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Check In for a Check Up
It’s that time of year again for camp and sports physicals. Whether required by summer programs or by middle and high-school sports and activities, many students at some point during the summer will see their regular doctor to get an annual checkup and fill out the necessary forms for camp and school at the same time.
ARC doctors know how important it is to get the paperwork filled out and encourage you to make sure to get an annual check up for your child, rather than just a sport’s physical. Often, we find that families choose to do the quick sports physical screening and forego a more complete annual exam for their child. However, annual checkups are vitally important for your children, because, unlike sports physicals, they also include:
- regular monitoring of growth and nutrition, including monitoring for obesity;
- screening for familial medical conditions like high cholesterol and high blood pressure;
- updating required immunizations;
- assessment of social and emotional development; and
- assessment of high risk behaviors like smoking, alcohol consumption, and unprotected sex.
We make it easy for patients to get their annual check up and fill out all necessary paperwork at the same time, including updating immunizations, by offering Walk-in Physicals from May thru July. The ARC primary care locations offering Walk-in Physicals are detailed below:
Walk-in Physical Hours: May thru July 2011
Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays
8am - 10am
ARC Anderson Mill:
(512) 250-5571
ARC Cedar Park:
(512) 259-3467
ARC Discovery:
(512) 528-2300
ARC Far West:
(512) 346-6611
ARC Hutto:
(512) 846-1244
ARC Kyle Plum Creek:
(512) 295-1333
ARC Pflugerville:
(512) 989-2680
ARC Quarry Lake:
(512) 338-8388
ARC Round Rock:
(512) 244-9024
ARC South:
(512) 443-1311
ARC Southwest:
(512) 282-8967
Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays
2pm - 4pm
ARC Anderson Mill:
(512) 250-5571
ARC Cedar Park:
(512) 259-3467
ARC Discovery:
(512) 528-2300
ARC Far West:
(512) 346-6611
ARC Quarry Lake:
(512) 338-8388
ARC Round Rock:
(512) 244-9024
Patients will be seen based on availability. To avoid long wait times and for other available days and times, call ahead for an appointment. There is no additional charge to have your doctor complete and sign the necessary sports or camp forms.
If your child has already had his or her annual checkup within the year, ARC doctors will be happy to fill out the necessary paperwork based on that exam so that you do not have to make another appointment.
Please call your ARC doctor today to make your well-check appointment for the summer. We’ll help you make sure you child is ready for camp, band, drill team, sports, and more!
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