Check mate, Libertarians

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• Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Does this actually do anything? The maybe handful of times a doctor did this to me, I don’t think anything moved at all but they’re always like, “yup, everything’s good, moving on.” Am I weird and doctors are intimidated by the weirdness, so much so that they ignore it, or did cartoons give me unrealistic expectations for the effect this has on a leg?

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  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Are you sure nothing moved? Perhaps they saw a twitch that was enough to confirm for them?

    I can easily cause this reflex to myself.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s what I’m telling myself but everything I read about it suggests there should be very visible movement of the lower leg. Idk, I’ll have to remember to ask next time.

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Have you considered the possibility that you are, in fact, a zombie?

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’ve never managed to rule it out entirely.

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    • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      More human than human?

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patellar_reflex

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So I have some neural damage somewhere and none of my doctors care. I feel like there must be something else going on (⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠;⁠)

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I imagine it’s the doctor equivalent of clicking tongs

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    • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Why not Zoidberg?!

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• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Doctor: “Let’s check your reactions”

  Me: dodges the little hammer “How was that?”

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• Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The reaction also depends of the point where the doctor hits on the knee but also of the size of the hammer.

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