Luxury Wellness Tech
As luxury wellness spaces become a must-have feature in the modern home, Josh Kersten, founder of Prime Platinum, shows how innovative recovery technology can become part of everyday life.
For Kersten, wellness has always been based on performance, longevity and creating a life that is fulfilling. “I’ve always had a passion around alternative ways of training, alternative ways of recovery,” he says. “A big focus for me was to really perform at my peak through my day-to-day work and just making sure that I still had enough energy to spend time with my family on the weekends.” The company’s tagline sums it up: live better for longer.
Prime Platinum supplies its cutting-edge recovery technology to residential and commercial clients across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, focusing on hyperbaric oxygen therapy, whole-body cryotherapy and photobiomodulation (red light therapy). While these therapies have often been associated with elite athletes and specialist clinics, they are now finding a place within luxury private residences.
Kersten’s own home in New Zealand’s Central North Island demonstrates how these incredible pieces of tech can be woven into daily life. In his home gym are two of the cornerstone technologies. Prime Platinum’s Cryo:One whole-body cryotherapy chamber operates between -110°C and -85°C, with sessions lasting just two to three minutes to support muscle recovery, circulation and inflammation management. Complementing it is hyperbaric oxygen therapy, where users spend 60 to 90 minutes in a pressurised chamber breathing oxygen-rich air to increase oxygen delivery throughout the body, supporting healing, recovery and cognitive function.
“A hyperbaric chamber and a cryotherapy chamber are two separate devices, but have the overall goal of increasing your lifespan, but also lowering inflammation,” he explains. “Both of these work hand in hand in terms of making you perform better through day-to-day life.” The tech is, of course, only one part of the equation. Kersten sees longevity as an accumulation of consistent habits, where nutrition, exercise, recovery and accessibility are all part of your full health roadmap.
As more homeowners prioritise wellbeing alongside architecture and design, dedicated wellness spaces are becoming integral rooms within the home. Their success is not just about the sophistication of the equipment, but in cementing healthy routines, allowing those with busy lives to have the ease of accessing this equipment in the comfort of their own home.
“A big, big thing for us in terms of the residential space is a lot of people are moving to not wanting to leave home,” he notes. “Having these pieces of equipment or a gym at your home means that you’re more likely to use it. The more you use it, the more results you can get and the easier you can stick to a specific protocol.”
In this vision, the modern home is a place to retreat, re-energise and recover – an environment intentionally designed to help its occupants live better, longer lives and spend more meaningful time together.
