Recovery and longevity centres are one of the fastest growing parts of India's wellness market. Getting one right is mostly about planning: the right equipment mix for your clients, rooms that can take the equipment, and service you can rely on. This guide walks through the steps TechFit follows with founders.
1. Decide who the centre is for
A sports recovery studio, a longevity clinic and a hotel wellness floor need different things. Start with your clients: athletes, executives, ageing clients, or patients referred by doctors. That decides session length, pricing model and which machines earn their space.
2. Choose a core equipment stack
- Hyperbaric oxygen: the anchor of many centres; see 1.5 ATA vs 2.0 ATA.
- Cold exposure: cryotherapy, cold plunge or both; see cryotherapy vs cold plunge.
- Heat: full spectrum infrared saunas.
- Light: red light therapy beds and panels using 633 to 940 nm wavelengths.
- Add ons: compression boots, PEMF, IHHT altitude training, dry float and 3D body composition scanning to measure progress.
3. Plan the rooms before the lease
Each modality has its own room needs. Hyperbaric cabins are heavy and need access for delivery; see HBOT room requirements. Cryotherapy needs ventilation and either a large electrical supply or nitrogen storage. Plunges need a waterproof floor and drainage. Saunas and red light beds need dedicated power. Check every room against the equipment before you commit to a space.
4. Power and utilities
Add up the loads early. As examples from the Alteon range: an IHHT unit draws about 800 W, red light beds from 1000 W to 4200 W, a cold plunge chiller about 1060 W, and an electric cryotherapy cabin up to 18.5 kW. Give sensitive equipment stabilised, dedicated lines.
5. Staff, protocols and safety
Train staff on every machine, write protocols for session length and contraindications, and set up client screening. Where you offer clinical services, work with qualified medical professionals. TechFit trains your team at commissioning.
6. Service, spares and AMC
Downtime costs revenue. Choose equipment with local commissioning, spares and an annual maintenance contract. TechFit, the authorised distributor of Alteon in India, supports installations across the country from Mumbai.
A real example
Matrix Wellness, Tiger and Krishna Shroff's centre in Santacruz West, Mumbai, runs 14 Alteon machines including HBOT, cryotherapy, cold plunges, infrared saunas, IHHT, PEMF and body composition scanning, all planned, supplied and installed by TechFit.
For the equipment itself, browse the Alteon range. For setup scope by facility size, read our wellness centre setup guide.