: 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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There was (is?) a show called My Feet Are Killing Me, which shows various podiatrists often performing surgery. It is grisly in there. But the thing that struck me the most was how often these doctors struggled during surgery, and how often things didn’t go as planned. I think I’d try to find an orthopedic surgeon to deal with my feet before going to a podiatrist. Not even sure if they do that here in the US.

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