Walking examination

Yes. I do remember having to walk back and forth at the doctor's office in my underwear as an early teen (Maybe 13 to 15 year old). I think I was being checked for posture and maybe scoliosis. I also remember having special scoliosis exams once a year in middle school. It was done during gym class in the gym. We were in our regular gym uniforms and just had to take off our shirts. The boys were done separately from the girls. I think there were a couple of nurses doing it. I have not had any kind of a walking exam or scoliosis check since my early teens.

I remember having to bend over to check

Yes, I had to do this at both the pediatrician and at the family doctor in high school and college.

I recall having to do this during an exam in Junior High School. The whole boy's gym class was examined in the gym during a regular class, all wearing our gym shorts and jockstraps but with our T-shirts off.

This has not happened in many years.

But it used to be part of every physical. Typing this all out now makes it sound like a field sobriety test.

“Mandy can you hop off the table”. Followed by the crinkling of paper. “Stand on one foot”.

“Walk across the room”

“Walk like a duck”. I had to crouch down. Like apparently this was done to check if I was flat footed? Why did that matter?

And finally “knees straight. Bend over and touch your toes”. She would stand behind me. Run her hand up my spine.

“Everything looks good. Hope back up on the table so we can finish up”

I haven't had to do this since I was smaller with my pediatrician my Dr now just asks if I have any problems with movement or with walking in general.

Oh heavens yes when I was a younger adolescent, a lot of these were for Scoliosis checks. Even now when I have been older as I have some significant Osteoarthritis issues to deal with. Many times, after a chiropractic adjustment my chiropractor will have my walk for a moment around his exam room so he can see how I am walking, and he will ask me how I feel after he has made his adjustment.

At every physical from elementary to high school, I remember the walk tests. Also had to squat and walk like a duck before bending over to check my spine. Then it was turn around and my underwear came down for the genital and hernia exams.

Especially during the sports physicals, this was a regular thing.

It is a standard part of a medical exam, especially for children. I do it after I check their spine for any abnormalities. They are fully nude and I have them walk to the far wall, stop, turn around and then walk back towards me. I may also have them lift one leg to check for balance. There are a lot of issues that can be caught early if the tests are done correctly.

Especially during the sports physicals, this was a regular thing.

We had to walk a few different ways: normally, heel to toe, on heels, duck walk, and then up and down steps.

I had to walk in underwaer in the doctors office when i was a child of 9 or 10 years. I had to take of all my clothes to my pants and when the examation started.

Know this walking examinations very well, only in underpants every few months

Osteopathic doctors are, my training, more hands on during a physical exam. A patient might be asked to push back, pull, lift, walk on toes, on heels, bend, squat, etc.