Did you find your health care provider's physical touch soothing or comforting?

Medfetters love to talk about the erotic aspect, but what about the simple feelings of comfort or soothing that you get simply from them touching you? Are providers aware of this?

During a real exam, when the provider touches me in any way, anywhere on my body, I find it very nerve wracking. Because of my nerves and anxiety at the moment, I am very jumpy and on edge. I do not find it relaxing or comforting at all in that moment. It usually doesn't hurt, or isn't actually a bad feeling, it's just not soothing either. After the exam, when everything's done and I've left the office, that's when I think back on the memories and my feelings and I enjoy the thought of their touch very much.

I had a dermatologist who had a wonderful, reassuring touch that always put me at ease, even if she was removing a mole for biopsy.

With my current provider, I find that she has a very soothing and reassuring touch. We trust her, wholeheartedly, and I think that is what aids in our feeling complete trust and comfort. When she touches any part of my body, I am confident that she is intune with everthing she needs to be, with my body. That is more than any patient can hope for with a provider, I believe. The reason we trust is because we know, all too well, doctors that don't know enough to heal you...they only know a small piece of the puzzle...or just enough to be done with you. Not our provider. She is amazing and truly a God-send, and it is the connection, ultimately, that makes the physical touch such a profound resonance.

As for physical touch; as I posted a few days back, I had my temperature taken rectally. It was done by the massage therapist who came to me.

There was a very calming sense that came to me as her hands were doing the necessary things for the procedure, but especially when she laid her hand across my bared buttocks and had the thermometer between her fingers. Her free hand softly stroked my upper thighs.