Realistically, every decade we age over 30, we should be taking physical tests to make sure we’re aging correctly. There’s being fit and strong and there’s being biologically healthy. We leave it later on in life to check that everything is in working order and by that time, it usually isn’t. So just like we take care of our cars with yearly checkups, we should be giving our bodies tests too. We only have one, and it's precious, so our bodies should be treated with the utmost love, care and attention. A doctor shouldn’t have to give you a reminder to go get your hearing, sight, smell and cognitive skills are checkup. These should be labors of love, that we relish to go through ourselves with no motivation. No one can force us to go the proper health clinics, only we can locate and travel to them. Make the effort and go see if your body is properly healthy

Eyesight classifying

As if we’re balancing on a tightrope, our eyesight changes all the time. Most of the time, how our eyesight will be as we get older is hereditary, meaning there’s not much you can do to stop it. However, going to the opticians is a nice experience. The clinics are clean, and you have an array of options for your glasses. The professional optician will check and see what kind of classification you eyes fall into. You’ll have two categories of nearsighted, or farsighted. Nearsighted or ‘short-sighted’ is when you can see things fine up close, but objects further away seem blurry, and farsighted is the opposite. The optician will be able to make the best combination of lenses for you, so you need only one pair of glasses for all tasks. The sooner you go to get a checkup, the less money you will pay for any solutions. Gradual care is far cheaper than a late splurge trying to rectify your eyesight.

A pin drop

Eyesight is something we take much more interest in because we need it to function in life. Hearing, however, is taken for granted and in fact we don’t really even have common interaction with hearing health providers. An audiologist will give you a hearing test that is very simple. You will be played different tones to each of your ears. The tones will be high pitched to low and depending on your test score, you will be given various options. If you are recommended a hearing aid at America Hears, you’ll find some of the best deals. The modern hearing aids are slim and sleek, wireless and you can pay for them monthly. Different hearing aids have different amount of channels and abilities that help you in adjusting them to your perfect volume, pitch, tone, and sensitivity. If everything is in working order, the audiologist will still give you advice on what you can do to maintain and protect your inner ear, especially as you age.

Do you think your eyes and ears are in good working order? If so, how do you really know? Don’t wait until you start to have problems, go and get a checkup as soon as you can to put your mind at ease.