Feeding Your Growing Child Thank you to Kelly Longergan, speech-language pathologist, for sharing this information with our Direct Primary Care families at rootsMD! Kelly has over 15 years experience working with infants, toddlers and children to help make mealtime successful. Whether it’s learning to drink from a bottle, progressing through table foods, picky eating, or […]
COVID-19 Screening & Testing • NO SYMPTOMS • (pre-event or pre-travel, close contact exposure) NOTE: None of the local health systems, nor rootsMD have capacity to test *asymptomatic patients Post-exposure testing: test 3-5 days after exposure. Mask indoors in public for 14 days from exposure. PCR Testing: Community Test Sites & Pharmacies. Results in 2-3 […]
In this TEDx talk, Dr. Kainkaryam, a direct primary care (DPC) physician in Connecticut, explains how DPC may just be the health+care model that you didn’t know you can afford, and will LOVE . . . easier access to care, more time with your physician resulting in a more comprehensive patient care relationship, a much […]
Do you make time for play? A child’s intrinsic motivation is driven by play. It leads to learning, reward, joy, and connection with others. It helps us develop and set boundaries, and form memories and experiences from which to draw on later. It creates and maintains a sense of curiosity, wonder and hope. It’s easy as adults […]
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D? Fall and winter bring shorter daylight hours and less exposure to natural sunlight for most Wisconsinites. Sunlight is our greatest source of Vitamin D! We need an average of at least 15-20 minutes of sun exposure to the face, arms, hands, and legs without sunscreen several days per week, particularly […]