When scheduling your physical, please ask which would be best for your child: a sports physical or annual wellness visit. Just bring in your form during your appointment! There is a $50 flat fee for this appointment as it is not covered by insurance. No matter the sport or organization, our providers are available to assist you and your child with just their physical for sports, band, school, girl scouts, boy scouts, camp, etc. A child’s AWC encompasses the school required Sports Physical and much more, and is also usually 100% covered by insurance. Most insurance covers an Annual Wellness Check (AWC) at no cost to you, in fact many plans also provide you rewards or premium discounts if you complete an AWC. To make life easier (and what parent wouldn’t like that), we recommend asking to have your child’s sports physical completed when scheduling your child’s next routine well-child visit/annual wellness check. Paperwork piles up, and sports physicals sneak up on us just before our children’s sport and activity begins. The form is due, what do you do? We’ve all been there. These visits are the foundation for promoting continuity of care and a long-lasting relationship for effective medical management and care. In addition, a discussion will take place regarding nutrition, sleep habits, development (physical, cognitive, and social) along with counseling regarding health and safety risks, and adolescent issues surrounding peer pressure, drugs, tobacco and alcohol. Compare that to an Annual Wellness Visit that usually includes a complete physical examination, a review of the child’s medical history and status of chronic conditions, weight, height and body mass index measurements and percentiles. During this visit, the patient will NOT receive developmental assessments, anticipatory guidance, or review of vaccine records. Here are the differences…Ī Sports Physical includes a physical examination and a brief discussion of the child’s medical history. Well-child visits are an important way to keep track of your child’s emotional, social, and physical health and development. The sports physical is designed to clear an athlete for participation in sports or other physically strenuous activities while the well child exam includes much more comprehensive care. Many families believe that a sports physical is equivalent to a well child exam, however, this is simply not true. As more and more schools and urgent care clinics offer “convenient” sports physicals, it is important to explain to our patients the difference between a well child exam and a sports physical.
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