Training: An orthopaedic surgeon with a foot and ankle fellowship has undergone many more years of training than a podiatrist. Most podiatrists have little experience with trauma er work, such as what you describe with reduction of an ankle fracture-dislocation. Orthopedic surgeons are also more familiar with treating these unstable injuries with surgery.
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DPM vs Orthopod: Both of these professions are surgically based. Popping an ankle back into place if in an acute situation, would be done equally by both. Chiropractors and osteopaths are more qualified in a subacute or chronic situation to first recognize that this needs to occur, and then second, the actual how to do it. Dr rich blake.
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