Sitting or lying supine
Ask the patient to remove shoes and socks to allow direct palpation on the skin.
Anterior to the patient.
Please sit (or lie on your back). May I touch your foot? (or demonstrate).
Guide the patient to sit (or other position). If given permission, place your fingers on the metatarsal bones, the long bones of the foot leading to the toes.
VH - Foot skeleton showing the metatarsal bones ñ add the extensor digitorum longus and brevis on one side