Wellness Exam

A routine wellness exam prevents life-changing health problems and optimizes your quality of life. The providers at AtEase Family Medical Clinic in Lewisville, Texas, offer wellness exams to identify diseases before they develop and help you make changes to reduce your risk of ill health. Call the office to arrange your wellness exam or schedule a consultation by completing the online booking form today.

What is a wellness exam?

A wellness exam is a routine medical checkup that the AtEase Family Medical Clinic team performs as one of their preventive medicine services.

A wellness exam enables your provider to identify signs of health problems early, often before you start experiencing symptoms. Waiting until conditions like diabetes make you sick means you could suffer irreversible damage. Some disorders, like high cholesterol and hypertension (high blood pressure), don’t cause any symptoms.

Wellness exams also enable your provider to check your risk factors for heart attacks, strokes, and other serious disorders. They can then offer advice to reduce your chance of suffering from such problems.

What happens at a wellness exam?

The AtEase Family Medical Clinic team personalizes each patient’s wellness exam to suit their specific needs, but certain aspects apply to everyone.

Your provider reviews your medical history, then asks how you feel and if you’ve any health concerns. They ask about your lifestyle, including your diet, how much you exercise, whether you drink alcohol or smoke tobacco, and how much stress you experience. Then they complete a physical exam. They start with the following basic health indicators:

• Temperature
• Blood pressure
• Heart rate
• Respiration (breathing) rate
• Blood oxygen levels
• Heart and lung sounds
• Reflexes

Your provider examines your joints, skin, eyes, ears, and throat, and looks for abnormalities like lumps and skin lesions. They also evaluate your movement and balance and look for signs of mental health problems or dementia.

Wellness exams often include blood tests, and you may require certain cancer screenings, such as a Pap smear for cervical cancer.

What happens after my wellness exam?

After your wellness exam, your provider discusses anything of concern and the next steps. This might involve having further tests or diagnostic imaging studies like X-rays or a CT scan.

You also get a preventive medicine plan offering advice on improving your health and reducing your risk of health problems. This could include:

• Weight loss
• Exercising more
• Dietary changes
• Improving sleep quality
• Quitting smoking and alcohol

After your test results return from the lab, your provider contacts you to discuss the findings and advise you if you need further treatment.

Call AtEase Family Medical Clinic to arrange your wellness exam or book an appointment online today.