: Why does Podiatry exist as a separate specialty? Are the feet really so different from the rest of the body?

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Somehow podiatry came up ( I have no background in medicine) and I was wondering why in the world are feet doctors a specialty compared to a general surgeon or someone that might fix a broken arm or hand issues?

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As an orthopedic surgeon, my pops does surgeries from the shoulder down, and from the hips down. However most of his work involves wrist surgeries and injuries of the hand.

It doesn’t surprise me that docs specialize in this way

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