Thursday, March 20, 2008
Doctors and podiatrists argue over the existence of ankles
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Doctors and podiatrists are in the middle of a turf war. Namely the ankle, and who gets to treat it. This has sparked a legal battle in which podiatrists are actually denouncing the existence of ankles all together. Apparently if you take your foot off, the ankle comes with it as "part of the foot". On the one hand, if the ankle supposedly "doesn't exist" then how can the podiatrist claim it as territory? And how does the "kankle" fit into all of this, because clearly the kankle is part of the knee. And no offense to podiatrists or anything, but if I break my ankle, I'm going to the emergency room.
(Warning for the weak of stomach: google imaging "ankle" leads to a disgusting photo of a bloody compound fracture of the ankle.)
Posted by Laura S.
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Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified
Ya know, I was wondering about this just the other day.....
3 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Pavel Lishin Verified
I broke my ankle, and didn't rush to the phone book to find a local podiatrist. Sorry, guys, but you're there to dig out ingrown toe-nails, and ...
what the hell else do they do?
3 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Laura Seewoester Staff
They also write prescriptions for insoles to people with very very bad feet. And misdiagnose stress fractures as "just a sprained foot" (as my boyfriend recently found out the hard way).
3 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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