Lifestyle Medicine in Bellevue, WA
Access lifestyle medicine through convenient telehealth appointments from the comfort of your home in Bellevue.
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
True health encompasses more than just the physical body. Dr. Sanika addresses sleep, stress management, movement, and other lifestyle factors that significantly impact your overall well-being.
What to Expect
Lifestyle medicine addresses the foundational aspects of health including sleep, stress management, movement, relationships, and purpose. Dr. Sanika takes a comprehensive look at how these factors are influencing your well-being.
Rather than overwhelming you with changes, Dr. Sanika helps you identify the most impactful lifestyle modifications for your situation. You will receive practical, evidence-based strategies that fit into your real life.
This approach recognizes that true healing requires more than supplements or dietary changes. By addressing lifestyle factors, you create sustainable conditions for long-term health and vitality.
Conditions Treated with Lifestyle Medicine
Dr. Sanika uses lifestyle medicine to address a wide range of health concerns:
Serving Bellevue Residents
Telehealth Appointments
While our physical office is located in Kirkland, Dr. Sanika is pleased to offer telehealth appointments to residents throughout Bellevue and the greater Seattle area. Telehealth provides the same high-quality naturopathic care from the comfort and convenience of your home.
Telehealth appointments are available on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Many Bellevue residents find telehealth appointments ideal for follow-up visits, lifestyle counseling, and discussing lab results.
About Bellevue: Bellevue is the largest city on the Eastside with a highly diverse population: 38% Asian, 49% White, 7% Hispanic/Latino, and 6% other ethnicities. The median age is 38, and the city has one of the highest median household incomes in Washington at $135,000. The population is predominantly college-educated (68% with bachelor's degrees or higher), with many working in tech, healthcare, and business sectors. There's a strong emphasis on wellness, fitness, and preventive healthcare.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Dr. Sanika see patients in person in Bellevue?
Dr. Sanika's in-person office is located in nearby Kirkland at 12911 120th Ave NE, Suite J-3 (about 10 minutes from downtown Bellevue). However, many Bellevue patients prefer the convenience of telehealth appointments, which are available on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Telehealth allows you to receive comprehensive naturopathic care from the comfort of your home or office.
How does telehealth work for naturopathic medicine?
Telehealth appointments are conducted via secure video conferencing and are just as comprehensive as in-person visits. Dr. Sanika can review your health history, discuss symptoms, interpret lab results, create personalized treatment plans, and prescribe supplements or botanical medicines. Lab orders can be sent to convenient locations throughout Bellevue, including Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp at Overlake Medical Center.
Can I get lab work done in Bellevue?
Yes! Dr. Sanika works with multiple lab companies with convenient Bellevue locations. Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp both have facilities near Overlake Medical Center. Lab orders are sent electronically, and you can choose the location most convenient for you. Results are reviewed during your follow-up appointment, which can be done via telehealth.
What lifestyle factors do you address?
Dr. Sanika evaluates sleep quality and quantity, stress levels and coping strategies, physical activity patterns, social connections, time in nature, screen time, work-life balance, and sense of purpose. We identify which areas are most impacting your health and create a realistic plan for improvement.
How do you help with stress management?
Stress management is personalized to your needs and preferences. This may include mindfulness practices, breathing exercises, time management strategies, boundary setting, nervous system regulation techniques, or connecting you with appropriate mental health resources. The goal is finding approaches that resonate with you and that you will actually use.
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Dr. Sanika Kshirsagar, ND
Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine (ND)
Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA
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