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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I’m only commenting here because I saw the top comments are not very correct. I’m a 3rd year medical student in the US interested in surgery. General surgery is the specialty that does surgery in the abdominal cavity but you have to start in general surgery to go into heart, lungs, cancer surgery etc. Plastics, ENT, orthopedic surgery all have their own training that doesnt require general surgery residency. Orthopedic doctors do surgery on all bones, tendons and ligaments. If you tear your ACL, lis franc, or your labrum or break any bones in your foot or body from football, rugby or baseball you def will be going to an orthopedic surgeon. Podiatrists do not go to MD or DO school like all other physicians, they go to podiatry school and they perform very minor surgery like in grown toe nails. What they do is still very important and they make a very decent living.
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