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