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Physicals keep executives
happy and hardworking
by Lisa Antonelli Bacon
for Virginia Business
July 2005
Country club memberships and use of
the company jet are very appealing. But more and more,
executives are seeing the value of health-related benefits.
While fitness club memberships are still popular with
the suit set, the executive physical does more than
provide peace of mind for the Type A personalities carrying
the company load; it also makes it easy for them to
improve their health and lifestyles. It’s an all-day,
stem to stern checkup that costs thousands of dollars.
But when it’s done, executives and their bosses
are more confident about what the future holds healthwise
for a company’s key leaders.
“This type of physical is designed
to provide early detection of issues that may not pop
up” under a less rigorous examination, says Linda
Nash, CEO of Partner MD in Richmond, a boutique medical
practice that provides executive physicals to companies
such as The Brink’s Co. and Capital One Financial
Corp.
A full, detailed executive physical
can cost as much as $3,500. Lab work goes significantly
beyond the routine. Every significant body part is scanned.
And experts in areas such as nutrition and physiology
contribute to a lifestyle plan to ensure continued good
health.
Companies love the physical, because
they help keep their top-tier executives ready and alert
to go full bore. And executives love the physicials
because they get individualized plans developed by experts
to keep them in ace condition.
Below are some of the components
included in Partner MD’s executive physical. Perhaps
the most remarkable is an hourlong lunch with a doctor
to ask any questions.
• Review of family and personal health history,
activity and nutrition survey, and stress survey
• Extensive laboratory testing and visual acuity
test
• Advanced lipid analysis
• Body composition analysis
• Stress management and peak performance assessment
• Therapeutic massage and consultation with massage
therapist
• Audiogram
• BMI calculation
• Life expectancy estimate |
