Dr. Ashok Bhandari

I want to thank Dr. Bhandari for coaching me back to health and strength last year as I was struggling with frozen shoulder, knee issues, and lower back pain. I'm currently free of back pain, jogging multiple times a week, and am even able to kayak and paddleboard this summer! I often think of the gift of you training me to know how to stretch and strengthen my body. It was and is SO empowering!! I started developing frozen shoulder in my OTHER shoulder but I'm keeping it from progressing by stretching and strengthening in the ways Dr. Bhandari taught me. I'm SO grateful to be able to self-manage my health needs and build strength on my own at home. It's really turned my life around and given me a sense of self-agency with my health again. Thank you Dr. Bhandari for being an empowering, excellent, knowledgeable practitioner who truly cares about his patients!

I saw Dr. Bhandari after suffering a major motor vehicle accident, with many neurological symptoms. Being a medical student and not being able to attend lecture, recall lecture material or have the stamina to study was a very debilitating process. Dr. Bhandari provided me with the tools of brain health, and motivated me to trust the process, that my body would heal with time via Naturopathic medicine. I went from not being able to drive, to becoming a teaching assistant in Neurology and helping students prepare for medical board examinations. Dr. Bhandari's approach and support is something I will forever be grateful for. He literally brought me back to life.

It was overall an amazing experience. I learned a lot about the physiology, the mental health aspect, how exercise affects our entire body overall, and how to implement them in a clinical setting. He's very helpful in terms of how he has applied his clinical experience and how he actually integrates naturopathic medicine. I would recommend this seminar to anyone interested in exercise science or any naturopathic physician — this course really gives you an idea of what type of exercises to prescribe, how to prescribe them, and how to truly take the patient into consideration when doing so.

My overall experience was flat out excellent. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is even slightly interested in exercise, or for anyone who just sees the bullet point 'Exercise' on a slide in class. This class offers you a lot more inside that bullet point — two straight days explaining it. I'd recommend this to any student or doctor who plans on using exercise with all of their patients.

Overall the seminar was excellent. I've never had two days go by faster in four years of academics at Bastyr. It was truly a pleasure. What's lacking in our education is being able to individualize exercise treatment to each person and address particular pathologies — this course addresses that in a way I haven't seen before. I would recommend this to any health professional — ND, MD, DO — anyone seeing patients in a preventative manner should be familiar with this information.

This course was well worth the time and money spent. It should be a part of the curriculum for every ND student. I will be a more effective and competent practitioner from what I've learned. My patients will benefit most!

My overall experience was really great. I'm really grateful for the tying together of everything we've been learning in classes in a way that is practical and feels very relevant to patients — it makes me feel capable of helping people. I would definitely recommend this seminar to both classmates and practicing doctors. It's a really useful way to get a broader perspective on how you can help patients learn to help themselves with exercise, and practical ideas of how to approach conditions in a way that is holistic and looks to treat the cause.

Dr. Bhandari is my go-to colleague for a second opinion or considerations for my chronic pain or athletic performance cases. He is thorough in his assessments and has detailed guidance for individualized care. He brings passion to each case and I deeply trust him and his approach.