DPM versus Orthopedic Surgeon

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Larry

Re your questions

1. DPM versus Orthopod. I made a call to the American College of Foot and

Ankle Surgeons an asked the same question. Their answer was that a DPM

spends three years concentrating on the foot whereas an ortho spends only a

portion. I personally have been to four ortho's and was not comfortable

that they knew CMT. So I agree with the answer given by someone that the

proper answer is to find a doctor, regardless of type, who fully understands

the CMT, it's effects and what the foot needs to do after a procedure.

1. In laymans language, you asked about the procedure. He basically fused

three bones on the top of my foot, took a wedge from my heel and pulled the

foot around to become square to the leg (it was rolling under as I walked).

Further he released