Male rectal exam - other hand?

When you have a rectal exam do you ever notice where your doctor puts the hand that is not doing the examination?

http://www.xtube.com/watch.php?v=jLpmM-G841-

Usually the unused hand is on my butt cheek. If they are using their right hand to probe my rectum, the left hand touches my left upper cheek and vice versa. In most cases, they actually make contact with the unused hand first. I think most doctors are taught to do that to reduce the shock of what they're about to do with their dominant hand.

If i'm in the syms position, then it's usually on my top hip.

When leaning over the table, on my cheek... if in sims position, hand up up hip too

Anyone notice how the guy in the video held the gown up as he walked over the to table?

I think the free hand has always been used to retract one cheek of my buttocks.

The patient in the video is holding up his gown because he has just had a genital exam and didn't immediately drop the gown when the doctor tells him to go to the table and bend over. The interesting thing in this video is how much lube the doctor uses for the rectal exam and then the patient sits bare-assed back on the table. I had several rectal exams like that where the doctor didn't offer anything to wipe up with after the rectal exam.

As for where the doctor's other hand is during a rectal, I never noticed in the "bend over the table" position.

I'm having trouble remembering from my last rectal exam at my primary doctor, but I believe he had his hand on my upper buttock (as I was lying on my left side) so that he could see further inside. The specialist I went to afterwards, however, felt like he was trying to open up my anal opening as far as he could with both hands. Not very pleasant.

Actually, I don't think I've ever been more stimulated than when my female primary care physician, who is very much like a friend gives me a rectal exam during my yearly physical. When that time starts to get close, I can't wait to go there.

This was a good question and I never thought about this before, but my doctor had her left hand firmly pressed against my left buttock near the small of my back as she inserted her finger with the right hand. I had just recently posted on my most recent physical so I remember.

My doctor uses her hand for different things: manipulating the cheeks, adding lube, whatever's needed.

My doctor uses his other hand to spread my cheeks when giving me a rectal exam.

Every doctor that I have been to has placed the "other" hand on my person somewhere, lower back or buttock.

I teach that the examiner use their dominant hand for the rectal while the off hand remains on the buttocks.

I just saw the vid. I see nothing out of the ordinary. That is very much how we were taught to do a DRE in Corps School.

When I have gotten a rectal, if I am bent over the table, (The usual position) the doc's other hand is used to spread the buttocks with the palm on the base of the spine with the fingers and thumb spreading the cheeks. If I'm in sims (not often) the palm is on the left hip pulling the right butt cheek up. The practitioner always gives me a tissue to wipe away the excess KY before I pull my pants up.

There was always a joke amongst Cormpsmen, but I have never met anyone who have actually done this. It's sort of an Urban Legend. right up there with the square needle in the left nut.

You have a patient (usually a "boot" ) you get through the exam and it come time for the rectal. It is the first time so you tell him to drop trow (usually by this time in an exam, the shorts are already around his ankles) and bend over the end table, laying his chest flat on the surface and rest his head on his crossed arms. Unbeknonst to the patient, the Medical Officer come in and decides to do the DRE himself. As the MD inserts the finger, the Corpsman reaches over and, with one hand on each shoulder says "How's that?"

After posting a previous response to this forum, I thought more about the linked video in this post. I don't recall a doctor ever asking me to "bear down" as part of the rectal exam like the exam being portrayed in this video. Not sure how common that is?

I think the "Bear down" technique is employed to help relax the anal sphincter. I imagine different practitioners use varying methods to perform the rectal procedure.

No, because I am in the sims position.

She uses the other hand to spread my buttocks.

I remember a female doctor who gave me a gentle and thorough rectal exam. I had had a traumatic exam from a rough male doctor before and was anxious about the procedure. She had me lie on my side, placed her nondominant hand on my thigh, and then told me to push like I was having a bowel movement. I did so, and then she gently twisted her dominant finger into the target area. It felt nice.

The other hand is usually spreading my butt cheeks, supposedly for better access. 😉

To be honest, I don't think I've ever paid attention to where the other hand was.

The other hand has always been on my lower back or buttocks.

The other hand is for spreading the buttocks!!!

The ones i have had initially it is used to spread the cheeks but after the finger slides its way in i dunno what the other hand is doing

Yes, I believe it is a real medical video for instructional purposes.

That was definitely an "above board" real educational exam.

They use the other hand to spread your butt cheeks. Too bad that after that they don't grab my cock.

I use my free hand to spread the guy's cheeks. When you tell them to spread their cheeks most have a hard time following instructions.

The other hand is always used to spread the butt cheeks further apart.