Empowering wellness: The role of health monitoring

Many of us strive to stay healthy, fit, and active, especially as we age, so understanding the role we can all play in maintaining our health is essential. One of the best ways to do this is by gaining insights into your health through regular health monitoring. This enables you to take a proactive approach to managing your health, making smarter decisions about appropriate lifestyle changes or medical interventions that can prevent or reduce your risk of certain conditions.

Below, we delve deeper into health monitoring, the benefits it offers, and how a health assessment from Bluecrest Wellness can help you take a proactive approach to managing your health.

What is health monitoring?

Health monitoring is the regular evaluation of your health through testing. The type and frequency of tests offered can vary, but generally, health monitoring is designed to offer insights into your risk of some of the most common chronic health conditions.

A general health assessment typically involves screening for common health conditions, like diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure, as well as monitoring related risk factors, like high BMI.

To be effective, health monitoring should be performed at least annually, so you can monitor any existing conditions or risk factors and see if any of the preventative steps you have taken are proving successful or if further intervention is needed. This gives you more control over your health, enabling you to make smart decisions that could potentially improve your longevity and enable you to stay fit, healthy and active for longer.

Benefits of regular health monitoring

The benefits of regular health monitoring are far-reaching, enabling you to make smart decisions and take a more targeted and proactive approach to managing your long-term health.

Key benefits of annual health monitoring include:

• Early detection of health conditions – an annual health check can help you identify problems before you start to notice symptoms. This means you can seek more timely intervention which can lead to improved health outcomes.
• Prevention of certain health conditions – comparing health insights year on year enables you to pick up any changes to your overall health and make smarter health decisions. This can help with managing existing conditions or preventing new conditions from developing by taking proactive actions to reduce your risk.
• Improved knowledge of existing conditions – if you already have a chronic health condition, such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease, annual health checks allow for closer monitoring, enabling you and your doctor to understand, evaluate and adjust your treatment as required.
• Smart lifestyle changes – knowing more about your health can help you make informed decisions about lifestyle changes you could make to reduce your risk of certain health conditions. In addition, regular health monitoring ensures you can evaluate the effect of these changes year after year.
• Peace of mind – regular health monitoring can offer reassurance that all is well with your health.
• Investment in your future - health monitoring can be a worthwhile investment into your future by offering a cost-effective way to help you track and monitor your health and wellbeing.

How can Bluecrest Wellness help you monitor your health

At Bluecrest Wellness, we have been helping people make smarter decisions to manage their health for over 10 years. We offer a wide range of health assessments, ensuring that we can help you to monitor your health effectively.

Full body health assessment

For top-to-toe insights into your health, a full-body health assessment can help you monitor your risk of common health conditions like diabetes and heart disease, and provide insights into your blood pressure, weight, cholesterol and more.

Our packages include:

• Biometric analysis
• Blood pressure check
• Bone health, energy and muscles
• Cholesterol levels
• Diabetes check
• Essential proteins and iron
• Heart disease and stroke risk assessment
• Kidney function
• Liver function
• Uric acid
• Mental wellbeing check

You’ll also receive a in-depth Results Report following your tests with clear recommendations on any follow-up actions, as well as access to our 24/7 GP helpline. So it is easy to track and monitor your progress year on year, and make any necessary adjustments to your lifestyle, such as eating a healthier diet or trying to exercise more, or seek further medical advice.

Start monitoring your health today

Monitoring your health regularly is one of the best ways to ensure you stay fit and well for longer, as it enables you to take proactive steps to manage your health.

With our in-depth health assessments, not only do you gain insights into key health metrics and your risk of certain health conditions, but by monitoring your health yearly, you can make smarter, more informed decisions that help keep your health on track now and in the future.

You can be confident that we will deliver fast, efficient and accurate results as we have established links with leading UK laboratories and are fully accredited for a wide range of tests. In addition, alongside a comprehensive Results Report, you get free 24/7 access to a GP helpline for a year following your tests.

Book your health assessment today

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For Benenden customers, book here.

Need help? You can reach out to our corporate team on 0808 168 9219