Regular blood testing is key in keeping track of your overall physical well-being. Getting tested regularly may help allow you to see how your body changes over time and test results will empower you to make informed decisions about your overall health. Your doctor may recommend that you have routine blood work when you have your yearly physical performed.

However, this is the minimum and there are a number of reasons you want to get more blood tests done more often: your want to reduce your risk of disease or complications; you want to optimize your health, and you are experiencing unusual persistent symptoms.

Typically, a thorough physical exam will last approximately thirty minutes. Physical exams measure important vital signs – including your body temperature, and blood pressure, and evaluate your body using a variety of techniques, which may include observation, palpitation, percussion, and auscultation.