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Home › Blog › IHSAA Sports Physicals Now Valid for 2026–27 Sports Physicals IHSAA Sports Physicals Are Now Valid for the 2026–27 School Year April 1st has passed. Here’s what student-athletes in Carmel, Westfield, Noblesville, and Fishers need to know before fall tryouts. Written by Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana Kids get sick. A lot. The average child gets 6–8 colds per year, and during flu season, that number can feel even higher. Most of the time, rest and fluids are all they need. But sometimes what…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana If you’re reading this, you probably just left a MinuteClinic visit frustrated. You waited, got checked in, and then the nurse practitioner told you they couldn’t help — and referred you somewhere else. That’s time and money…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana If you’ve driven past the Walgreens at 1424 S. Range Line Road in Carmel and noticed they have a walk-in clinic, you might assume it’s an urgent care. It’s not. The Community Clinic at Walgreens is operated…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana Retail clinics — the walk-in counters inside CVS, Walgreens, and Kroger — are convenient for simple needs. But the gap between what they can do and what urgent care can do is wider than most patients realize.…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana The short answer is yes — urgent care can do stitches. But not all urgent cares, and not all retail clinics. If you’re bleeding and trying to decide between the ER, a retail clinic, and urgent care,…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana Every parent knows the feeling — your child wakes up at night with a fever, a rash appears out of nowhere, or they come home from school with an injury that looks worse than a typical scrape.…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana Most patients don’t ask who’s going to see them at urgent care. They walk in assuming they’ll see a doctor. At many clinics — including most IU Health Urgent Care, Community MedCheck, and all MinuteClinic locations —…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana You’re bleeding. You’ve got a kitchen knife cut, a fall on concrete, a broken glass injury, or your child split their chin open on the coffee table. The first question: does this need stitches, or can I…
Dr. Lisa Clay, MD Founder & Medical Director, Monarch Medicine Urgent Care Board-Certified Family Physician · Carmel, Indiana When adults come in with ear pain, the assumption is usually “ear infection.” But in adults, ear pain (otalgia) has a wider range of causes than in children — and the source of the pain isn’t always…