Family Medicine

When you or someone in your immediate family needs medical care, it’s reassuring to know you can access comprehensive services at a convenient location. Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC, with offices in Cookeville, Gainesboro, Crossville, and Sparta, Tennessee, provides extensive family medicine provision to people of all ages. Their experienced team offers sick visits, urgent care, chronic disease management, preventive medicine, and more, as well as onsite pharmacies, lab testing, and diagnostic imaging facilities. To find out how you could benefit from their expertise in family medicine, call Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC today or book an appointment online.

What is family medicine?

Family medicine takes care of the health needs of every member of your family, from birth to later life. It includes all your primary care, covering everything except emergency medical treatment for severe injuries, heart attacks, strokes, and other life-threatening conditions.

The experienced team at Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC has completed extensive training covering medical areas from pediatrics and gynecology to geriatrics and orthopedics. If you need specialized treatment, the team works with doctors in areas like oncology (cancer care) and cardiology (heart health) to provide your routine care.

What services does family medicine include?

Family medicine practitioners provide comprehensive primary care services, including:

Sick visits

If you or your child are unwell or injured, you can see your family medicine practitioner at Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC for prompt, effective care. The practice has urgent care facilities covering everything from treating colds and flu to stitching wounds and dressing burns.

Chronic disease management

Many health problems are chronic, lasting more than three months and, in many cases, considerably longer. These conditions include diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disorders like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and multiple ongoing health problems, from asthma and eczema to mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.

How does family medicine help me stay healthy?

In addition to providing treatments when you’re sick, the Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC team also offers many services that help you avoid ill health. These services include:

• Annual physicals
• Medicare wellness visits
• Immunizations
• Screening tests

Screening tests check for the earliest stages of diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. They might involve a physical exam, blood tests, or lab analysis of cell samples. Identifying these conditions early on helps prevent them from worsening and becoming less treatable.

The other way Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC’s team helps you stay well is by supporting you with lifestyle changes. These might include losing weight, improving your fitness, finding ways to manage stress more effectively, and quitting bad habits like smoking.

With help from the family medicine experts at Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC, you and your family can enjoy long, productive lives that aren’t affected by preventable diseases.

To learn more about the extensive family medicine services available, call Cookeville Medical Clinic RHC today or book an appointment online.