4 Reasons To Get Your Annual Physical Exam
As each year comes and goes one thing should always stay the same: making your health a priority. One of the easiest ways to make this a reality is by making sure to get your annual physical exams. North Florida Medical Center makes family care a priority by making it easy for you and your loved ones to get your annual exam. As you get ready to schedule yours, here are four reasons why making this a yearly routine is important.
1. Establish Your Personal Health Baseline
When you get your health checked each year, you can get insights on any current health problems and potential risk factors for disease. Getting an annual exam helps you establish a personal “health baseline” that will allow your doctor to spot unhealthy trends early on before they become serious risk factors.
2. Preventative Screenings
When you begin to make your health a priority it’s important to know that giving an inch of prevention is worth a mile in long-term health. Your annual check-up is curated specifically for you and your needs. This can include looking at any vaccinations you may be due for. Or for women, this can include Pap smear, breast cancer screenings, colon cancer screenings, etc.
3. Learn About Any Chronic Diseases
The numbers sadly show us that three in five adults in the U.S. live with a chronic illness. Even worse two in five adults live with multiple chronic diseases. This can look like heart disease, diabetes, etc.
When you go in for your annual check-up it allows your doctor to review your current risk factors for any potential chronic diseases. Discuss any lifestyle choices that need to change, assess any health changes that developed over the last year, and provide you with tools to manage your risk.
4. Create Trust With Your Doctor
We understand that annual checkups are important, we also understand that they can be vulnerable. That’s why it’s so important to have a great relationship with your doctor. We can guarantee that our North Florida Medical Center doctors are ready to care for you.
If you’re ready to set up an appointment for your annual check-up, click here! We can’t wait to see you.
