One of my favorite series of posts I did on my old blog was a run-down of the physical exam. Some might say I ran down the physical exam as one might run down a pedestrian, I suppose, but it was a fun series to write. If you didn\’t get the chance to read it …
Having gotten (literally) to the end of the upper extremity (what civilians call the \”arm\”), we now leg down to the lower extremity. Technically, we are dealing with the transitional zone between leg and torso: the hip. Hip, not hip or hip Now, the word \”hip\” creates quite a bit of confusion. I know many …
Dear American Academy of Pediatrics: I think there is a mistake. Kids started coming into the office recently with forms for sports physicals, and the form is different. See Below: Someone added stuff to the form! Not only do we have to continue the inexplicable obsession with the hernia check (for maximum humiliation of boys, …
It\’s time we get away from all of that serious nonsense, and back to something I am far more comfortable with: taking otherwise useful information and twisting it into utter nonsense. Yes, it\’s time to journey back to the wonderful world of the physical exam. My ongoing mission is to explore the human body from …
Back to the subject at hand. To those who are relatively new to this blog, one of the most popular…uh…tolerated series of posts has been my series on the physical exam. If you haven\’t done so already, you may want to go back and read the posts to get in the proper mindset (or destroy …
People are asking for more physical exam posts. People asked for more Millli Vanilli too. People aren\’t always smart. But you ask, I give. I am just that kind of guy. It\’s been a long time (since October) since I have done a post on this subject. So for all of you \”newbies\” out there …
I\’ve spent a long time on the shoulder. I really didn\’t finish it, leaving out subjects like rotator cuff injuries and driving on a road without a shoulder. Truth be told, I am just getting sick of the shoulder. Just don\’t let my shoulders hear about it. So I am going downstream on the arm…or …
When you were last enraptured by my physical exam series, I was explaining the different directions doctors use to confuse themselves and everyone else. I am happy to leave that land of relativity and now re-embark on the actual human body. I am sure this relativistic view of direction was invented by some liberal anatomist …
School starts early here in the South, with my kids starting school this next week. This means that we have the honor of doing sports participation physicals to a throng of uncomfortable teens. I can\’t say this is a bad thing, as these exams are really quite simple to do – usually taking less than …
Back to the exam of the human. I suppose I never specified that it was humans that was the focus of this series, but consider it now specified. There may be some cross-over to the examination of other animals, and potentially to alien species. But I don\’t want lawyers from some star system 100 light …
