Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (mHBOT)

A sixty-minute mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy session in a soft-sided chamber pressurised to 1.3 or 1.4 ATA with 95% purity oxygen supplied by a concentrator. This is mild-pressure HBOT — not the medical-grade 2.0+ ATA treatment used in hospital wound-care units — and is delivered in a wellness setting without a prescription.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy works on the principle that increased atmospheric pressure allows more oxygen to dissolve in the blood plasma. At Octane Wellness, two soft-sided chambers are available: a lying chamber at 1.3 ATA and a semi-seated chamber at 1.4 ATA. An oxygen concentrator supplies 95%-purity oxygen, which clients breathe through an optional mask during the session. It is important to distinguish this from medical-grade HBOT, which operates at 2.0 ATA and above in rigid chambers and is used in clinical settings for approved indications such as decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning, and non-healing wounds. Mild HBOT (mHBOT) at 1.3-1.4 ATA operates at significantly lower pressures and is positioned as a wellness modality rather than a medical treatment. Research into the effects of mild-pressure protocols is ongoing, with some studies exploring associations between mHBOT and recovery, cognitive function, and general wellbeing. Sessions last sixty minutes, during which clients relax in the chamber while the pressure gradually increases, holds at the target level, and then slowly returns to ambient. The pressurisation and depressurisation phases are gentle — most clients report only mild ear-popping sensations similar to an aeroplane descent. The Longevity Ritual at Octane pairs mHBOT with cryotherapy and red light therapy in a single protocol designed around cellular health and recovery.