Wellness of Mind, Body and Spirit

Annual Wellness Visits Help You Achieve Your Goals

Healthy living is about more than visiting the doctor when you're sick or have an injury. It's about finding joy, staying active, eating well, and investing in the health of your body, mind and emotions.

How Can a Wellness Visit Help?

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Visiting your doctor when you're well is your best opportunity to talk about your healthy living goals.

At ETSU Health, we want to help you enjoy your life to its fullest. That's why we'll talk about not just your physical health, but also how you're doing emotionally and mentally.

An annual checkup also provides an opportunity to detect early signs of potential health issues, allows you to receive preventive care, and establishes a relationship with your primary care provider.

What Is an Annual Wellness Visit?

An annual checkup is a yearly appointment that allows your doctor to assess your overall wellness and enables your care team to maintain an updated picture of your current health to monitor for any changes. At this visit, your doctor can talk with you about the goals you want to set and how to best achieve them.

What Are the Benefits?

Learn if You're at Risk for Disease
Find Health Problems Early
Get Up to Date on Tests and Screenings
Save Money
Build a Relationship With Your Doctor

Going to an annual checkup is an important step in ensuring a healthier and happier life. Preventative care helps you to make healthy choices, which can improve your quality of life and reduce your risk of developing a chronic disease. Chronic conditions are those such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. These conditions also increase your risk for severe illness from certain infectious diseases, like the flu and COVID-19.

Talking with your doctor is a great way to address concerns regarding your health and gain information on how to improve daily habits and reach goals. Catching health issues early is essential as it leads to better recovery and, in many cases, will save you money.

3 tips for preparing for your annual checkup appointment:

List medications and supplements that you are currently using.
Note your family health history and your medical history.
Prepare questions for your appointment.

Why Choose ETSU Health for Your Primary Care?

Our ETSU Health clinics offer care for your whole family, from Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine to behavioral health, nutritionists, and more. Our providers can help you best maintain your resolutions by understanding your physical, mental, social and behavioral needs.

Plus, we have specialists inside all of our primary care clinics!

If you want to change your diet or to set a new weight loss goal, one of our nutritionists can help you determine a safe and appropriate plan to help achieve your goals and better your health.

We also have Behavioral Health Consultants inside every primary care clinic who can often see you during the same visit as when you see your primary care doctor. Behavioral Health is medical care that helps manage emotions and behaviors. Our BHCs can help you manage stress, stop habits like smoking or vaping, and even get better sleep.

Talk to your ETSU Health primary care provider about how our BHCs can help you meet your goals.