Insurances accepted for acupuncture:
- Providence Health Plans
- Regence BCBS
- United Healthcare
- TriWest (VA Referrals)
- MVAs (Auto insurance)
Insurances accepted for massage therapy - a referral is required in order to bill insurance for massage services:
- Regence BCBS
- MVAs (Auto insurance)
Referrals can be addressed to Katherine Kruse and be faxed to 503-821-7881 or emailed to hello@ikigaiwellnesspdx.com
You are responsible for knowing the details of your acupuncture & massage benefits before your first appointment.
If you plan to use an FSA or HSA card, you are responsible for knowing whether your insurance provider will cover our services.
Mask Use In the Clinic
Please Note:
- For those who are chronically ill and prefer masking, we will honor your preference and mask accordingly.
- If you have been knowingly exposed to COVID, test positive for COVID or have an active fever, we ask that you please text us at 503-308-8676 with the details of your situation.
Waitlists
Patients occasionally cancel their appointments due to illness or other reasons and appointment slots become available. For this reason, we highly encourage you schedule an appointment based on current availability AND use our waitlist feature in case a spot opens up on a sooner date that you desire. You will receive an email and/or text about openings before it becomes available to the public. Waitlisted appointments are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Note: if you have not been in for acupuncture in 2+ years, please book a First Visit appointment to allow time for a consultation and treatment.
Amy Homer-Brown will be out of office from Oct 22 - Nov 12, 2024 Katie & Erin will still be available for bodywork sessions during this time.
Acupuncture visits at Ikigai Wellness are unique. Your acupuncturist will be present with you for the full duration of your session using elements of insertive & non-insertive Japanese-style needling, moxibustion, cupping and gentle bodywork techniques such as craniosacral therapy and myofascial release. Any combination of these modalities may be used during your treatment which will be tailore...
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Acupuncture visits at Ikigai Wellness are unique. Your acupuncturist will be present with you for the full duration of your session using elements of insertive & non-insertive Japanese-style needling, moxibustion, cupping and gentle bodywork techniques such as craniosacral therapy and myofascial release. Any combination of these modalities may be used during your treatment which will be tailored to your specific needs every time you lay on our table.
Pediatric Acupuncture
For children from newborn to age 11. Persons aged 12+, please schedule regular acupuncture visits.
Shonishin is Japanese-style acupuncture for children using no inserted needles. Shonishin (non-insertive) tools are used to stimulate acupuncture points and channels, along with bodywork to give a unique treatment to your child based on their current needs.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle hands-on bodywork treatment that works well for chronic pain conditions and injury recovery, concussion recovery & emotional support.
Massage Therapy
Focused or full body integration of several modalities and massage techniques are combined and tailored to support the client’s individual needs. We offer:
- therapeutic / medical massage
- pre/post natal massage
Infrared Sauna
Infrared heat sessions to help reduce inflammation & pain, improve recovery and injuries, improve immunity and detoxify from inside out.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
HBOT dramatically increases oxygen levels in the body using a specialized chamber. This allows oxygen to enter the plasma portion of the blood, delivering it to areas of the body that circulation does not reach. This high oxygen environment helps reduce inflammation, promote wound healing and repair tissue injuries, activate stem cell production, increase immunity, find relief from chronic infe...
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HBOT dramatically increases oxygen levels in the body using a specialized chamber. This allows oxygen to enter the plasma portion of the blood, delivering it to areas of the body that circulation does not reach. This high oxygen environment helps reduce inflammation, promote wound healing and repair tissue injuries, activate stem cell production, increase immunity, find relief from chronic infections such as long COVID/mold toxicity/Lyme disease/etc, and so much more! These benefits are experienced in multiple sessions when following the protocol prescribed by your Functional Medicine Hyperbaric Clinician for your specific condition.
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Erin Boyt is a CranioSacral Therapist and personal trainer in Portland, OR who aims to help people connect with their bodies and move with less pain.
She has been teaching movement through a variety of somatic modalities for over 16 years and specializes in foot function, chronic pain, acute injuries, and emotional release. Her interest in movement began when discovered her love for dance at a young age. She studied dance in college but couldn’t ignore that her training focused on aesthetics and technique rather than the design of the body and expression through movement. This led her down a path of continuing her education in biomechanics and CranioSacral Therapy to help people attain movement longevity and heal from chronic pain.
Erin Boyt is a CranioSacral Therapist and personal trainer in Portland, OR who aims to help peopl...
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Amy Homer-Brown
(She/Her/Hers)
LAc
I began my medical career in 2008 as a doctor, obtaining an allopathic medical degree in 2014 in my home country, Barbados. After 12 months of working as a medical intern in a public hospital in Trinidad, I decided to pursue a degree in natural medicine instead of continuing on to a medical residency program. My dream was to pursue and practice a form of medicine that complemented the body’s innate abilities of self-healing, viewed each person as an individual and shared my beliefs in the mind-body connection for healing. It was at NUNM in Portland, OR, where I found my home in Classical Chinese Medicine.
My acupuncture style follows closely with Traditional Japanese techniques which are gentle and incredibly effective. Such techniques include gentle insertive needling, non-insertive needling, moxibustion and gentle bodywork such as sotai, myofascial release and cranialsacral therapy. I enjoy working with a diverse patient population with conditions such as acute and chronic pain, physical rehabilitation (such as neurological conditions, injury, stroke) and the secondary stress, anxiety and depression that can result.
I have chosen not to be a licensed MD in the United States but enjoy using my medical knowledge in understanding my patients from a biomedical perspective, speaking and translating the Western language of medicine, and combining it with my knowledge of East Asian medicine. I am a national board-certified acupuncturist with the NCCAOM and Oregon Medical Board.
I began my medical career in 2008 as a doctor, obtaining an allopathic medical degree in 2014 in ...
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Katie Kruse
Katie has passionately been a licensed massage therapist since 2002, passionately serving clients as a licensed massage therapist for over two decades. Weaving a deep understanding of the human body with an intuitive healing approach, Katie’s purpose is to elevate healing, empower women, and honor the transitions of life.
With massage, we allow the time and space to discover a sense of peace and balance. We have more to offer our life when we are replenished.
Massage is the medicine of the future. Through touch we stimulate the body’s own ability to heal itself. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure.” Integrative approach combining modalities from all corners of the world, she offers a style that is unique to each individual.
Katie is certified in Hawaiian Lomi, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy among other massage and bodywork techniques. She offers therapeutic massage for injury recovery/rehabilitation and pre- and post-natal patients.
Katie currently accepts Regence BCBS and MVA/PIP.
Katie has passionately been a licensed massage therapist since 2002, passionately serving clients...
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