At first glance, it reminds me of a tanning bed I used to cook myself on as a naive teenager (which I heartily do not recommend). But I'm reassured I won't be turning a crisp brown.
"It's red light," Dr Cal Shields explains. "This is going to repair cells - not fry them.
"Just 15 minutes," he says, as he closes the lid of the red light therapy bed and leaves the room in Thriyv, a wellness suite in Manchester.
There's a distant whirr, the bed glows and I'm left alone with my thoughts - and supposedly some hastily repairing skin and muscle cells.
Over the past few months, the wellbeing industry has been turning red. Whether you want to look younger, live longer, feel happier, or recover more quickly, it's being claimed red light therapy is the way to go.
