The recovery tool now used across the NBA, NFL and football, in a chamber gentle enough to use every day. Here is how athletes actually use it, and what the research does and does not show.
Yes, widely. Over the last decade the hyperbaric chamber has moved from the clinic into elite sport. It is now a standard fixture in professional recovery, from NBA and NFL facilities to European football and endurance training. Publicly, athletes across basketball, football and combat sport have talked about using one, and some keep a chamber at home as part of their weekly routine.
The idea is simple. Under mild pressure, more oxygen dissolves into the blood than ordinary breathing allows. Athletes use that as one part of a recovery routine, alongside sleep, nutrition and training.
Not for one magic result, but for a handful of practical reasons.
Here is what athletes and centres actually reach for it for.
A recovery block that fits into a training day, without leaving home or the centre.
Many athletes use a calm session in the evening as part of winding down.
A simple, drug-free habit to feel ready for the next block of work.
At a mild 1.5 ATA, it is comfortable to repeat as often as you train.
OxyLife C seats up to six athletes, so a squad recovers together.
A quiet session to settle back after a long trip or a heavy fixture list.
The recovery tool now used across the NBA, NFL and football, in a chamber gentle enough to use every day. Here is how athletes actually use it, and what the research does and does not show.
Pick the size by how many athletes finish training at the same time: the range goes from the single-seat C1 E to the six-seat C5, so a squad recovers together instead of queueing.
Five multiplace chambers, assembled on site from 76 cm modules. For locations where the chamber cannot be delivered in one piece.
Five multiplace chambers, assembled on site from 76 cm modules. For locations where the chamber cannot be delivered in one piece.
Five multiplace chambers, assembled on site from 76 cm modules. For locations where the chamber cannot be delivered in one piece.
Five multiplace chambers, assembled on site from 76 cm modules. For locations where the chamber cannot be delivered in one piece.
Five multiplace chambers, assembled on site from 76 cm modules. For locations where the chamber cannot be delivered in one piece.
None of these papers studied an OxyHelp chamber. They are published work on hyperbaric oxygen in general, including trials that found no effect. Read each one for what it measured, and for the limits it carries.
Published
Frontiers in Physiology
Double-blind, 20 youth footballers: one hour of 100% oxygen at 2.2 ATA, above the wellness range. They felt more recovered at one hour, not at 12. Blood markers, sprint and jump did not change.
Published
Frontiers in Physiology
A 2021 meta-analysis of ten studies, 166 participants. No significant effect of hyperbaric oxygen before exercise on performance, or after it on recovery. A possible endurance benefit during exercise still needs confirmation.
Published
Sports Medicine
A 2006 narrative review of recovery methods between training sessions: massage, cold water, hyperbaric oxygen and others. No substantial evidence that any of them speeds recovery in elite athletes.
Published
Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
Researchers traced fresh gas through a hospital multiplace chamber and found under-ventilated pockets that a simple well-stirred model misses. They used oxygen as a tracer and did not measure CO2.
Published
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
A Cochrane review of nine small trials, 219 participants. Insufficient evidence that hyperbaric oxygen helps sprains or muscle soreness after exercise. Soreness at 48 and 72 hours was slightly higher.
Published
Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Fourteen healthy young men, one 60-minute session of 100% oxygen at 1.3 ATA against seated rest. Resting heart rate fell and heart rate variability rose. Aerobic endurance did not change.
One touchscreen runs everything: pressure, session time, cooling. Set it outside, press start inside. Nothing to learn twice.
Every layer is doubled: manual and software protection, stop buttons inside and out, and a chamber that releases itself if power ever fails.
A gentle 1.5 ATA by design, on a shell tested well beyond it. Oxygen comes from a concentrator, no cylinders, no refills. Airflow is calculated from the metabolism of the people inside, not set to a fixed rate.
At a mild 1.5 ATA a session is gentle enough to repeat as often as you train. Most athletes run it as a recovery block on training days, and some use a calm session in the evening as part of winding down.
The OxyLife C line goes from the single-seat C1 E to the six-seat C5, assembled on site from modules. A squad recovers together in one session instead of queueing through a single-seat capsule.
No. We pressurise the chamber with ordinary air. The extra oxygen reaches you through a mask, fed by a concentrator that separates it out of the room. Standard feeding nozzles inside connect to any type of mask.
The chamber depressurises itself the moment the power fails, and you can open the door by hand from inside at any time. There are stop buttons inside and out, manual and software protection against overpressure, and an emergency release that brings pressure down in around 40 seconds.
Every chamber ships with a two-year warranty, extendable at purchase. After that, service and parts stay available: our own engineers work across the EU, so the chamber is repaired where it stands instead of being shipped away.
The same chamber fits a spa, a gym, a clinic, or a private home. It adapts to the room, and to the people who use it.
A premium amenity guests can't get at the spa down the road. It runs without a clinician and reads as luxury, not equipment.
Recovery your members feel between sessions. Faster turnaround after hard training, built into the routine they already keep.
A professional-grade addition to wellness and rehab practices. Certified build, simple operation, and a team that answers the phone in year five.
Built for facilities that run all day. Multi-seat options keep a full roster moving around game days and training blocks.
A signature wellness experience that sets a property apart. Quiet, beautiful, and easy for existing staff to run.
Engineered to disappear into a designed interior. Single-seat or multiplace, finished to your space, yours to use every day.
The full OxyLife range in one PDF. Every model, every spec, every certification, with the detail your team wants before a conversation.
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