Does Your Child Need a School Physical?

When your child begins school, it’s time for your child to begin having school physicals by a pediatrician, performed every year to make sure your child stays healthy.

Regular school physicals can help identify, prevent, and treat acute and chronic diseases including allergies, asthma, heart issues, and more. During your child’s school physical, your pediatrician will perform a comprehensive physical examination, check respiration, eyes, nose, throat, and ears, perform vision and hearing screening, and record vital signs.

Immunizations are another vitally important part of your child’s school physical, and are required for your child to attend school.

If your child wants to play a sport, a sports physical may be combined with the school physical, checking balance, reflexes, flexibility, muscle strength, and breathing.