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Healthy ageing & preconditioning after sixty
The longevity case: maintaining the body's capacity to tolerate stress as it ages.
As we age, the body's reserve — its capacity to cope with illness, surgery or exertion — tends to shrink. Interval hypoxic–hyperoxic therapy has been studied as personalised preconditioning in older adults, and as an adjunct in cardiovascular rehabilitation.
Sessions are done sitting at rest with continuous pulse and saturation monitoring, and every patient is assessed and safety-screened by a physician before the first session.
We will say plainly if a course is not appropriate for you — for example where heart or lung conditions make it unsuitable.
How a course works
- A sixty-minute physician assessment, including your hypoxic response, comes first
- Sessions of 40–60 minutes, sitting at rest, two to three a week
- Pulse and oxygen saturation monitored throughout every session
- Hypoxic depth reset as you adapt
Courses
- A single session — AED 300, the full 40–60 minute protocol
- The ten — AED 2,500 (AED 250 a session), two to three sessions weekly over four to five weeks
- The thirty — AED 7,000 (AED 233 a session), ten to twelve weeks, repeat bloods at session 15 and three physician reviews
The evidence
Read the study yourself.
Individual results vary. We make no claim about what the therapy will do for you specifically.
Questions
Before you book.
Is there an upper age limit?
There is no fixed age limit. Suitability is decided by your physician after assessment and safety screening.
I have a heart condition. Can I take part?
Possibly, but only after a full physician assessment. Some conditions make the therapy unsuitable, and we will tell you if so.
Is it tiring?
Sessions are done at rest. Most people find them calm; your physician adjusts the depth to your response.