Did anyone have to undress to underwear for sports physicals during late 1990s?

Did anyone have to undress to boxers , or bra/ underwear with no gown at sports physicals in the late 1990’s? I was told this was realitively common. Is this true ?

Maybe for some people but not for me. Late 90s I was in middle school. I was a freshman in high school in 2000. When I went to the Dr. for my physicals for tennis, they never really had me remove any clothes. Often, the Dr would have me lay on my back to check my abdomen and then just reach down my pants (after he told me he was gonna check) and have me cough. It was super quick.

I was in college by the late 90s, but I can at least confirm it in the early 90s.

I'd just take my sports physical paperwork to my annual wellness exam so for me they were one and the same, but I would be in my bra/underwear for that appointment, and that exam was with my normal GP. Not if I went for just a sports physical how it would have gone.

I undressed to my underwear for one sports physical in either 94 or 95. It was at a local doctor’s office for a sports physical for high school and not from my pediatrician. I was brought back into an exam room and asked to undress to my underwear one. I had no idea who would be examining me and it was a female nurse practitioner. While lying down she pulled my underwear up and quickly felt my testicles and pressed down there. It was extremely quick and my underwear wasn’t ever pulled down completely exposing my genitals.

was a freshman in high school in 2000. When I went to the Dr. for my physicals for tennis, they never really had me remove any clothes. Often, the Dr would have me lay on my back to check my abdomen and then just reach down my pants (after he told me he was gonna check) and have me cough. It was super quick.

It’s not a real exam unless the pants come down for the examiner to get a look at the genitalia, especially the penis.

I was born in 1994 and all of my annual physicals growing up were done in my underwear.

The nurse would take my vitals and then tell me to take everything off but my underwear and that the doctor would be right in.

For most of the time I saw my pediatrician, I wore tighty whities until I switched to boxer briefs in high school.

All sports physicals were the same at our high school in the early 1970's.

The entire team stripped to underwear and stood in a row. The doc went down the row and listened to each kids heartbeat then went back up the row with the same command " drop your shorts, turn your head to the side and cough".

He performed 60 hernia exams on the football team with no gloves! Glad he didn't need to check our prostates, lol

Yes. Report to the school nurse's office with other team members. Go into a large room with chairs and undress to one's briefs or underpants. The nurse would stand at an adjacent door and weigh you individually and record one's blood pressure before sending you into the room with the doctor. He was an older man; very business like and immediately listen to lungs and hear then order you to remove your briefs and stand facing him. He examined my penis, then testicles; next was the hernia check and lastly, he had me bend over and inspected my anus.

Sports physicals were done in groups. Strip down to your undies, eighty whites for me standing in line until your turn to step behind the screen. Doc gave your body a look over, take vitles, check your heart and lungs with a stethoscope. Them the fun began he lowered your undies checking your penis and sac

Yes in the 1990s I had sports physicals in Scotland where we had to strip down as a group in the changing room to our boxers and walk down a short corridor to the gym. We were examined going from station to station and went behind a screen individually for the hernia and genital exam.

I had an annual physical all through my teen years at my regular doctor. The nurse would always take me back to a room get my vitals and tell me to take off everything but my underwear before leaving. By the end of the exam they came off and I was completely naked when the exam was over.

Usually my sports physicals were done at my regular check ups. For as long as I can remember until I was 14/15 every physical I had I was brought back, gave a urine sample, weighed then told to undress down to my underwear. I would go through the whole physical in my underwear until it came time for the genital and hernia exam where the provider would have me stand up and lower my underwear to my knees and do the exam then tell me I could pull them back up. Usually right before the genital exam she would have me bend over to check my spine. She always slid my underwear partially down my butt when she had me bend over.

Prior to the 1990's yes, I did strip to my underwear and had a seat on the exam table. I graduated undergrad in 1991 and only had exams if I needed them for work. After 2000, I had a period of doctor visits where I would not even take my shirt off. About 2010 and beyond, I had "mature" docs who had me strip to my underwear like before. Today, I still strip to my underwear for my yearly exam.

I believe that was pretty standard here in the US, not really sure about group physicals sponsored by the schools.

Yes. Underwear was the only option for boys and girls. Gowns did not exist at my pediatrician’s office

I believe that was pretty standard here in the US, not really sure about group physicals sponsored by the schools.

My school sports physicals were earlier than the 1990s, they were in the 1980s, but we wore either just underwear or else just a towel.