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How Valuable is Your Health?

Most small businesses, especially start ups, are highly dependent upon the drive and efforts of its founder. It is therefore, especially important for these entrepreneurs to maintain a healthy lifestyle and remain in good physical shape. Annual check ups are a good idea. However, after age 50, more is needed; I am talking about an executive health and fitness program. These programs are expensive and little is covered by insurance, but they are well worth the cost.

There are physicians and facilities throughout the country that specialize in executive health programs. In the Tampa Bay area, I go to Dr. Stephen Masley. Dr. Masley is a board certified family medicine physician, a certified nutrition specialist with the American College of Nutrition, an award-winning patient educator, and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. His practice, the Masley Optimal Health Center, is located in the Carillon Center in St. Petersburg.

Dr. Masley customizes your tests to meet your needs and you are typically his only patient of the day. My program ran from 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon and the tests included:

Physical exam
Extensive blood tests, including cholesterol, liver, thyroid, mercury, metabolic, and PSA
Treadmill stress test
EKG
DEXA bone density
Carotid IMT
Pulmonary function
Cognitive test
Basal metabolic rate
Oral cancer screen
Hearing
Vision

Additionally, I spent time with Dr. Masley to analyze my eating habits and nutrition as well as an hour in the gym to perform strength tests with Matt, the personal trainer they have on staff. Then, at the end of the day, you sit down with Dr. Masley to go over the results. Within a week, they send you binder with all the details of the tests and their recommendations as well as a USB thumb drive that can be loaded into any electronic medical records software system.

If you are over age 50 and running your own business, I highly recommend an executive health program. Your health as well as the health of your company is at stake.