Dr Roy Barco - Shoals Internal Medicine

11/27/2025

🦃 REMINDER 🦃

11/25/2025

11/14/2025

Happy happy birthday to Jessica! We wish you all the happiness and joy in your next year. You’re easy to celebrate! Thank you for all you do!

10/30/2025

Our patients voted and we heard you!
Congratulations to our first and second place winners of the staff costume costume!

Alexandria and Kristan

🎃 We had a blast at our annual Halloween lunch!

10/29/2025

Today we celebrated Casa’s birthday! We hope you enjoyed your special day Saturday. You deserve it!

10/23/2025

A note to our patients: flu vaccines for this flu season have arrived! Feel free to walk in during our regular clinic hours to get up to date on your vaccine and help protect yourself and others from influenza.

10/22/2025

Happy birthday to MIcki! Today we celebrated loud and proud for her! We wish you another year of happiness and lots of fun.

09/15/2025

Meet the team!

Help us welcome RyleeAnne! She is a recent graduate from Rogers High School and is attending Calhoun Community College to obtain a degree to become a physical therapy assistant! Her favorite thing to do is travel to Disney World with her family. When she is not traveling, RyleeAnne is loving on her two dogs and taking them to the park.

08/26/2025

Meet the team!

Say hello to Amy, joining us as a nurse practitioner! Amy is a Florence local with a master's degree in nursing from Troy University. She has been a nurse in various positions since 2012 including cardiology, med surg and long-term care. Her passion is mental health, as well as women’s health. When she is not at work, she is a busy mom who enjoys spending time with her children, reading and making new recipes at home.

08/22/2025

For people who are interested in doing resistance exercise to build strength and improve muscle mass but suffer from joint problems, one option to consider is isometric exercise. Isometric exercise is any exercise where you exert a force against a resistance without actually changing the length of your muscle or moving your joints. An example of this is an isometric leg extension where you sit straight up in chair and then take one leg and extend it out, holding the extended position for 30 to 60 seconds each time. You are holding the leg out against the resistance of gravity and keeping your quad muscles on your thighs tightened. Doing isometric exercises builds strength and muscle mass without creating high impact on joints, making it safe for most people to perform. However, always consult with a medical provider before starting an exercise program.

08/22/2025

Tips for Better Sleep

1. Go to bed at a consistent time.

2. Only use your bed for sleep and intimacy. No eating, reading or doing work on your bed.

3. Keep your room slightly cool and dark. Use blackout curtains if necessary.

4. Avoid caffeine after noon.

5. Avoid screens (television, computer, phone) a couple of hours before bed.

6. Gradually turn down the lights as the evening progresses, as if to simulate the sun setting.

If you are still having problems obtaining proper sleep, we encourage you to discuss this with your primary care provider.

08/21/2025

Having recurring flareups of itchy whelps throughout the body is a condition called chronic urticaria. Many cases of chronic urticaria have clear triggers, such as insect bites, certain temperatures, foods (such as nuts, shellfish, eggs), stress and medications. There are also cases where the whelp rashes do not have a clear cause. This is termed chronic idiopathic urticaria. The condition is managed by avoiding triggers where possible as well as medication therapy. In the case of medication therapy, antihistamines can be very helpful but there are cases where more advanced therapies are required.