Curvature of the spine

I forget the word for this kind of check . But I remember in high school it was the school nurse who did them .

Like physicals ever other year in school we were screened for a curvature of the back . A small or us were in the nurses office . We then stripped down to just are underwear. One by one the nurse seen us behind the screen . It took only a few minutes but I remember her procedure. We stood facing her keeping our shoulders level. Then it was time for each side. Turned to the left side then the right side. Finally bending forward her finger tips travelled down the spine to the low back region . Momentarily lingering below the waistband before concluding the exam .

I remember this in middle school. We all had to line up, actually two lines facing each other, in our underwear as the nurse went down the line and checked everyone.

I never got this in school, but my doctor checked every year during my annual exam. Before I was 14, I would just be in my panties. From 14 on, I was wearing a gown that opened in the back.

Don’t recall ever being checked for this, although I may have been. Recall one guy who was excused from gym classes due to spinal deformation issues. But he was athletically challenged and we all thought it a bogus excuse.

I was checked like this. I think the test was a Scoliosis check but I may be wrong

Scoliosis check. Also used for detection of kyphosis and lordosis of the back.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyphosis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordosis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoliosis

In Norway back in the 1960es the orthopedic check at school physicals happened similarly. But we were completely naked, which meant that the nurse or doctor could also look into our anal region when we stood bent foreward touching the floor. The nurse looked at us from behind suspiciously long with us in that position, asking me to adjust my position slightly several times and bend as much forward as possible.

The school physical did not contain any specific perineal check apart from this, but I guess the nurse used the opportunity to look for signs they could use to call us in for a thorough pelvic examination and check of development which actually happened to me,

By the way, some degree of kyphosis and lordosis is normal and necessary for the spine to work optimally. There is a harmful and to some extent racistic normality concept that depicts a totally straight spine as an ideal.

Scoliosis is actually pretty common among boys as well as girls. Most forms are mild enough to where no corrective measures are needed while some others, unless corrected by a brace or surgery, will result in deformity. I share with you this vintage photo of a young man that was taken, probably I'm guessing in the 1940s or maybe earlier? Note how on the middle photo of his rear, the crack separating his buttocks is not perfectly vertical. As a result, his left buttock is slightly pointed upward and his right, slightly downward. In all probability, this is a minor case of scoliosis. https://en.zity.biz/gallery/image/248684

I remember the scoliosis check being done a couple times in junior high and high school. The girls had to go into the female PE teachers office and the school nurse checked each girl. Bras were left on. The strap didn't cover much and if need be it could be easily moved out of the way.

My school never did it and I have scoliosis- it wasn’t diagnosed until I was too old to do anything other than surgery and that’s still risky now. 40 years ago - nope.

Yes, I remember the school nurse checking for scoliosis in the locker rooms during PE. We had to be topless, bent over.

I attended a private Catholic high school so any type of medical issues were the responsibility of the parents however we did have a NP on staff. I got to know her well enough because I have asthma. A scoliosis check was part of my annual physical with my own doctor. I had to bend over and touch my toes while my doctor felt my back. She would then lower my underwear to check the base of my spine.

We had this at school, done separately from our main physical exam. We went into the gym as two groups, boys and girls and we're examined one at a time. Boys had to take their shirt off and girls did also but kept their bra on.

We had to stand up straight while the examiner looked at us from the front, back and both sides. We then had to lean forwards as though diving and place both hands together between our feet while the examiner would run their hand along our back from our neck to just above the waistband of our boxers. It was only a short exam that just took a couple of minutes each.

@scotty95 That is how it was done at my elementary school. The scoliosis exams were performed in the multipurpose room on the stage. I can’t remember if boys were examined separately from the girls though. Too long ago for me to remember the details. They did vision tests and hearing tests in the same place.

Scoliosis exam. For me, it was in either 7th or 8th grade. Boys and girls were done separately during PE class.

I was last in line for my class, and had to undress from the PE uniform (assigned shirt and shorts) to underwear. A few visual checks and bending over, etc behind a privacy screen was all it was.

I also had them in seventh and eights grades. i remember that i was aroused the whole time thinking about my gf having to strip to the waist to get her backed looked at.

I remember in school it was done in gym class. Doctor also checked when I was younger usually in underwear. When I was 18 Doctor checked while I was fully nude, he had me stand and bend over and I could feel him up against my butt.

For some reason, the mental image of a female touching their toes at a physical is one of the most arousing to me. Panties on, gown falling forward.

I remember having this done in school, but as part of a more general medical exam, rather than a standalone thing.

I don’t think I was told what the examination was for though, because I remember feeling like I had failed the test because I was unable to touch my toes. It’s only looking back now that I realize the act of touching my toes was simply to get me to bend over so the doctor or nurse could see my spine….

Scoliosis check always had in school medicals.

I remember when i was very young at school getting visits by the " nit nurse" where they checked your hair for lice. Also we had hearing and eye checks and jabs for measles ? Don't think we ever got the scoliosis check. if we did i don't remember.