Recovery studios in Melbourne

P3 Recovery Bayside in Mentone has ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute wet sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a traditional dry sauna, a compression lounge and a hyperbaric chamber, with a red light bed listed as coming soon. Group Fire and Ice sessions are run here. Weekly memberships have no lock-in. Opens 6am weekdays.

P3 Recovery Richmond is a community recovery centre with ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute wet sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a traditional dry sauna, a compression lounge, a hyperbaric chamber and a red light bed. Sauna sessions run 30 minutes. Weekly memberships have no lock-in. Opens 6am on weekdays.

P3 Recovery Port Melbourne was the chain's first Victorian centre. It has a communal wet zone with ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a compression lounge with Normatec and Hyperice tools, and a hyperbaric chamber. Weekly memberships have no lock-in contract. Opens 6am on weekdays.

Recovery Lab Maribyrnong is an independently run studio in the Recovery Lab network. Facilities include private infrared sauna suites, cold plunge, hot water plunge, Normatec compression, Compex muscle stimulation, NuCalm and hydrogen inhalation. A private contrast suite with sauna, plunge at 8 to 12 degrees and shower takes up to four people for 60 minutes. Bookings are made in advance.

Cryo Stay Young Eastland is a recovery studio on level one of Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood, near Coles. The venue offers infrared sauna, whole-body cryotherapy, red light sessions and hyperbaric oxygen. A single infrared sauna booking runs 45 minutes. Individual sessions and multi-session sauna packs are available through the venue's online Square booking menu.

The Orchard Prahran, open since 2014, sits upstairs on Commercial Road opposite Prahran Market. Private rooms offer float pods, Sunlighten dome and four person mPulse infrared saunas, ice baths, whole body red light, compression boots, molecular hydrogen and mild hyperbaric oxygen. Free one and two hour street parking is nearby. Appointments are recommended.

The Orchard Richmond is a purpose-built wellness space on Bridge Road, the second site of the Prahran original. It has float pods, solo and box infrared saunas, ice baths, whole body red light, compression boots, molecular hydrogen and mild hyperbaric oxygen, plus room hire upstairs. One hour free parking is out front. Appointments are recommended.

Cryo SubZero is a first floor recovery studio on Bay Road, Cheltenham, built around a whole body cryotherapy chamber. It also offers infrared sauna, red light, salt therapy, lymphatic compression, local cryotherapy, a hyperbaric chamber, IV infusions and a 3D body scan. Bundles pair cryotherapy with sauna or red light in 35 to 80 minute visits.

Alchemy Cryotherapy Centre in South Yarra opened in 2018 and is built around whole body cryotherapy. It also offers hyperbaric oxygen, an ATP Charger, a Reboot pod and body composition scans. Cryo-only packs are the cheapest way in, with session passes shareable with nominated friends. Closed Mondays and on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Small recovery lounge in central Mornington offering a full-body red and near-infrared light pod, a cryo dry body float bed and compression lymphatic massage, plus guided breathwork. The signature introductory offer combines all three services in 90 minutes. Sessions are booked online, with after 5pm visits by pre-booked appointment only. Closed Sundays.

Life Hub Bayside on Nepean Highway in Bentleigh is a training club with a bathhouse and recovery area alongside performance and studio classes. A public 10 day all access pass covers classes, bathhouse sessions and recovery facilities, booked through the Life Hub app. The club has traded in Bayside since 2014 and also runs a Geelong site.

My Recovery Lounge on Bay Street rents private spaces. The Serenity Suite has a large traditional sauna for up to ten, an Odin ice bath and a bamboo-screened outdoor shower. The Peaceful Corner pairs a smaller sauna with ice baths, and a two person infrared room has its own shower. A compression lounge, myotherapy and remedial massage complete it.

Primal Recovery Centre is a sports recovery floor in a Moorabbin factory unit. One entry covers ice baths held at 6 degrees, infrared and steam saunas, a heated magnesium spa, red light, compression boots, a vibration platform and a massage recliner, with a cryotherapy pod and inversion table listed. Plan one to two hours, there is no session timer.

Rare Breed is a boxing, strength and recovery gym in Mordialloc that sells recovery access to non-members. The recovery area has a hot stone sauna reaching 110 degrees, twin magnesium spas set at 38 degrees and 9 degrees, Normatec compression and a lounge with screens. A recovery-only weekly membership and single passes are available, with no lock-in.

Recovery Lab Pascoe Vale combines private infrared saunas, a cold plunge, a compression lounge, Compex muscle stimulation, NuCalm, molecular hydrogen inhalation and private contrast rooms with reformer pilates. Bring swimwear and a towel for sauna and plunge sessions, a rinse station and towel hire are available. Plans are month to month with no lock-in, and street parking is on O'Hea Street.

Resilient Recovery Eltham is a recovery studio upstairs inside Revive PT on Peel Street. It offers private infrared sauna cabins for 40 minute sessions, 40 minute contrast sessions moving between infrared sauna and ice baths, and 30 minute Normatec compression for legs, hips or arms in a recovery lounge. Showers are available. All services require online bookings, with a 10 day trial pass.

Resilient Recovery South Morang is a recovery studio inside a gym on Danaher Drive. It offers private infrared sauna cabins for 40 minute sessions, 40 minute contrast sessions moving between infrared sauna and ice baths, and 30 minute Normatec compression for legs, hips or arms in a recovery lounge. Showers are available. All services require online bookings, with a 10 day trial pass.