Why not just do a Biophysical 250? Isn’t that a comprehensive health evaluation?

Remember when full body CT scans were fashionable? Well-meaning people would skip talking to a doctor or getting lab tests. They were told if one could see everything in the body, it was better --- and certainly faster and easier --- than a normal medical evaluation. What if you wanted to make certain an aircraft engine was safe? With only an image, you may rarely find a hairline fracture in the metal.  However, to test the engine properly, test function: you have to start it up! 

Some patients misunderstand the value of a comprehensive lab test. They might call the Biophysical an “assessment” and compare it to an executive physical. 

At WellMax, we love “comprehensive” but we know that when it comes to optimizing your health, the combination --- the convergence --- of structural, functional, genetic, cognitive, and personal/emotional information, has the greatest value of all.  Truly, “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” because the value of a lab test, in light of symptoms, or a spot on the lung, in light of lab tests and medical history, tells our doctors and you much, much more.

Our goal is to optimize your health. The traditional approach is to wait for symptoms. Some “concierge” or “boutique” doctors give you a phone number to call when you don’t feel well.  For nearly all forms of cancer and heart disease, early detection, long before symptoms, is the key to success.

The WellMax team plans to do one crucial step better than that. We detect disease processes or other imbalances that lead to disease long before the diagnosis.