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Katie Joannes, LMP
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Neighborhood: Central District
Union Center for Healing
2100 E Union St
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 853-1540
Union Center for Healing
2100 E Union St
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 853-1540
Accepting Major Health Insurance
Premera, Aetna, Uniform, LifeWise, Cigna, Corval.. Happy to verify your massage benefits!
- Hours:
Tue., Thu-Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Accepts Insurance:
- Yes
- By Appointment Only:
- Yes
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7 reviews for Katie Joannes, LMP
Your first time is always awkward, right? What should I wear? This person is going to see me mostly nude, what do you talk about? Are you supposed to talk? I know I'm horrible at breaking the ice conversation anyhow. Should I just solidify that I'm a crazy cat lady and talk about my cat instead? People like animals right? Or I can talk about chinchillas. Everybody loves a good chinchilla story.
All of these thoughts ran through my head as I was en route to my first appointment with Katie, and my first massage therapy appointment ever. Within the first few minutes of meeting Katie, all of the awkwardness was gone. She is really down to earth and focused on addressing individual needs. Not only does she aid in correcting twenty plus years of bad posture, she explains what everything is. I now know what fascia is and how important it is to my muscles and posture. Google it...then take some fish oil. Seriously.
This might be a little presumptuous as she is the only massage therapist I've seen, but I say that Katie is the best massage therapist. End of story.
I saw Katie after a car accident, and I have to say she is amazing. Not only did she provide relief from the pain, but she also was a great listener to both what I said and how my body reacted. I felt exponentially better after the first session, and each session after improved more. On top of that she handled all the billing for the insurance and patiently explained what she was doing and why.
Expecting to feel relief only while on her table, as with other practitioners I'd experienced, I was pleasantly surprised when Katie's treatment permanently eliminated a particular nagging pain I'd arrived with. She's totally tuned in to what I need and has demonstrated to me her unique ability to effect noticeable improvement that lasts beyond her session. My health plan pays 80% of Katie's sessions (yay!) and Katie handles the billing such that I don't even have to think about it. I didn't even realize my insurance covered massage until a friend told me. I strongly recommend that if you have insurance, check to see if it covers massage. If it does, go see Katie. I'm serious...get off your ass right now and do it!
I've been seeing Katie for over a year now and she's fantastic! She's friendly, always ready to explain what she's doing and just super intuitive. Her prices are great too.
I have had my fair share of massages and I have to say that Katie Joannes is by far one of the best that I have seen. Katie understands the body very well and, is very in tuned to what your body is telling, in terms of alignment and dis-comfort. As a coffee professional working on a bar all day it's nice to have someone work out the kinks.
To hit on what PhillipB says Katie does talk with you about what she is doing and why. This was new for me, and I really appreciated it afterwards because it help to get me in tuned with the therapy.
I've been seeing Katie (for back problems) since before she qualified. From the beginning she has been amazingly talented. She does things to me no other massage therapists have done. She also takes the time to explain what she's doing and what muscles she's working on. Afterwards she gives me advice on what else I can do to help my back.
I'm not the kind of person who likes to lie down for an hour and have my back rubbed. With the half-dozen other massage therapists I've seen in my life I feel like that's all I got - a fancy back-rub. With Katie I feel like i've been worked and she's the only one I've felt a lasting benefit from.
Saying that, if you asked her I'm sure she could do the touchy-feely kind of massage too.
Katie gave me an amazing deep massage a couple of months ago that made a significant difference in the improvement of my mobility for weeks afterward. She is very professional, knowledgeable and reasonably priced.
