Sports Physical Exams

Yes this happened in High School. It was done in a room next to the lockerroom, and while we werent required to get naked when we lined up, it was right after track practice and a few of us seniors just stripped (its not like the whole team hasn't seen each other naked before). The exams were private, but I did end up with an erection that was on display when I left the room and returned to the lockerroom. I got some comments on that for sure.

Yes in school 4 or 5 students at a time in the nurses office all in the same room during the hernia exam everyone had a clear view of the other students very embarrising exp

They dont do those exams in germany

College, netball team.

We checked as a team in the away changing room because everyone else thought that everyone else had bought the medical certificates. The coach got one of the teams dads who was an anesthesiologist or something similar to do it with a stethoscope and scales borrowed from the med room. We were all states of dress or undress when he started the check as we were changing into our kit, so we had to make sure we had no top on (bra allowed). He sethed each one of us, tapped our backs, weighed us and that was it. I normally ok being examined by a dr but this time i was a bit embarrassed as the dr checked me when i was topless and i to go around his house to see his daughter to study.

We had to line up naked and then the dr walked down the line sething us and then he grabbed our balls and we coughed.

Being partly naked [jock strap] or totally naked was the SOP of my days in Jr. High and High School. The only difference between the two was in Jr. High the physical was conducted on the gym floor, and in High School at the stadium.

Do you mean that your sports exams were outside at a stadium or inside a room at the high school stadium? And undressed outside in what?

I never heard of sports physicals outside. We had our group physicals inside the gym which seemed like a public place but wasn't on exam days.

The 'stadium' refers to the entire facility. Of course it wasn't held outside. Would have been interesting to say the least! They were conducted in our locker room. [lockers, showers, equipment, whirlpool tubs, film room etc. The Jr. High exams were in the gym shortly after school let out and prior to practice. We heard that some of the girls would sneak a peek, but never could prove it.

Sports physicals in the gym were standard when I was in junior and senior high. There were always so many kids and so many other people around for these events that if anyone wanted to see what was going on, it wouldn't have been hard. The gym doors were always opening and closing while we stood in the lines waiting for the next exam station. Some dads, a few moms, and a few younger siblings of the boys getting their physicals were always around outside, if not inside the gym. Everytime the gym door opened, it was hard not to look that way real quick and then turn away from the door to decrease the chance that someone could see us and identify individual boys. From the back, almost everybody in line looked the same standing there in their briefs.

First sports physical i was in 8th grade and in school. the nurse was in the room during the exam. for the hernia exam the doctor turned my back to the nurse

Saibot has posted a fantastic recollection of his US pre-participation sports physical exam as an exchange student in the German clinic (which I can't link here because I use a smartphone). The doctor was male, in his 30's. The exam, which included push ups and running, was done in the nude from weight to hernia check, including a prostate check.

I had to have one a few years ago. The trainer I was seeing at the gym demanded that I have one done. He even gave me a long detailed form to take to the doctor. He was very strict about it getting done!

I had to have one a few years ago. The trainer I was seeing at the gym demanded that I have one done. He even gave me a long detailed form to take to the doctor. He was very strict about it getting done!

They must have been a very thorough trainer. I've never heard of one requiring you to get a sports physical -- let alone giving you the form. In any case, it sounds like fun.

I do not understand why in US, most doctors who perform sports physical exams retract the foreskin if the patient is uncircumcised. Foreskin has nothing to do with ability to play sports or result in injury from sports due to a bodily issue.

Got to make sure it functions. Boys need to be fully checked out and learn that they are expected to submit to those exams! No need to be shy.

My brother and I had a physical in the same room once. I was hard but thankfully when they did the test on our balls he had us positioned away from each other.

First things a nurse will asked to strip your underwear, then check your weight, height, and blood pressure and they may also ask about your medical history if this is not your regular doctor. You'll probably be asked to strip nude and wait for the doc. >😄

The doc will:

Listen to your heart with the stethoscope.

Listen to your lungs with the stethoscope by having you breathe while he listens to your chest and your back.

Check your eyes by shining a light into them, same with your ears and nose.

Check your reflexes by tapping your knees with that little rubber hammer.

Feel under your jaw up by your neck checking for swollen glands.

Have you lay back on the exam table while feels all around your belly area for anything unusual inside you like a hernia, which is a loop of intestine out of place.

