Where to Get Comprehensive Sports Physicals in Cary, North Carolina

In most schools, including Wake County Public Schools, students wishing to play sports must have a comprehensive physical to assure that the student is fit enough to play their chosen sport. Although some schools may help out by indicating a good place to go to get a comprehensive sports physical, not all provide this information, and parents may be at a loss as to where to go. Here is a list of five places to get a comprehensive physical for sports near Cary, North Carolina.

In Morrisville, Avance Care offers a flat rate $45 comprehensive sports physical. Located off of the McCrimmon Parkway, Avance Care is relatively central to a number of cities in the Triangle area, and is extremely close to Cary, North Carolina. Their extended hours make it easy for busy families to get their student to the comprehensive sports physical that they need. Avance will take both insured and uninsured patients, though most insurance carriers will not cover comprehensive sports physicals. They recommend coming in for a physical at least 6 weeks ahead of the first date of training. Avance offers the forms necessary to send in to verify that a comprehensive sports physical has been performed for Wake County students on their website.

Rex Express Care of Cary offers comprehensive sports physicals on a walk in basis on Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Located off of the Cary Parkway, Rex Express Care is close to most locations in Cary, North Carolina. On their website, they offer expected wait times for walk in patients, so, despite the lack of extended hours, students wishing to get a comprehensive sports physical at this location will find that they do not find themselves in an hour long wait for services.

Although Urgent Care of Cary is not as centrally located as some of the other locations for comprehensive sports physicals in Cary, North Carolina listed in this article, the extended hours, ability to bypass a long wait, and lower prices makes this one of the most optimal locations in the Cary area to receive a comprehensive sports physical. At just $30, Urgent Care of Cary also donates $2 from each sport physical to the student's school. With both weekday and longer weekend hours, Urgent Care of Cary might be worth the drive to Ten-Ten.

If you are looking for something a bit more personal and more like a typical doctor's office, Friendship Medical Center on Asheville Avenue offers comprehensive sports physicals in Cary. The hours at Friendship Medical Center are more traditional, and they do not offer sports physicals on Fridays. However, they do offer Saturday hours.

Carolina Family Practice and Sports Medicine offers comprehensive sports physicals during their business hours off of the Cary Parkway. They have an alternative location in Raleigh. These physicals cost $45 and the hours are from 8 to 4:30.

If none of these options seem appealing as a location for a comprehensive sports physical in Cary, North Carolina, the sport's director or coach may have other alternatives. In addition, your family doctor may also offer this service.