Sitting or lying supine or lying 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 5th metatarsal bone on the prominent proximal portion where the peroneus brevis attaches.
VH - Foot skeleton showing the 5th metatarsal bone from a lateral view ñ add the peroneus brevis on one side