Does anyone else like having their reflexes tested?

Does anyone else like having their reflexes tested? Does your doctor do it at every physical? Are you sitting or laying down?

Havent had that done in years

I have chronic pain so many times my reflexes are tested. I do like it. I have had different areas looked at to see my reflexes. Most of time it is sitting. Bending over was done standing up.

Almost always have some type of reflexes checked even if it is quick. Also basic strength exercises in legs and arms.

Mine are tested during my regular checkups. I am sitting on the exam table when it is done.

I love having my reflexes checked. My pediatrician used to do it almost every visit to her. So when it's happened as an adult, it brings back great memories from exams as a kid. My reflexes are tested so rarely as an adult, I think that's what makes it so special and exciting when the little rubber hammer makes it's appearance. Mine have always been tested while seated on the exam table.

Yes, I enjoy having them tested. Rubber mallet was kind of cool...Only get them tested in play exams. I have not seen this done in a regular physical since I was in high school.

I find the plantar reflex interesting, but sadly i have never had it tested

I recently saw an osteopath for back and leg pains. He gave me the knee reflex test - with the odd little hammer. Possibly the first since entering the military 56 years ago. It seemed archaic, I thought it had long been replaced with something more modern. As kids someone had the toy Doctor’s bag with a workable reflex hammer and whacked each other with it all the time.

Here’s a fun fact due to my illness I have no reflexes on my right side . My doctors love sending residents/ interns in to do vitals reflexes etc to see how they handle it , naturally there not warned ( they are told “this guy is a treasure, don’t piss him off , chances of you ever seeing another patient. like him are non existent , you will be able to say “I examined that guy “ and impress other doctors that you got to examine him and talk to him , not just “a patients history “ but the patient . I am the only person on earth with the diseases . So millions will hear about me ,few will know who I was outside of my diseases .

So not having reflexes would be a great party trick if I could control it .

Yes I do enjoy it. My doctor does it at the beginning of my physical while my legs are hanging over the table

It is always a interesting experience for me since my legs are dangling over the edge. When hitting my knee for reflex my leg always moves in instant reaction to the reflex.

Yes. It has been a while since I had it done, but it is very cool. I think a lot of the things that are not genital/rectal or stethoscope related are underappreciated, so nice to see this thread. I am also really into the movement/coordination stuff (walk back and forth, up and down steps, reach up, bend down, etc.) but that seem, at least for me, to have been just during my growing years as a kid and teenager.

I haven't had my reflexes tested in decades. Doesn't help I didn't do doctor visits much either in that time period. I remember the rubber hammer testing the knees.

My current check ups do not have these tests done. Neither has my sub had this test done. It seems to be unneeded at our age.

I haven't had my reflexes tested in decades. Doesn't help I didn't do doctor visits much either in that time period. I remember the rubber hammer testing the knees.

My current check ups do not have these tests done. Neither has my sub had this test done. It seems to be unneeded at our age.

Yeah. I think so many of us find our childhood and teenage physical exams to be the most impactful ones because, at those ages, the doctors are doing all the tests to make sure things are coming along ok at a time when they can still be corrected if not. The older you get, the more medical visits are about staving off the problems that inevitably come with aging. When you are kid, it's like "ok, let's check all your joints to make sure you don't have any issues," and when you are older, it's like, "well, yeah, your joints are shot because you are 55. Here's a prescription."

Can’t remember when my real doc did reflexes. Play doc usually does it every exam.

I don’t like the hammer hitting my knee due to injury and I also wonder weather I need to intentionally move my limb as per reflex hit just incase it doesn’t reflex. When they bang an injured kneecap it’s not easy to relax.

Not received my reflexes examined except when been in hospital

Yes, I enjoy the reflex and neurological testing portion of any exam, be it real or play. For both settings, it's that intimate exchange between the doctor and I, as they get to examine the way in which my body responds. The doctor gets to know me better as a patient.

In a play setting, I enjoy how it can be much more intimate, and may make me slightly more nervous with anticipation as the doctor can take their time and be more thorough. I've dreamt up many ways my neurological and reflex examinations would go, and the different tools that could be utilized. It's a current mental interest of mine...formulating how to include some more of these types of protocols into future play exams.