell Angelo what you’ve had done and when. He plans your sessions around where you are in your recovery.
- We work alongside your medical care, never instead of it. We don’t treat medical conditions.
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How much? From £35 a session.
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