Providing specialized services to promote balance in active lifestyles.
Whether you’re reducing acute or chronic pain, strengthening your physical health, or recovering, our use of traditional Chinese acupuncture and modern sports medicine practices will help you obtain and maintain balance.
Licensed acupuncturist Therese M. Powers meets your specific needs through patient-centered therapies including acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional counseling, and manual therapies such as gua sha and cupping.
Acupuncture
Our proven methodology is based on ancient principles to promote circulation and encourage the body’s natural processes to restore more balanced functioning to better your active lifestyle.
Herbal Therapy
Our Chinese Herbal Therapy is generally used in conjunction with acupuncture to accelerate the patient’s progress and assist in healing. Our practice uses only herbs that meet the high standards of GMP.
Gua Sha
To release tension in areas of the body that are tight or strained this manual therapy treatment often referred to as “spooning” or “coning,” Gua Sha uses a smooth rounded tool to help relieve tension.
I have been a patient of Therese Powers and SLO Acupuncture for last few years, and she is absolutely amazing. Therese is a down-to-earth health practitioner with a calm, confident demeanor. Over the years she has treated me successfully for sciatica pain, nicotine addiction, and she has accelerated me through flu and cold symptoms. I recommend her for anyone.Michael T.
Therese at SLO Acupuncture has performed wonders for my aching neck and shoulders. Her treatments have taken my pain from constant to hardly noticeable in a matter of just a few treatments. I tried massages, and as wonderful as they felt, my results were just not as long lasting as the acupuncture treatments. Therese has truly changed my daily life of constant pain to stable relief. She is extremely knowledgeable and answered all my questions with sensitivity and understanding. I continue to see Therese on a regular basis for my overall health and would highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve the way they feel or just wants to stay healthy.Karina M.
I have been to a few practitioners, but have never felt more at ease than with Therese. She has a gentle touch and presence about her. She does a very thorough consultation and really takes her time to explain the procedures. I've never had better results.Diane T.
Therese is an amazing healer who truly cares for each person that visits her. As an acupuncture colleague I find Therese to be very knowledgeable, competent and professional. Her passion lends the spark to excel in her field which she truly does. I, myself, have seen Therese for acupuncture multiple times and I can testify that each time she is completely devoted to providing the help I need. Her gentle, yet straight forward, approach is fantastic! I have and will continue to recommend Therese to those seeking ways to improve their health.Daniel D.
Therese is very easy to talk to and knowledgeable about the body. You can tell she really is passionate about what she does and she really cares about her clients. Its nice to be able to trust someone when you're feeling sick or hurting.. and I would recommend Therese to all my friends!!Kacie F.
MEET YOUR PRACTITIONER
Meet Your Practitioner
Known for her patient-centered approach to medicine and gentle demeanor, Licensed Acupuncturist Therese M. Powers, L.Ac., brings sincerity, warmth, and individualized care to each interaction at her San Luis Obispo acupuncture office.