Guest guest Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 My rheumy checks my joints, too. He looks at my hands and moves them about, presses somewhere and asks if it hurts, etc. He has me squeeze his finger with each hand. Then he has me raise my arms above my head, behind me, etc. Then I lie down on the table. He had told me to take off my shoes, but not my socks. So he took off each sock, examined my feet, then put the sock back on, LOL. He grabbed hold of my leg and ran it through a few motions, and then my other leg. He is very thorough. Basically, I have full range of motion in all of my joints at present. Sue On Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 06:57 PM, NELLIESTAR@... wrote: >> > My rheumie has never checked any of my joints! I have a feeling she is > a > " hands off " doctor! Maybe it is something you could explain to all of > us so we > could check our own? > What does she do? > Just have you move it and ask if it hurts, or what? > Could you give us a few examples? > Thanks, she sounds great, > Pris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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