New Year, New You: Why Your Annual Physical Is the First Step

As we usher in a new year, it’s an ideal time to evaluate your life and find areas where you might make some key improvements. And your health should be at the top of this list, especially if you consider that our collective health and wellness is at risk. 

For starters, about 129 million American adults have at least one chronic disease, and the future isn’t looking any brighter. Researchers predict that issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity will continue to increase over the next couple decades in the United States.

One of the best ways to stay a step ahead of your health is through your annual physical, which is an effective frontline defense against sickness and disease. 

To explain the important role that your annual physical can play in your overall health and wellness, we turn to our multidisciplinary team at LaSante Health Center. 

Preventive care is preferable to sick care

One of the biggest benefits of your annual physical, and one of the main reasons most healthcare plans cover these visits fully, is that we’re able to take a preventive approach to your health.

During these annual visits, our team collects valuable baseline data about your health so we can detect any worrisome trends and patterns from one year to the next. From blood and urine tests to the vital statistics that we collect during your physical exam, we review key aspects of your health to monitor any changes.

This oversight allows us to identify potential risk factors and then help you take steps to reduce them. After all, avoiding a health problem is a lot better than managing one.

A team for all your healthcare needs

An annual physical is a good practice under any circumstance, but when you have it done here at LaSante, the benefits only get better. Why? We've pulled together medical providers from key areas under one roof, including internal medicine, women’s health, cardiology, podiatry, mental and behavioral health, and more. 

So, if we find something we want to investigate further during your annual physical, we often have you covered. Having your healthcare in one convenient spot can be a real time-saver, and we’ve found that we can serve patients better and more efficiently.

Personalized patient care

Coming in regularly for your annual physical exam allows us to accomplish our mission, which is to provide patients with personalized care.

Not only do we perform key health checks during these visits, but we take the time to sit down and talk with you. Annual physicals are a good time to ask questions, review symptoms, and cover any concerns you might have about your health or your medical history.

So, we encourage you to keep up with your annual physicals, and we want you to come armed with as many questions as you’d like.

Stay healthy through ongoing care

There are many other reasons you should keep up with your annual physical this year — and every year — but we’re going to stop here so you can take the most important step, which is setting up your visit.

To set that in motion, please book an appointment online or call us at our Brooklyn, New York, clinic at 718-804-5879. Easier still, we welcome walk-ins during our hours of operation.   

Our team proudly serves the Flatbush and East Flatbush, Crown Heights, Park Slope, Little Haiti, Little Caribbean, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens communities.