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 are often hand specialists too, I think they’re just slightly less common—I know people that have seen them following hand injuries. Most people born with chronic structural hand issues seem to have them elsewhere in their body too in a way that people with chronic structural foot issues (e.g. bunions, flat feet, hammer toe) don’t seem to as much
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