Undressing for a Physiotherapy session

I am due for an initial Physiotherapy session for a musculoskeletal examination lasting an hour and am interested in members experience of how far one is expected to undress.

I've had one or two physio sessions where both times the work was through a tee-shirt on my shoulder

I did go to a physio clinic for 3-4 years not that long ago. Recurring problem. There, I was asked to strip to my underwear for the initial session and subsequent treatments. I think this is unusual from talking to friends. But other patients there of all genders were asked to do it to Chatted to a female co-patient once in the waiting room But the senior practitioner is from Europe where fear of embarrassing people is less strong than in UK in some countries. And my physio was also a professional football referee. Sports club professional environment perhaps.

I think you and your physio will probably come to an agreement over what is needed and what suits you.

Hope treatment does the trick for you.

I underwent a course of physio a few years ago. At the initial appointment I was asked to remove my jeans so left in t-shirt, underwear and socks for the physical assessment. The physio advised that I should attend future appointments in shorts (it was summer) or tracky/jogging bottoms as they wouldn’t need to be removed

As mentioned above, it's usual to be asked to wear loose shorts and for those to stay on. The rest will depend on the nature of the problem and treatment I guess.

I've had physio for an issue in my glute and leg, but I was asked to take my t-shirt off a couple of times while they assessed my back (bending down to touch toes, leaning/being backwards with hands crossed over chest etc).

When they did some dry needling of my glute, they just pulled my shorts and underwear down to a bit to give them access.

I was in PT for a hip issue, I needed to change into shorts but that was it.