Your hour. Not shared.
No techs bouncing between rooms, no handoffs mid-visit. Just you and a physical therapist, the whole time.
About Excel Physical Therapy
Most clinics manage your symptoms and call it a plan. We built this place to end them: one-on-one, with a physical therapist, every single visit.
Our Story
Dr. Dhawal Bhanushali, PT, DPT, Founder
Dr. Dhawal Bhanushali earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy through Loma Linda University’s post-professional program. He started his career at a skilled nursing facility in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was promoted to Rehab Director, leading a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists caring for more than 700 residents.
That path led him to Sutter Senior Care’s PACE program, first as Rehabilitation Supervisor, then as Center Manager, providing operational leadership for a program serving more than 400 vulnerable seniors in the community.
His hands-on approach owes as much to his mother, an Ayurvedic therapist for 30 years, as it does to his advanced training in Mulligan and Vestibular therapy techniques. He specializes in orthopedic and neurological conditions, with a particular focus on neck pain, foot pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, and vertigo. The people who do best here are the ones who fix things: their houses, their teams, their families. This is where they finally fix the thing they’ve been putting off: themselves.
What We Believe
No techs bouncing between rooms, no handoffs mid-visit. Just you and a physical therapist, the whole time.
You’ve probably chased the pain itself before and never found why it started. We find the why, then the ache stops coming back.
You shouldn’t need a punch card. Every plan comes with a graduation date, so you always know how close you are.
Your job, your body, your goals: that’s what your plan is built around, never pulled from a generic sheet.
The Difference
Feel the difference in your first visit.
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Built his approach to care around what he learned leading rehab teams in skilled nursing and senior care before opening Excel.
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Tore her own ACL playing high school rugby, and has led with empathy and a movement-first approach ever since.
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Watched his father go through physical therapy growing up, and has treated every age group from inpatient to outpatient since.
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Trained in India and holds a Master’s in Public Health, bringing a broader view of wellness to every inpatient and outpatient case she takes on.
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Focuses on neck, shoulder, lumbar, hip, knee, and ankle care, with a simple philosophy: be kind, have fun, enjoy life.
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Brings ortho, neuromuscular, pediatric, and post-surgical experience from her years as a PT aide before becoming a PTA.
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Spent four years as a medical assistant before joining Excel, and still leads with the same compassion and accountability.
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Sets up E-Stim and hot-cold packs and guides patients through their exercises with patience and sincerity.
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Has been a PT patient herself, and brings that firsthand understanding to every patient she helps at Excel.
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Handles financial planning and insurance navigation with the same integrity and loyalty he brings to everything else.
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Handles scheduling and insurance authorizations, drawing on her background in front-office and admin work.
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We treat Lodi: your neighbors, your teammates, your kids’ coaches. The mom who’s been pushing through it so nobody else has to worry? She’s probably on our schedule too. Recovery is a lot more personal when it’s local.
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Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
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That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
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