Barefoot during exam

Always bare foot. Seeing the level of nudity it would seem strange not to be.

Definitely bare feet for exams.

I'm a male, and have a male doctor about 10 years younger than myself and I am always asked to remove ALL my clothing including socks and underwear for my exam. I am then issued a disposable elastic banded pair of briefs that I wear for about 50% of the exam. The pelvic, genital, full skin cancer and rectal exam is preformed on my back in stirrups completely undressed.At that time the doctor also examines my feet and toes. Very convenient!

I've never heard of a male patient being given disposable briefs to wear during a physical. I'm not sure what the point would be. I've been in an exam gown with or without underpants or just in my underpants, but never heard of being offered disposable exam underpants. What kind of doctor was this?

I think your bare feet on the exam room floor reminds me of how undressed you are.

Not usually, no.

When I have to undress to my underwear, I take off my sock myself too without my doc asking me. I prefer to be examined barefoot because I sense that more comfortable.

It depends on the exam. For my gynecologist I keep my socks on, for the internist I remove my socks.

I am always barefoot for mine. I usually wear flip-flops to the appt anyway but for me I would feel sort of silly basically naked with socks on.

I don't think I ever took my socks off for a basic physical exam.

It is depending on the doctor or the nurse assistant but personnally I prefer to be bare feet and I believe what some doctors are saying " a good examination must be always performed with a patient bare feet because the inspection of the feet learns many thinks to a doctor "

So when I can, I always remove my socks, for instance when I am undressing in a small locker room before examination even if the doctor or the nurse has told to remove all clothes except socks and underwear

and when I am told to keep only my underwear, like it was said before, I take off my sock myself too without my doc asking me. I prefer to be examined barefoot because I sense that more comfortable.

But I recognize that in my memories of school physicals and also pre-induction military physicals, when I was instructed to be bare feet, it was often cold for the feet because of the tiled floor. The feeling of cold on the feet was increasing the feeling to be undressed when I was young but now I think that it is better..

As a diabetic, I'm more prone to foot issues. I usually keep my socks on out of habit (self protection) but invariably, they come off when the doctor examines my feet.

The last time, the instructions of the dotor were not clear (keep underwear). I removed the socks and he made no remarks.

It is very seldom that a doctor tells you to put again your socks when you have removed them.

I have noticed that they made no remarks.

They let each person decide in fact except the more serious or if you prefer those who are still" old school" who ask to remove them.

Yeah sock and everything else lol

Nope. lol

My dermatologist has me take them off so he can check my feet and toes. I had one doctor one time that had me take off my shoes and socks to check my feet (for diabetes??). Other than that, I always leave mine on... I'm usually freezing in the exam rooms!

Once for a full body cancer exam. He examined in between my toes.

Always barefoot for mine. My doctor pinches my toe nails.

Tabitha32, your doctor is checking your capillary refill. Helps him determine how well circulated you are. I do that on all my diabetic or prediabetic patients. For all others I just to one of their fingernails.

I am never barefooted for an exam. I have never been asked to take my socks off, and if I were, I probably would refuse because I am super anal about my feet. LOL.

Mashie

I am never barefooted for an exam. I have never been asked to take my socks off, and if I were, I probably would refuse because I am super anal about my feet. LOL.

Gee Mashie, Doc never made you take your socks off when he did your physicals? He must be slipping..

Old and in the way, maybe I need to clarify, lol. Dr. John who is my doctor here where I live has never looked at my feet and has never asked me to take off my socks during my physical. Doc however is a different story. While he has never asked me to take off my socks during my physicals, and I don't remember him ever examining my feet, during my physicals with him I just assumed he wanted me sockless. Crazy as this sounds, showing my feet to someone is almost an act of submission for me for lack of better terms. I fully submit to Doc, I do not fully submit to Dr.John. Sounds crazy I know, but true just the same.

Mashie

Yes, socks are removed.

Yes, I am diabetic and she wants to do a visual exam on my feet and also check for nerve damage.

Socks stay on a lot of germs around if I take them off after she is done put them right back on

In my case it's allways socks off!

I had a play exam once where the 'doctor' never asked me to remove my socks, so now I make sure to take them off when my pants come off.

Socks Off

Always completely naked. Socks and all 😃

I always ask my patients to remove their socks when they get undressed.