Busy Families Flock to Urgent Care Centers for Sports Physicals

It’s that time of year to bring out the cleats, gloves and helmets. But before you drop the kids off at the practice field, make sure they’ve been given a clean bill of health to play. Most schools require students to have a standard sports physical before participating in school athletics, but squeezing a sports physical into an already busy schedule is a challenge for most families.

Fortunately, the benefits of having a sports physical at your neighborhood urgent care center make it easy to cross this important “to do” off your list:    

• Convenient – most urgent care centers are open 7 days a week with extended hours

• Affordable – the cost is usually significantly less than a regular doctors office visit, and many offer discounts during the back-to-school season

• No appointment needed – Choose the day and time that’s most convenient for you

As mentioned in last week’s blog titled Back-To-School Check Ups: What You Need to Know, a sports physical will include the following:

• A review of medical history
• A recording of height and weight
• A reading of blood pressure and pulse

Urgent care centers from Arizona to North Carolina and in between have recently partnered with iTriage to bring detailed information about their facilities and services to smartphone toting consumers.

To find an urgent care center near you, download the free iTriage consumer healthcare app or visit any of the following urgent care centers that offer sports physicals at multiple locations across the U.S.:

Doctors Care

Locations in South Carolina and Tennessee

$30 sports physical thru September

NextCare

Locations in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina

$25 sports physical with coupon on website

FastMed

Locations in North Carolina and Arizona

Sports Physical Donation Program gives $2 to any participating Jr High, High School or college for each student who receives a $30 physical at participating FastMed locations.

Doctors Express

Multiple locations in 24 states

Sports physicals as low as $25

Empowering patients with information about where to quickly access medical care is one of the most powerful tools found within iTriage. Is your urgent care center featured on iTriage? To learn how to detailed information about your facility in front of the growing number of mobile device users, please contact an iTriage account executive at sales@healthagen.net or call 1-800-985-9605.

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