Usually while you are standing up he will have you lower your underwear and put on some gloves and check your balls, and put a finger sort of up inside your scrotum beside where your balls are attached to your body, again checking for a hernia. It won't hurt. He may ask you to turn your head to the side and cough when he does this because that puts pressure on your abdomen and helps him feel if you have a hernia. Usually he doesn't touch your penis but if you have a foreskin (not circumcised) he may ask you to pull it back to check that it retracts okay.

He may or may not ask you some questions, like how long since your last physical, any medical concerns like asthma, if you've been sick in the last year, did you ever faint, receive a concussion, break any bones, etc. if a nurse didn't already take your medical history.

Sometimes they check for curvature of the spine by having you bend over forward while standing in your boxers so they can see the bones in your back.

Before you leave you will be asked to pee in a plastic cup so they can test your urine, usually in a bathroom by yourself.

Last sports physical I had was for gymnastics when I was a sophmore in high school. it was pretty basic check up. EENT, chest exam, limbs, abdomen and back. doctor did put extra emphasis on abdomen and back though. he claimed those were the two most common injuries apart from ankles and wrists. he did take some time looking at my back and spine while i was bent over. he then did a through abdomen palpation checking for hernias and even pressed on my shallow navel while i coughed.

I´ve never had sports physical, because i went to technicial shool no sports school. My friends attended sports physical.. Doctor check his body and look at his penis, but didn´t touched it.

Having read some of these posts I find myself extremely fortunate I never suffered the degradation of the assembly line school/sports physical exam with the exception of my military service entrance exam. The only sport I participated during childhood was ice hockey and regretfully the small town I moved to as a teenager did not even have a hockey team. At age 14 I was referred to an Adolescent Medicine Specialist who had administered a very thorough exam including blood, urine, an EKG as well as a chest xray. I had to run in place (underwear) for a few minutes as well. I was behind schedule in my physical development so a thorough yearly exam (much like the mentioned exam) became the norm.

My first one was in high school. Obviously never had a hernia exam or anything like that for a sports physical. But it was embarrassing to take off my shirt in front of a male dr. and other girls.

I never played sports in school so didn't have the sport physical exam.

Turkent, was the running in place on a treadmill or just jumping in place in the exam room to get your heart rate up? If you were on treadmill, were others present and were you already undressed before going into the room where the treadmill was? I haven't ever heard of that.

Running on a treadmill in my underwear I have never done, but I had one doctor when I was in my 20s who had me jump for a full minute in the exam room to get my exercising heart rate up. I had already undressed to my briefs so I was jumping in my underpants only. That always happened in some group physicals for sports when I was in junior high and high school. Not every time I don't think but enough that i still remember a group of boys including me jumping up and down in our underpants for the doctors.

I was in my briefs and running in place for about 3 minutes. Not on a treadmill. The doctor informed me she wanted to see how well my cardiovascular system was responding to increased physical activity. At the time I found it odd but I understand it now. She then listened to my heart and ordered an EKG

I had my first aged 14 at my family doctor's in order to play sports (football (soccer) , rugby and cricket) at school. I'd heard rumours from classmates about what the doc would cover and I was really nervous. That exam is probably what sparked my interest in all things medfet. Since then I've had a sports physical most years and none have seemed as comprehensive as that first exam. Perhaps with hindsight the doctor was checking my development during puberty as well as my fitness to play sport.

When i was 10 a new big swimming pool was built in our town. Many kids from our school wanted to go there swimming. There was a requirement to produce some kind of medical certificate that you are healthy to attend the pool. I went to my paediatrician with my grandma. The paediatrician asked me to take off all my clothes. I was not allowed to wear even my undies. Then she did a check up. She also checked my hair if i had lice. In the end she asked me to turn around and to bend forward. After i did it she spread the cheeks of my buttocks. Then she told me to put on my clothes. This certificate was valid for half an year and then if you still wanted to go swimming you needed to go for another check up.

I have had 2 of those. One in the 5th grade when playing football and one to tryout for basketball.

Despite playing a load of sports, never had a sports physical, Are they pretty much unique to the US? Never really come across them in the UK

UK here too, never had any form of school sports physical either, don't know of anyone else who has one either.

UK here too, never had any form of school sports physical either, don't know of anyone else who has one either.

You hit the nail on the head. From what I have read so far a sports physical seems a unique aspect of American society. Not to wrap myself up in the stars and bars ( I am very patriotic ) but I think we got this one right. Sometimes that sports physical has detected potential risk factors in our young athletes and probably has saved lives.