: 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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A physician once told me that podiatrists are just people who couldn’t get into med school. Pretty mean spirirted for an educated adult. But after my foot got messed up in the army, podiatrists have been my salvation.

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