{"id":47295,"date":"2021-06-19T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booksy.com\/?p=47295"},"modified":"2023-04-06T07:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T05:14:03","slug":"who-is-a-podiatrist-and-what-does-he-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.booksy.com\/us\/health-wellness\/who-is-a-podiatrist-and-what-does-he-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is a Podiatrist and What Does He Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was already the father of medicine, Hippocrates, that recognized corns and calluses. To treat them, he described, they had to be physically removed. Funny thing, for this procedure he invented special scrapers that would later evolve into surgical scalpels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward over two thousand years to modern day medicine. Since Hippocrates the approach to various medical issues has evolved, but issues themselves remain the same. Today we have a name for people who take care of foot-related problems, we call them podiatrists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many may have heard of this profession before, but may not fully understand who in fact a podiatrist is<\/strong>. If you\u2019ve never heard of podiatrists or you\u2019re not sure what they actually do, read on, as we\u2019ve gathered some useful information about these doctors and some little Q&A.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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