Naturopathic Care
New Patient 90 minutes $225
Follow Up 60 minutes $140
Free 20 minute consultations
Katie Bennett, ND, graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine with a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and has an undergraduate degree from Portland State University in Public Health. Her clinical experience has been in family medicine, cardiovascular care, and trans-health. In addition to this experience, Katie will be providing integrative medicine for her patients using nutrition, herbal therapy, hydrotherapy, lifestyle counseling, and homeopathy. Katie is now accepting new patients for adjunctive care and primary care.
For more information or to contact her directly, please visit http://katiebennettnd.com/
The following therapies are preformed by Katie Bennett, ND
Naturopathic Manipulation Technique
New Patient 60 minutes $140
Follow Up 30 minutes $70
– NMT – Trained by chiropractic doctors to manipulate individual spinal segments and joints that are in malposition. Sub categories of NMT include: Post isometric release – PIR – a gentle approach to ease muscle tension and decrease joint pain. Strain/Counter-strain is similar to PIR in the gentle approach and outcome. Trigger point therapy, is a method of following specific patterns of tension in muscle bellies with pain radiation and releases them through direct pressure and release. Myofacial release is another method to reduce muscle pain and tension in the body.
Constitutional Hydrotherapy
60 minutes $115
This gentle and relaxing treatment combines the historical use of hot and cold water applications with low volt electrical muscle stimulation. The purpose of this treatment is to nourish the constitution and improve all bodily functions, including detoxification, increase metabolism, improve respiratory gas exchange and circulation, and digestive function. This treatment can be effective for treating acute conditions like cold and flu, and chronic conditions such as insomnia, IBS and IBD, fatigue, COPD along with many more. There are very few contraindications for this therapy, they include late stage pregnancy, malignancy in the thoracic or abdominal cavity, iodine allergy, metal or silicone implants in the thoracic and abdominal cavities, acute bladder infection, acute asthma, or ongoing fever of unknown origin.
Hot Fomentation
60 minutes $95
A relaxing heating treatment done in a private studio room in a dry sheet wrap with a hot foot bath and consists of repeated application of hot packs to the torso. This treatment targets pain associated with inflammation and congestion which is common to many ailments. Contraindications include recent heart attack, vascular disease, malignancy, hemorrhage, gastric ulcers, and loss of sensation.
Wet Sheet Wrap
30 minutes $65
Following warming treatments like fomentation or a steam – wet sheet wraps increase the core body temperature causing increased metabolism, and the pores of the skin to open which improves detoxification. The length of time spent in the sheet wrap provides various levels of therapeutic benefit from stimulating to sedating depending on the purpose of the treatment. Contraindications of this treatment include anemia, acute asthma, loss of sensation, compromised circulation due to diabetes, moisture and heat sensitive rashes, and some heart conditions.
What is Naturopathic Medicine? In short it can be described as primary health care emphasizing prevention, treatment and optimal health through the use of therapeutic methods and substances that encourage individuals self healing process with techniques such as control of diet, exercise and massage. Treatments vary for each individual but could include:
Nutrition – Genetic and dietary assessment of nutritional intake, content and assimilation is key to providing custom dietary plans tailored to individual needs, budget, and goals.
Body work - Massage/somatic/soft tissue manipulation – Katie is trained in Swedish massage and deep tissue therapy, as well as Somatic Re-education which is a form of body work that is both gentle and effective at improving the health status of many conditions. Body work is a great alternative to chiropractic type adjustments and manipulation and can be applied to all conditions of the body.
Hydrotherapy – Is a form of water applications, typically temperature changing, that work to massage the lymph, nervous, and circulatory systems. This stimulates all systems and aids in detoxification, rejuvenation, and improved constitution. Constitutional hydrotherapy is a very effective treatment for digestive complaints, liver stagnation, pancreatic sluggishness, and kidney conditions.
Pharmaceutical/medication management – Prescribing rights for naturopathic physicians is comprehensive in the state of Oregon and includes controlled substances with proper licensure. Training of medication management is extensive for acute and chronic conditions, as well as a mandatory part of continuing education.
Physiotherapy – Includes using devices to bring about a physical change: TENS units, therapeutic ultrasound, laser therapy, sine wave, kinesiology taping.
Movement Therapy – Exercise is vital to health. Finding the correct exercise prescription is based on individual goals, physical limitations, and the need to prevent pathology of genetic predispositions.
Herbal medicine – Herbs have both systemic and local effects, and by using whole plants as medicine, with all their complex interrelations, or in certain cases using specific isolated constituents, can help to stimulate the vis, to address symptoms, and to heal the system. Many plants have been thoroughly studied to show that the active compounds within the plant have direct effects on physiology.
Homeopathy – An energetic approach to give the smallest, gentlest, push to remind the body of what it is intended to do. Based on law of similar’s, follows herring’s law of cure: processes should heal from the top down (head to extremities), in to out or most important functioning organs to the least (internal organs towards the skin), and symptoms should disappear in reverse order from which they appeared (the most recent to disappear before the oldest). When these processes happen as expected it is verification that the correct remedy has been given.
Lifestyle intervention – Assessing a patient’s health promoting and health deteriorating behaviors, provides crucial information for creating treatment plans that encourage patients to improve their health every day.
Environmental Medicine – Encompasses the science of evaluating and understanding the unique exposures people have and what the consequences of said exposures are. The next step is to determine the appropriate interventions of removing the offending substance, clearing the body of the harmful invader, and preventing future consequences.
Laboratory evaluation – Utilizing modern laboratory processes to peek into the body and understand what processes may be under-functioning, or stressed. This information is used to aid in clinical decision making, from supplement and medication prescribing, to lifestyle interventions.
Acute and chronic illness management (functional medicine) – Is the practice of using the principles of biochemistry, physiology, and pathology in a systems-based fashion to explore the decline in proper return to homeostasis in the case of chronic disease management. As with all natural modalities, looking at how these processes are happening in the individual, and tailoring treatments specific to that individual.
Cancer – Though not strictly under naturopathic licensure, integrated adjunct support can provide an array of techniques/modalities to those going through cancer treatment. From stimulating the vis, managing side effects, and maximizing nutrition, to directing modalities at helping improve the success of conventional chemotherapeutics.
