Best Acupuncturist in San Luis Obispo

(805) 459-6561

Intuitive Acupuncture has been serving San Luis Obispo and the entire Central Coast since 2013. Education, skills, professional experience and life experiences led Jonathan to seek a career as a licensed acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine is the foundation for excellent care, well-being, and improved health for our patients.

We treat a wide variety of conditions such as:

Chronic pain conditions, fibromyalgia, fatigue, back pain, musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, migraines, and other headaches
Gastrointestinal issues
Stress and anxiety
Women’s health issues
Men’s health issues
Allergies and asthma
Addictions, including smoking

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Meet Your Acupuncturists

Jonathan Olcott

Owner and Acupuncturist

Jonathan graduated from the Ya San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a MATCM degree in 2013.

Growing up in San Luis Obispo County, Jonathan’s active and athletic lifestyle was brought to a halt in 2006 when he rolled his truck down a steep ravine on the Cuesta Grade. He was lucky to survive the accident but the resulting thoracic vertebrae compression fracture basically ended his challenging active lifestyle.

The back pain from the injury persisted for years and typical routes of treatment were met with mixed, largely unsatisfactory, results. Not wanting to rely on painkillers or have surgery, Jonathan began exercise therapies like yoga and tai chi, which led him to live on an ashram in Colorado, then to pursue studies in Eastern philosophy and traditional Eastern arts as an undergraduate at Naropa University.

“My first exposure to acupuncture was during this time and I found profound personal relief and healing through these treatments. Through this experience, I found my passion for acupuncture, knowing that I wanted to help others find ways to heal themselves even when the barriers to good health seemed insurmountable,” says Jonathan.

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We Can Help With Your Overall Health and Pain

Acupuncture is widely known as a practice that involves inserting very thin needles into specific places on the body to relieve pain and a variety of other conditions, but it is actually so much more. We offer a wide range of healing services to help people of all ages improve their lives and wellbeing.

Our services include:

Acupuncture: the insertion of very fine, wire-like, sterile, single-use needles into specific points on the body. Intuitive Acupuncture provides the full range of acupuncture treatments including electroacupuncture and orthopedic acupuncture.

Cupping during which glass or plastic cups are used to create suction on the skin, increasing blood flow to the targeted area and releasing muscular tension.

Herbal Therapy uses formulas, tinctures, liniments, and pain patches composed of a variety of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs are prescribed according to each patient’s unique needs. The practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an integrated approach to health and wellbeing that brings balance between the body, mind/spirit, and the environment.

Tuina/Acupressure soft tissue manipulation and bodywork are believed to be the oldest system of bodywork. It originated in ancient China and is one of the four main branches of traditional Chinese medicine. Tuina is similar to acupuncture but instead of needles, practitioners use their fingertips to apply gentle pressure to stimulate the energetic meridians and acupoints.

Gua Sha uses a metal or ceramic tool rubbed across the surface of the skin to free adhesions (layers of tissue that are fused together causing pain and dysfunction) and to increase blood flow.

Moxibustion during which heat is applied to specific points on the body by burning the herb, mugwort(Artemisia vulgaris) close to the surface of the skin.

Acupuncture Clinic San Luis Obispo, CA

At Intuitive Acupuncture we empower our patients to heal themselves by providing effective and compassionate care that emphasizes patient education and holistic wellness.

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