Posts tagged Physical Exam
Doesn't Anyone Do Physicals Anymore?

I remember when I was a kid that getting a physical at the doctor involved not just being so nervous I could pee all the way from the car to the examination room, but it involved something that there seems to be so little of... time.  A "physical" involved having a physical examination.  Checking, eyes, ears, nose, throat, heart, reflexes, my walk, my stance and LOTS of palpation.  So it took quite a bit of time because it also involved a lot of questions and a lot of talking. That doesn't seem to be the definition of a physical now.

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