Wellness Services for Students
Your health and well-being matter to us. The Student Health and Wellness Center offers a variety of integrative medicine and wellness services to support your mental, emotional, social and physical health.
Wellness services include:
- Massage
- Wellness events and presentations
- Development of student leaders through the Scholars of Wellbeing program
- The Student Health Advisory Committee
- Support for health-related student interest groups
- Videos on self-massage, self-acupressure and meditation
- Food assistance and basic needs support
Massage
Students can schedule one free 45-minute massage at the Student Health and Wellness Center while enrolled in their program. After that, massages are available at $45 for 45 minutes or $90 for 90 minutes, and with each massage you schedule you receive an additional massage free. Massages are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-6:30 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The one free massage program is only for OHSU students. They are not available for dependents and postdoctoral scholars. Everyone eligible for SHW services are eligible for the buy one, get one free program.
How to schedule a massage
Call 503-494-8665, ext.1, to schedule.
Scholars of Well-being
The Scholars of Well-being program focuses on growing student leaders in wellness. Lead or support wellness projects that benefit the OHSU student community.
Wellness events
Request a wellness event for a student group, class or meeting. Our providers and staff can lead activities and give presentations on:
- Stress management
- Mindfulness
- Resilience
- Impostor syndrome
- Self-talk and self-compassion
- How to support students in crisis
- Student Health and Wellness Center services
- Other topics by request
Email Student Health and Wellness at shw@ohsu.edu to request an event.
Massage, acupressure and meditation videos
Wellness videos are for your information and enjoyment. They are not meant to replace medical advice or treatment.
Stretching and self-massage videos:
- Self-massage for shoulders
- Supporting shoulders part 1
- Supporting shoulders part 2
- Quick break shoulder reset
- Self-massage for neck part 1
- Self-massage for neck part 2
- Jaw support
- Healthy sitting for your spine
- Gentle corrections for hip imbalances
Videos by Susannah Skye, LMT.
Self-acupressure videos:
Videos by Roger Batchelor, D.A.O.M.
Meditation videos:
- Sitting meditation basics
- Preliminary relaxation
- Micro-orbit meditation
- Organ meditation
- Standing basics
- Sitting with breath
- CNS stress relief
- Work meditation
Videos by Roger Batchelor, D.A.O.M.
Make an appointment
Call 503-494-8665, ext. 1.
Current primary care patients can schedule virtual visits on MyChart.
Contact us
For general questions:
- Call our main office at 503-494-8665
- Send a fax to 503-494-2958
- Email us at shw@ohsu.edu
For pre-entrance immunization questions, email us at shwcompliance@ohsu.edu.
After hours support
If you have an emergency, call 911.
If you experience a behavioral health crisis outside of regular hours, call us at 503-494-8665, ext. 5, to talk to a crisis counselor.
If you need non-emergency medical advice outside of regular hours, call the OHSU hospital at 503-494-8311 and ask for Student Health’s after-hours triage.
Community support:
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Multnomah County Mental Health Crisis Intervention: 503-988-4888