Touching Toes at Physical

I'm always asked to bend over and try and touch my toes so she can examine my spine.

Standing and touching toes while being naked is an important part of the my medfet experience to check for flexibility, etc. I think it important to go an extra step and squat down, legs spread as well. The humiliation is priceless.

I agree with hackjuan; it would be great to have to bend over while naked and touch toes and then open legs and touch the floor and then bend the knees with legs apart while the doctor examines you down the spine and between your legs

I haven't been asked to bend over and touch my toes. Anal manipulation isn't something my doc spends a lot of time on. I'd like to see it happen to my wife, though.

I've never asked to touch my toes...it sounds strange for me :-)

I was asked to touch my toes in school exams, starting in 7th grade. They were checking for scoliosis, I failed that exam and had to see a Spinal Specialists,and at that time discovered I had one leg 1.5 inch longer than the other.

This should always be done to check the spine. I know I do it in mine.

Yes, I am asked to stand and touch my toes. I use a male ob/gyn. He has had me do this everytime. He checks my spine as well and feels my sides and legs. He has done several breasts exams while I was standing and bent over.

Lady J,

I would love to hear more about the breast exams you received while standing bent over. Is the doctor standing or seated? Are you naked while he completes his exam?

Sensei1980

I was told to bendover and I didn't remember the doctor (a young female) had untied the gown in te back. When I bent over the gown fellover and I stood shocked naked looking straight at her. I took advantage and tried to touch me toes again and picked up the robe on my way back up.

Hmphhh! Never happen. With effort, I can touch my knees.

Speed

I've had to do this when I was having back problems... never in a gyn exam and every now and then in a check-up with the regular doctor. Always clothed.... Maybe it's just me, but the breast exam in this position seems a little different.... how would the doc discover anything in this position?

I've never even heard of this. Funny how different all of this can be between countries.

As I have moved around I have had physical exams by several doctors both for personal reasons (health maintainence-wellness) and for professional reasons (insurability, fitness for travel and required activity on assignment, etc) and I have found that for a normal physical about half of the doctors have asked that I touch my toes during an exam. Most that do palpitate the spine while I am bent over.

For a specific orthopedic exam I once had for an overseas assignment that was going to require streanous physical activity, I was asked to not only touch my toes but also to assume several other positions, some of which were not the most comfortable. I think that a part of that exam was to establish a baseline of tolerance to physical stress and possibly for a pain tolerance. Obviously I passed the exam because I got the assignment the next week. I was sore for about two weeks after that exam. The soreness and pain I endured were not the fault of the doctor or his assistant who helped me to assume some of the positions, as both were very professional and in fact gentle.

Hmmm have never had to do this during an annual or checkup, but i guess every doctor is different in their routine

I never had to touch my toes at an exam

I recently had a physical exam at the doctor office they called it a head to toe exam it included bending over and touching my toes. I did so and she had me lean over the table for the DRE.

Think its quite common to touch your toes, had it on both my early employment medical exams at 16 & 18 in just my underpants then for an occupational driving exam also just pants on, then a few time either just shirt off or fully clothed.

I remember the doc asking me to touch my toes in physical exams when I was younger. He knew that I had mild scoliosis. At the time, I was in the gown and my underwear, though since he was looking at my spine the gown must have been opened in the back as I was bending over in front of him. Hasn't happened in recent real exams though.

Def had to do this at all ped exams, not since then though

1. I don't have to touch my toes, but just like reach down...she checks my back/spine.

2. I am in my briefs, no gown, she moves the waist band down in the back (sorta weird)

3. "bend over and reach toward your toes"

4. Does your doc ever ask you to bend as far as you can? Nope

I had during school Physicals and orthopaedic examination

The only time I had to bend over and touch my toes was during my athletic exams in my junior and high school years.

I have never had my doctor ask me to touch my toes.

I have bend over and touch my toes as part of the musculoskeletal exam

I have had to touch my toes at all my exams. The doctor would just runs his fingers along my spine.

I was 17 years old and suffered a pulled a muscle in my left hip from playing volleyball. My parents sent me to a chiropractor for his. I did have full-bottomed panties on, but they were a little on the sheer side. I had a cloth gown on that opened in the back. He was sitting on a stool behind me and asked me to bend over and touch my toes. Doing so made the gown fall open, exposing my butt to his face. He quickly grabbed the sides of the gown and covered me up and he looked very embarrassed.

My play doc has me bend over and touch my toes at each and every visit. He particularly likes it when I stand with my legs a little more than shoulder width apart and bend forward till my hands are resting on the floor.

I had to touch my toes during a checkup after a car accident.

A few questions about having your doc ask you to touch your toes at a physical:

1. Do you still do this at physical exams? If so, every time? if not, at what age did they stop asking you to do that?

Not any more. The last time that this happened was when I was in high school. The first time that it happened I was in elementary school. Those were spine exams or for scoliosis, I think. We weren't checked every time I don't think, but maybe only at certain ages.

2. If you aren't in an exam gown for the physical, does the doc have you take off your shirt when asking you to touch your toes? If you are in an exam gown, does your doc have you take it off, or turn it around (if it opens in the front?

I have never been in an exam gown for a spine or scoliosis exam as a kid. When the exam occurred at my doctor's office, I was in my briefs only. In sports physicals at school, we were also in our briefs only and in a separate line for this exam. Sometimes we had to pull our briefs down some in the back, sometimes not.

3. Does your doc ask you to "touch toes" or "hang forward at the waist?"

I don't remember exactly what the docs or nurses may have said. Maybe "bend over and touch your toes" or just "bend over".

4. Does your doc ever ask you to bend as far as you can?

That could have happen, especially if we didn't bend over enough. Being told to "bend over and touch your toes" was enough to get us bent over far enough.

I have had to do this at several physicals in my life, both as a child and as an adult. However, it does not seem to be the norm at most exams.