Checking for phimosis during a physical exam

The very last sports physical I had for wrestling, the doctor I had in my youth specifically checked to see if I had a tight foreskin, twice.

After she did the rectal exam, (only time I had one) I was hard, and she told me to turn around and lie down on my back on the exam table. I hid my genitals with my hand, but she told me to move my hands to my sides, and asked me if it hurt when my penis was "like this," and pulled the skin back.

She also retracted the skin earlier when I was not erect, so she did it twice.

I think she had me turn around after the rectal exam to check if I had an erection, and to see if my foreskin was able to move freely. I wonder if that is normal for doctors to check your penis in such state during a physical? She only did this the very last year I saw her before I transferred to an another doctor for adulthood.

Fascinating exam. How old were you? I am guessing 18ish. Having a rectal at that age is very inviting in so far as becoming erect is concerned.

It sounds nice that the doctor did such a thorough exam! Checking foreskin retraction when soft is normal and routine. I’d imagine a lot of patients around the age you were spring natural erections during rectal exams, and perhaps the doctor thought she would take the opportunity to check again if your foreskin looks even slightly tight when soft. Some foreskins retract fine when soft but struggle when hard, and some can even get trapped behind the coronal sulcus (ridge at the base of the glans/head) and cause a very serious condition called paraphimosis. So she may have been doing you a favour in more ways than one!

Prior to this site, I had never heard of phimosis. After reading more about it, I am SO grateful my parents had me circumcised.

@turnheadandcough Phimosis occurs for all baby boys, then disappears naturally over time in almost al boys without inconvenience for them.

The very last sports physical I had for wrestling, the doctor I had in my youth specifically checked to see if I had a tight foreskin, twice.

After she did the rectal exam, (only time I had one) I was hard, and she told me to turn around and lie down on my back on the exam table. I hid my genitals with my hand, but she told me to move my hands to my sides, and asked me if it hurt when my penis was "like this," and pulled the skin back.

Though very ticklish for my fetish for examinations, I do wonder what place a rectal exam and a check for a tight foreskin has (or had) in a sports physical.