A preventive health screening is a combination of diagnostic methods used to highlight any possible health concerns. In today’s fast-paced world, we often react to things, rather than working to proactively create our future. When it comes to our health, unfortunately, the same is often true. If this resonates with you, you’re not alone, but that doesn’t mean that the “reaction” mentality to medical concerns cannot change. Preventive screenings give patients a unique opportunity to discover any red fags with their health in hopes of avoiding potential future illnesses or diseases.

Functional medicine doctors center treatments around promoting a happier, healthier version of you. From your personalized treatment plan to recommended treatment, everything is centered around preventing health issues. To create your personalized roadmap, our team of professional and compassionate doctors will perform a Comprehensive Health Assessment to deep dive on your genetic makeup, health concerns, and preventative measures you can take. Here’s what to expect during a preventative visit.

• Two appointments with a practitioner: Spending ample time with our patients is important to us, especially in the early stages of care plan development where learning as much as possible about each patient is imperative to building an effective treatment plan. We will spend time collecting information about any pre-existing medical history in order to gain insight into a fuller picture of your health.
• Full Body Wellness Scan: Utilizing 128 physiological indicators, we can assess a total body overview in just a matter of minutes with non-invasive scanning technology.
• Comprehensive labs and blood draw: By examining your comprehensive health profile including your metabolic panel, blood count, vitamin D, hemoglobin A1C, urinalysis, and more, we can gain invaluable insight (and you can too).
• Wellness grade: Your practitioner can calculate a wellness grade that you can use as a benchmark to measure your progress over time as you make changes in diet and lifestyle choices tailored specifically for you.
• Personalized recommendations: Utilizing the data collected from testing and conversations, we can create a personalized treatment plan centered around your future health, wellness, and vitality.

Bloodwork allows your practitioner to better understand the innermost workings of your body, so that an effective treatment plan can be developed. Bloodwork results can provide crucial information including markers for inflammation, organ function, and more.

Blood work can include a complete blood count (CBC), cholesterol panels, blood type analysis, thyroid function tests, and a comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) are all common preventative labs. Urinalysis is also used often to detect urinary tract infections, kidney disease, and diabetes.

The reason for needing a preventative health screening is in its name. You need a preventative health screening because many diseases and illnesses are preventable. With time, you can experience the power of preventive healthcare. There’s no better investment of time than your health and future. Investing the time to get a preventative health screening can save you years of future medical troubles.

While a diagnostic screening can be one aspect of preventative screenings, there are differences between a preventative and diagnostic screening. Diagnostic screenings are commonly sought after symptoms that have presented themselves. Preventative screenings on the other hand, can be utilized at any time, but ideally before any symptoms are present. Preventative screenings are designed to identify opportunities that can help you avoid health conditions while preserving your health as long as possible.

A wellness visit is typically for the purpose of helping a patient feel better. Preventative visits should be made before a patient feels unwell.

Stress tests can be part of a preventative health screening. Stress has a significant impact on our cardiovascular health, nervous systems, mental health, and general wellbeing. The effects of stress can fly under the radar in the midst of our busy lives and schedules. Stress tests can be an important addition to preventative health screenings.

As a part of what we discussed above, here is a more comprehensive checklist of some things you may be able to expect at an annual preventative health screening.

• Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis
• Adrenal, Stress and Cortisol Testing
• Complete Thyroid Panels
• Autoimmune Panels
• Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
• Hormone Testing
• Gut Parasite Testing
• Advanced Mold Testing
• Body Composition Testing
• Food Sensitivities & Dietary Antigen Testing
• Vitamin and Mineral Testing
• Vitamin D Testing
• Essential Fatty Acid Testing
• Fat to Muscle Ratio
• Micronutrient Testing

Health screenings are more than worth it. They can give you years of your life back. A preventative health screening focuses on prevention rather than merely treating illness after it has already occurred. This helps individuals create healthier habits now so they don’t face serious medical consequences down the road. Prioritize your health and make time to get a preventative health screening. You deserve to be the best and healthiest version of yourself.

Prioritize a healthy, happy version of you, before you meet another version. Schedule a preventative health screening today!