What is Podiatry

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What is Podiatry
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Podiatry is a sub-specialty of orthopedics that
requires a formal, particular, and specific
educational process focused precisely on the
care, diagnosis, treatment, and care of foot and
ankle diseases. There are very good universities
that offer podiatry studies in Australia and
especially in the capital, so it is easy to get a
podiatrist Ballarat.There are some differences
between a podiatrist and an orthopedist who must
be known to seek appropriate help. If I had a
disease that involves only the foot (trauma,
fungi, localized infections, etc.) I would look
for a podiatrist near me. If on the other hand,
the disease could involve another system, an
orthopedist I would look for it.
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The Podiatrist is the health professional
responsible for the examination, diagnosis,
prevention, treatment, and care of conditions and
functions of the human foot and ankle. For that,
he (she) is capable of developing surgical
procedures, prescribing corrective devices,
prescribing and/or administering medications, as
well as to plan the exercises suitable for the
physical medicine and rehabilitation of the
patients who need treatment of the diseases of
the feet.
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The orthopedist is a doctor who specializes in
bones, joints, and tendons, basically the body
parts that allow the person to move. Orthopedists
are specialized in muscular and skeletal diseases
throughout the body but may specialize in a
particular part such as feet, hips or shoulders.
Orthopedists also treat other problems and
diseases that can affect the patient's muscles
and bones.
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Anatomically and physiologically the foot and
ankle are wonderful. In this article, we will
refer specifically to the anatomy leaving the
physiology for another article.The foot and
ankle are composed of twenty-six (26) bones,
thirty-three (33) joints and one hundred seven
(107) ligaments and tendons, as well as an
immense network of nerves, veins, arteries, in
addition to muscles and skin. The feet have a
quarter of the bones of the human body.
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The foot can be subdivided into three parts
hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot Hindfoot is
composed of the talus and calcaneus or heel. The
two long bones that make up the leg, the tibia
and the fibula, are articulated with the upper
part of the talus to form the ankle. It has a
stabilizing function.
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The middle part of the foot consists of five
irregular bones cuboid, navicular, and three
wedge-shaped bones, which are the arches of the
foot, which serves as a shock absorber. The
middle of the foot is connected to the forefoot
and hindfoot by muscles and the plantar fascia.
This part has a rhythmic function since the bones
that form it act synchronously. The forefoot
is composed of the five metatarsals that form the
metatarsus and phalanges of the foot (toes). Like
the fingers of the hand, the big toe has two
phalanges (proximal and distal), while the rest
of the toes have three phalanges. The joints
between the phalanges are called interphalangeal
and those that exist between the metatarsus and
the phalanges are called metatarsophalangeal. Its
function is dynamic.
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It is always interesting to know what kind of
medical specialists exist in the community where
you live and among them know about a podiatrist
near me. If you live in the Australian capital,
it is interesting to know that there are very
good podiatrist Melbourne.
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1/520 Mair, St Ballarat VIC 3350 Ph 0459 546
980 Podiatrist in Ballarat
https//www.insteppodiatry.net.au