Thierry Piolatto
Biohacking is a trend that is quickly starting to spread across Europe and is already well known in the United States.
A contraction of the terms “bio” (life) and “hacking”, it is a comprehensive and holistic approach to wellbeing that involves optimising one’s performances and positively influencing one’s daily life thanks to a variety of protocols and technologies that act upon cornerstones such as sleep, diet, light exposure and physical activity. The founder of Octane, François Galtié, is one of the pioneers in wellness technologies. Passionate about finding innovative solutions, he went to all four corners of the globe to carefully select the very best services available in order to offer high-tech treatments for his customers.
Cutting-edge longevity technologies
The name Octane comes from a thousand-year-old organic compound sourced deep underground. The centre aims to be a mineral haven bathed in natural light, an ecosystem dedicated to optimising health in order to balance the mind and body by way of non-invasive procedures. It is based on a personalised approach with the creation of rituals that combine several regenerative treatments in one session for optimum results. The “Longevity Ritual”, for example, combines full-body cryotherapy, pressotherapy and an infrared sauna.
Protocols
Various protocols are carried out in the Octane centre, including:
• A personalised diagnosis to analyse the body’s composition.
The InBody 970 body scan, a latest-generation impedance analyser, is 99% accurate, just like a DEXA but without x-rays. The data from the InBody scan helps us to better understand how diet, habits and lifestyle influence a person’s body composition. It allows us to measure muscle, fat and mineral mass (mineral mass being the weight of the skeleton) and also detects any visceral fat, which is invisible to the naked eye.
• Full-body cryotherapy.
Full-body cryotherapy is carried out at extremely cold temperatures for a short period of time with the CRYO Science device. This procedure stimulates blood flow and reduces inflammation. Cold therapy is well known for its benefits on muscle recovery and overall well-being, especially on moods, sleep and even pain management. Unlike other more standard cryochambers, which work using an electric cooling system, this one uses nitrogen to generate cold and can go down to -140°C. The head is also cooled, which makes it different to partial body cryotherapy, which is more common but less effective.
• Full-body red light therapy.
Theralight, the leading brand of red light therapy for the whole body, is present in the centre with the TheraLight 360 device. Red light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation (PBM) or non-invasive laser therapy, is a major innovation supported by numerous scientific studies. The wavelengths penetrate the body and stimulate the mitochondria, leading to an avalanche of benefits: healing, increased collagen, reduced inflammation, mood regulation, muscle performance, etc. The non-invasive laser does not heat up the tissue or damage the cells, unlike UVs. The TheraLight 360, with 45,000 LEDs and 360° exposure, allows us to completely immerse the body in red light.
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a chamber whose pressure is slightly higher than normal, just above 1.5 bar (anything more than this would make it a hospital-standard hyperbaric chamber, which are only used for medical purposes) to increase the body’s oxygen levels by 35% in one hour. A truly revitalising experience, this technique is designed to stimulate cognitive ability and also boosts the body’s natural healing process and cell regeneration.
Octane, 7 rue La Fayette, 75009 PARIS octane-wellness.com
