You want your child to stay healthy, especially when your child is entering school. You also want your child to avoid injuries if your child wants to play a sport. School and sports physicals are an important way to protect your child from illness and injury. The pediatricians at Burlington Pediatrics in Burlington, MA, provide comprehensive medical services for children, including school and sports physicals.
What You Need To Know About School and Sports Physicals
Let’s look at the steps involved in a school physical. During a school physical, your child’s pediatrician will:
- Record your child’s height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and other important information
- Record any current medical issues, injuries, or illnesses your child has experienced
- Perform a physical examination of your child, which also includes the eyes, nose, throat, and ears
- Vision and hearing may also be checked
- Discuss any potential medical issues which may come up when your child attends school
A sports physical contains many of the steps listed above. In addition, your child’s pediatrician will:
- Check your child’s balance, reflexes, flexibility, and strength
- Discuss any potential symptoms like chest pain, breathing problems, or dizziness that happen when your child is physically active
- Determine if your child is healthy enough to play a sport.
During a school and sports physical, your child’s pediatrician will also make sure your child is current on immunizations. Immunizations are required for your child to attend school, and they are one of the easiest and most effective ways to prevent illness and the spread of disease.
To view or print the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, list of immunizations from birth through age 18, please click here.
Want To Know More?
To find out more about the importance of school and sports physicals and how they can help your child, call the pediatricians at Burlington Pediatrics in Burlington, MA. You can reach them in the office by calling (781) 272-2210, so call today.