Wellness Assessments

Wellness assessments are essential routine checkups designed to ensure your overall health and detect any potential medical conditions before they escalate. At Mountainside Medical, Carson Gomez, AGPCNP, and the experienced team in Stevensville, Montana, provide personalized wellness assessments tailored to your specific needs. These assessments offer valuable benefits, including lifestyle counseling, preventive health screenings, and medication reviews, all aimed at optimizing your well-being. To learn how a wellness assessment can enhance your health, call Mountainside Medical or schedule an in-person or telehealth appointment online today.

What Are Wellness Assessments?

Wellness assessments are a key component of preventive medicine at Mountainside Medical, designed to help you maintain your health and catch any potential issues before they develop into more serious conditions. Regular health reviews are crucial at every age, even if you're not currently experiencing symptoms. At Mountainside Medical, we offer comprehensive evaluations tailored to your needs, including specialized geriatric assessments for seniors.

Medicare Wellness Visits are also available at no cost for qualifying patients. While these visits do not include tests or treatments, they focus on identifying areas where lifestyle changes could improve your health.

What Happens During a Wellness Assessment?

Your wellness assessment will be personalized, but typically includes:

• Weight and body mass index (BMI) measurement
• Pulse and heartbeat assessment
• Blood pressure and temperature checks
• Lung sound examination
• Inspection for lumps, lesions, and other abnormalities
• Evaluation of joints, hair, and skin

In addition to the physical exam, your provider will review your personal and family medical history, discuss any current symptoms or concerns, and conduct a medication management review. Further tests, such as blood and urine analyses, may be ordered to assess infections, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels. If needed, additional lab tests or diagnostic imaging, such as X-rays or ultrasounds, may be arranged.

What Happens After My Wellness Exam?

The results of your wellness assessment could range from a clean bill of health to the identification of areas needing improvement. You may receive recommendations for lifestyle counseling to help manage or prevent conditions like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. If specific health issues are detected, such as high cholesterol or diabetes, your provider can prescribe treatments and recommend preventive screenings, like a colonoscopy, to catch potential problems early.

To schedule your wellness assessment, call Mountainside Medical today or book an appointment online for an in-person or telehealth consultation.