The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of cancer treatment—but it can also stress healthy tissues, leading to late radiation tissue injury (LRTI), impaired wound healing, chronic pain, and complications that affect quality of life. At Ikigai Wellness, we focus on integrating supportive modalities that enhance the body’s ability to […]
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At Ikigai, we’ve talked a lot about the benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), a regenerative therapy that uses concentrated oxygen to boost your body’s natural healing capabilities. Regenerative therapies are attracting the medical world’s attention, including new studies on the synergistic effects of combining HBOT with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection. PRP is becoming
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Whether you find the holidays joyful and merry or stressful and exhausting, chances are your eating habits aren’t the same as the rest of the year. You’re out of your routine, eating rich food, fatigued from traveling, adjusting to time zones. . . and your gut isn’t exactly feeling festive. Holiday food can do a
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For couples longing to conceive a child of their own, infertility can feel like a devastating blow. While it can be a sensitive subject that many couples keep private, infertility (the inability to conceive after one full year of trying) affects 15-17% of couples in the United States, sometimes struggling for years before conceiving. Hyperbaric
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Healthcare in the U.S. is a constantly evolving landscape. In Oregon, there has been some buzz around the recently passed, yet controversial, House Bill 3824, which allows physical therapists to perform dry needling on patients. We’ll get to the controversy part in a minute, but first let’s talk about what Dry Needling is.
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With the current challenges in our medical system, over two-thirds of Americans are taking their health into their own hands by seeking out alternative treatment for their health issues. Whether it’s insurance denying claims or doctors cutting corners, we’re in a unique and challenging time when it comes to healthcare. Not only are Americans tired,
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Why Patients Are Turning to a New Method Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for many types of cancer. While it can save the lives of those suffering from cancer, it also comes with undesirable side effects like extreme fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, hair loss, and, in the case of
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Lyme disease is a complex and often misdiagnosed tick-borne illness. Caused by the bacteria Borrelia, Lyme Disease can present a wide range of life-altering symptoms like fatigue, joint pain, systemic inflammation, and neurological and cognitive dysfunction. It may be easy to brush it off as low risk because we don’t have many ticks in the
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