Removing socks for an exam?

For younger patients (maybe under 40) with no foot or dermatological complaints it's pretty much up to the doctor and patient. In older individuals you want to check for circulatory or other problems. Most people have 2 easily palpable pulses in each foot and their absence can point to problems. Any patient with diabetes MUST have their feet examined for circulatory and neurological problems or early ulcers needing attention. It's way easier than an amputation!

If possible I remove socks off during a medical exam, this add a bit to my excitement. During urology examinations involving use of urethral istruments I was always prapaired with bare feet.

It doesn't happen anymore but when I was growing up, the pediatrician had my brother and I remove all of our clothes except our underwear when we were called back to the exam room. Getting weighed with clothes on - except underwear - in the 1970s and early 1980s was unthinkable, at least where I went to the doctor. We also had our foot reflexes checked too. This pediatrician's office was the definition of clean. The entire place smelled like rubbing alcohol so being barefoot in there was not a concern. I know it has been said here before by myself and others that for boys and men who came of age in the 30s, 40s, 50s and early 60s, it was common to be totally naked during the entire exam process. That is what my father had to do when he was growing up.

I just had my annual last week. I am over fifty. When the time came for the doctor to check my feet he actually took my socks off, and put them back on one foot at a time. I have been seeing this same doctor for at least six or seven years. The first five years I was completely naked with a gown. The last two years this is the way he has done it.

I cannot recall a physical exam where my socks didn’t come off at some point.

Sometimes. It's no big deal.

Enjoy the thought of a guy being examined while wearing only his underwear and sox from the start - losing his shorts at the point of the genital exam, but keeping the sox on for the entire exam. something about a guy in just sox that's damn hot. imho.

Yes removing socks is part of any play exam. Eventually I expect to totally naked for the exam. Socks have to be removed too.

Floors are cold usually so I prefer keeping my socks on. Indeed gyno never told me to take them off, just my panties 😉

Absolutely not my socks stay ON. The doctor could tell me to strip completely naked and not give me a gown or a drape and the socks would be my main concern.

I am so foot shy, I have very sensitive feet and they get cold.

If a provider does a physical exam without examining the feet they are skipping a crucial area of concern. Time to find someone else.

I know removing socks for CheckUps for orthopedic reasons

Yes, was always told by either the nurse or Dr. "Shirt, shoes and socks along with pants/jeans off". I usually don't like wearing socks as a general rule of thumb so I do not have a phobia with being barefoot.

As soon as I have to expose more than my chest, i.e. I am only examined in my underwear, I obviously have to take off my socks as well.

During my military draft it was optional to wear flip-flops for going to station to station.

In a role play examination scenario, as patient I like to be instructed to undress to briefs and socks....I choose white briefs and socks, it brings memories of school examinations. Even when my briefs are removed I like to keep my socks on.

I am a little older than you. I am also a physically fit runner who lives with asthma so I am under a doctor's care for my condition. If you are willing to accept some advice you should be having a physical exam once per year. It is worth an hour of your time. Everything may seem ok but life offers no guarantees for much of anything.

My own experiences with my annual exam has me stripping down to my boxer briefs. Think of the floor as an ocean of bacteria and germs and as such I keep my ankle socks on. My doctor gets it too but she has to check my feet and ankles because I have had running injuries.She asks me to remove my socks when she gets to my feet.

@Rockdoc I'm similar, how I dress in my play exams varies on what my partner says, and I enjoy the variety, but I do like being in white boxer briefs and white socks. When it comes to the genital exam, and I'm told to take my boxers off, in a strange way I feel more naked standing there with only my white socks on than being completely nude.

I had to remove my socks only once for a school exam. And i remember accurately, because being barefoot at the doctor was a fantasy of mine since i was 5, so im sure i would remember it if it had happened again.

I have always removed my socks for all my exams.

The feet are always examined, so when I am asked to strip to underwear to start the exam, the socks come off too.

Hence when the time comes to drop the pants, I am totally naked for the doctor.

Aa 64 year old male, I have had numerous physical exams. Whether the exams were real or play, I cannot remember one time that I was instructed to remain in socks.

In several real exams ... where I have not been stripped down to my underwear or stripped down while clad in an exam gown ... I have been instructed to strip from the waist up and to remove my shoes and socks. Both of these exams were conducted with me in jeans and underwear only.

I'm diabetic so nurses all ways examined my feet

I've always taken off my socks, even though my feet never get examined. Can't imagine the exam room floor being all that clean. Maybe I should leave them on next time to see what happens.

Wihen i was getting real physicals; everything came off; even socks with a paper covering my crotch.

My wife always brings a pair of socks to wear during a gynecological exam. She doesn't share many details about her time in the stirrups, but she did mention once that her feet get cold.

Not sure if she keeps her socks on during a physical at here G.P.

Socks are always asked to be removed for full physical