Socks off for a physical?

Socks are always off for a physical, since ever I can remember

Always off

Cold feet. Always keep them on. Easy to take off if they want to see my feet. Only time I remember them asking to see my feet was when I complained about numbness in my toes. I was prepared for that. Was also sent to a podiatrist and neurologist for nerve evaluation. Just a part of being “ not so young” any more! No issues.

Cold feet. Always keep them on. Easy to take off if they want to see my feet. Only time I remember them asking to see my feet was when I complained about numbness in my toes. I was prepared for that. Was also sent to a podiatrist and neurologist for nerve evaluation. Just a part of being “ not so young” any more! No issues.

i mean once i hit 18 its been most of the time.

the first time was the time i got caught mkst off guard When i felt my shoes slip off and socks come down i was like oh no.

most exams now its shoes and socks only, occasionally shirt.

I will obey the practitioner's instructions if they are specific, but in general, when shoes come off, socks come off.

Physicals? No.

Dermatologist appointments? Always

I have bare feet for my physicals now but I wore my socks at the pediatrician.

Would look silly with only my underwear and shoes on

Growing up, I never had to at the pediatrician's office. When I hit puberty and realized med-fet was something I was into, being barefoot at the doctor's became more of a thing for me from a sensory perspective; I generally enjoy the feeling of walking barefoot (particularly on the hard cold floors at those offices), so it was something that I would do at summer physicals. Nowadays I really try to avoid walking barefoot in healthcare facilities out of an abundance of caution for things like MRSA. Play exams I will 100% always be naked and barefoot though throughout the exam.

If you are getting a head to toe physical it better include a thorough exam of your feet. The socks come off before they are looked at. Then you can put them back on.

I usually leave my ankle socks on until I am in the supine position then my doctor will remove them when it is time to examine my feet.

Being barefoot on a cold tile floor always was a turn on when I think back to the exams of my younger days at the pediatrician…..

Yes I am told to strip, take everything off including my socks and then put a gown on.

Yes, we do. The doctor told us (my sister, her girlfriend, and her niece) We go to the same doctor on the same day. But it is usually me and my sister in the exam room. Then one of us goes in with the others. But our doctor requires it. We all bring cheap flip-flops or house shoes. From the dressing room to the exam table is where we wear them. Who knows what other people have walked on/in especially our doctor. Call me a germ-o-phobe I don't care. When I worked at the hospital I did the same thing. Work shoes stayed in the garage. You walk in all sorts of things at a hospital.

YES!

EVERYTHING off but underpants!

For a full physical, everything should come off at some point. Socks usual come off before the exam begins when the gown is put on.

Yes, a good physical in Germany requieres everything off exept underpants and bra for female patients from the start on.

As far back as I can remember I always had to take my socks off during my physical exams. My doctor was pretty thorough, and I think he always checked my feet.

A foot exam during a physical is considered Standard of Care. The National Committee on Quality Assurance marks a provider organization down if they don't document foot exams on at least all diabetics. In addition to diabetics, there are smaller arteries in the feet that are relatively easy to palpate. Their absence is a tipoff to serious, early vascular disease. Foot exams are indeed important.

I always remove my socks. When she says everything off she means everything off.

Yeah since Ive had chronic infections on my feet I have to

Yes, when the doctor says undress to your underpants, that means the socks come off from the start.

Yes, I always have been.

At some point during almost every doctor visit socks and shoes will come off. My doctor wants to see my feet and lower legs even if nothing else.

I’m often instructed to strip to underpants and socks initially. In most exams the socks eventually come off

I remember mostly having to remove socks for physicals growing up and a few in adulthood. These days, undressing barely seems necessary. In the event I do need to undress, I typically wear boat shoes, no socks needed.

Socks were always removed at mandatory physical examinations ( schools, universities, military service , first job and so on ) but more seldomly at private doctor's exams

The only time I’ve had socks off for an exam was for my last derm exam. Had my fiancé, the female doctor and her female assistant all in the tiny room with me getting a skin check

Only socks off at the derm, normal dr doesn't seem to care, in fact she never has me take anything off, I'm even steth'd under my shirt

I normally keep my socks on, and then the doctor removes them when it’s time to examine my feet.