Happy Wellness Wednesday Family Tree family! As we gear up for cold and flu season, we thought we'd spread some awareness on how you can fight "the cold." Now, while the common cold and influenza can be fairly different in how we treat them, they are both caused by viruses. The annoying part about viruses is that antibiotics are completely useless against them. Far too often we hear from patients that have had cold-like symptoms for over a week, and when we ask what they've

6 Back to School Safety Tips 1. We all know how often kids get sick once school starts, add a thermometer and children’s tylenol/advil to your “back to school” shopping list. An official fever is anything above 100.4 F. The average school-aged child gets sick with “the cold” approximately 5-6 times per year. We at Family Tree Primary Care are here for you at those unfortunate but inevitable times when your child does come down with something. Feel free to text, call or em

Happy Wellness Wednesday, everyone! Today’s topic is one that is very near and dear to our hearts not only as physicians, but also as fellow parents: school and sports physicals. If you have school age children, you’re likely familiar with school physicals but today we would like to discuss why they are important and what opportunities they offer parents for their child’s development. Oftentimes physicals are looked upon as just a formality of needing a form signed to get you

We are halfway through 2018 and wanted to address those New Year’s resolutions you made back in January. 1000+ participants in a 2017 survey of New Year's Resolutions ( https://www.statista.com/statistics/378105/new-years-resolution/) showed that the majority of Americans wanted to save more money or get in better shape. Those are very vague goals, however, and I would guess many of them were not completed. If those goals hit close to home or even if they don’t and you have c

Happy Wellness Wednesday to our Family Tree Family! After our previous WW posts we asked for some topics you’d like us to discuss, and we’ve listened! Today we’d like to talk about mental health awareness. We know, it’s not a fun topic, but it’s important and truly lifesaving. We need to talk about it sometimes. You need to talk about it. This isn’t about a statin medication that lowers your cardiovascular disease risk across a 10-year timeframe. This is something that affect