All Children Pediatrics is a place where children can go for their school and sports physicals. Our four skilled and experienced pediatric doctors are compassionate and devoted to quality child healthcare. Our doctors want to explain to Louisville, KY, parents the difference between a school physical and a sports physical and why these physicals can't replace each other.
School Physicals
Schools throughout the United States require your child to go to their pediatrician for a school physical before school starts. Schools also mandate vaccinations to help protect you, your family, and your child. Things included in a school physical include:
- Immunization review
- Recent family history
- Review of the child's medical records
- Measurements of height, weight, blood pressure
- Lung, heart, abdomen sounds
- Vision and hearing tests
- Medication review
- Milestone skills, growth, development review
- Completion of school forms
- Allergy review
- Answering health questions
Sports Physicals
Your child's school and you certainly don't want any child to become seriously ill due to an underlying health condition worsening while participating in a sporting event. Screening for underlying health issues in your child is critical for everyone concerned. Sports physicals include:
- Complete medical history
- Complete physical exam, especially bone structure
- Review of family medical history
- Review of childhood diseases
- Screening for alcohol and drug use
- Review of allergies
- Review of adverse reactions during sports events like heat sensitivity, fainting, and dizziness
- Nutrition, weight, and height assessments
- Immunization review
- Genital issues
- Review of prior surgeries, fractures, sprains, concussions
- Review of mental health issues
- Reflex testing
- Eyes, ears, nose, and throat tests
- Heart, lung sounds, heart rate, blood pressure testing
- Complete sports forms
Your child's safety while participating in sports is of the utmost importance, and a sports physical may or may not clear your child to play in sporting events.
If our doctors discover an underlying condition putting your child at risk for injury or harm during sporting events, we will discuss this with you and your child, reassess our findings, and give you treatment options.
Sports Physical vs School Physical
A sports physical is usually designed to test for someone’s fitness to engage in particular activities.
A school physical is a more comprehensive exam looking at the child's mental and physical well-being. Most school systems require individual physicals. If you see a quality pediatric doctor, call All Children Pediatrics at 502-244-6373 located in Louisville, KY, for your child's school and sports physicals.
Our experienced, skilled, and compassionate doctors devoted to quality healthcare for children provide numerous services to the residents in and around Louisville. You will love our doctors as much as our children, love us as their doctors. We consider it a privilege to care for your child.