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 approximately 360 joints and 260 bones in the human body (I say approximately since there are lots of humans with a few more or a few less)
Of those there are 33 joints and 26 bones in each foot, for a total of 20% of the joints and bones in the human body.
Are you surprised that there is a specialist for a human structure that contains 20% of all bones and joints in the human body (along with the ligaments and muscles to support them)?
Note that there are also specialist hand-surgeons, as the hands are also extremely complex structures (where each hand contains 27 joints and 27 bones), although since the hand involves more fine motorics it has a lot more ligaments.
Think it’s more of a US thing. Other country tend to have hand or feet surgery as a sub specialty of orthopedics or plastic surgery
There are approximately 360 joints and 260 bones in the human body (I say approximately since there are lots of humans with a few more or a few less)
Of those there are 33 joints and 26 bones in each foot, for a total of 20% of the joints and bones in the human body.
Are you surprised that there is a specialist for a human structure that contains 20% of all bones and joints in the human body (along with the ligaments and muscles to support them)?
Note that there are also specialist hand-surgeons, as the hands are also extremely complex structures (where each hand contains 27 joints and 27 bones), although since the hand involves more fine motorics it has a lot more ligaments.
A lot of people have given good facts. I will amplify that diabetes affects feet a lot. Dead cells, possible amputations. Diabetes affects anywhere there are small vessels.
There are approximately 360 joints and 260 bones in the human body (I say approximately since there are lots of humans with a few more or a few less)
Of those there are 33 joints and 26 bones in each foot, for a total of 20% of the joints and bones in the human body.
Are you surprised that there is a specialist for a human structure that contains 20% of all bones and joints in the human body (along with the ligaments and muscles to support them)?
Note that there are also specialist hand-surgeons, as the hands are also extremely complex structures (where each hand contains 27 joints and 27 bones), although since the hand involves more fine motorics it has a lot more ligaments.
A lot of people have given good facts. I will amplify that diabetes affects feet a lot. Dead cells, possible amputations. Diabetes affects anywhere there are small vessels.
A lot of people have given good facts. I will amplify that diabetes affects feet a lot. Dead cells, possible amputations. Diabetes affects anywhere there are small vessels.
Trust me, you want an expert to do ingrown toenail. Regular surgeon “gave it a shot” on me and it was a far easier, fast and safer experience when I did the second toenail with a poddy. It even looked nicer as it healed up. The caricature and structure of the foot absolutely demands a specialist who does only foot stuff all day every day and is a master of the foot.
Trust me, you want an expert to do ingrown toenail. Regular surgeon “gave it a shot” on me and it was a far easier, fast and safer experience when I did the second toenail with a poddy. It even looked nicer as it healed up. The caricature and structure of the foot absolutely demands a specialist who does only foot stuff all day every day and is a master of the foot.
Trust me, you want an expert to do ingrown toenail. Regular surgeon “gave it a shot” on me and it was a far easier, fast and safer experience when I did the second toenail with a poddy. It even looked nicer as it healed up. The caricature and structure of the foot absolutely demands a specialist who does only foot stuff all day every day and is a master of the foot.
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