Prevention and Wellness from Sydney CBD Medical Centre

Healthy choices are essential to good levels of well being. Giving up tobacco, eating a healthy diet and getting enough exercise will help keep you well and prevent some of Australia’s leading causes of disability and death – heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer.

What is Wellness?

Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of the consequences of each life choice, and taking decisions which lead toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. Our staff is committed to promoting wellness and providing education and support to every patient who comes to our clinic.

The Importance of Preventive Care

Preventive care is critical to your overall health. This type of healthcare includes screenings, exams, tests, and immunisations that identify health problems early on so you can take action to keep them from becoming chronic conditions.

Promoting Wellness in Our Community

Medicine and public healthcare professionals share an ethical foundation in promoting wellness and preventive care. This comes from the essential and direct role that good health plays in human success.

People think of a physician’s role as diagnosing and treating illness once it occurs. An important part of healthcare includes a professional commitment to prevent disease and promote health and well-being for their patients and the community. At Sydney CBD Medical Centre, our team takes this commitment seriously.

What are the three levels of prevention?

Many people who come to us want to know “What are the three levels of prevention?” The three levels of prevention include primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Primary prevention

Primary prevention targets disease before it occurs. It involves taking good care of your health by eating well, exercising, and refraining from activities such as smoking.

Secondary prevention

Secondary prevention targets the possible impacts of an existing disease. For example, if you have type II diabetes, secondary prevention involves working with a healthcare professional to keep your weight and blood sugar low.

Tertiary prevention

Tertiary prevention involves reducing the impact of an event that has already happened – for example, using stroke rehabilitation to return to a fulfilling state of living.

What does a wellness clinic do?

Health and wellness are important to us all. When you attend a wellness clinic, you’re aiming to improve or maintain your current state of health. At our health and wellness centre, we’ll assess your physical condition and provide you with plans that meet your needs. A lot of the time, this focuses on preventative health. A good example of this in practice is someone attending our clinic because they’re concerned about their weight. If our tests reveal a high BMI and high cholesterol, we can create a plan that will address both issues.

How can I engage in preventative health?

Using a health and wellbeing program such as the ones we provide at Sydney CBD Medical Centre is an excellent start. Preventative health involves anticipating a certain disease and taking the right steps towards preventing it. You may decide to use a wellness clinic because you’re concerned about a particular type of cancer, for example. We can perform tests that routinely screen for cancers and use your risk profile to create the best preventative health program available.

What does a wellness exam involve?

We shape our wellness exams to each patient’s needs. Our clinicians prefer to do this as some tests are unnecessary for certain age groups and backgrounds. For example, a wellness exam that includes routine testing for blood in your faeces becomes more necessary as you get older. Many wellness exams will include lots of routine tests you may experience at your doctor’s office – for example, blood pressure, breathing rate, and testing the range of movement in particular joints.

Whatever your tests involve, we’ll make sure they’re designed to reduce your risk of certain diseases. In many cases, we won’t find anything unusual. In a lot of cases, we’ll identify modifiable risk factors that you can control. Thanks to our expertise, we’re able to offer secondary and tertiary prevention measures that focus on lots of conditions.

What age should I start having wellness exams?