Podiatrists may prescribe orthotic devices and medication and may perform inpatient or outpatient surgical procedures to treat foot, ankle, and lower leg conditions.

A podiatrist is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) who specializes in providing the medical diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg.  They are also referred to as foot doctors, foot surgeons, foot and ankle doctors, or foot and ankle surgeons.

Some common problems that podiatrists treat are sprains and fractures, bunions, heel pain/spurs, hammertoes, ingrown toenails, warts, corns, and calluses.

Podiatrists may perform surgeries, both inpatient and outpatient, to correct or remedy such problems as flat feet, bunions, clawtoes, fractures, hammertoes, infections, and ruptured Achilles and other ligaments and tendons.

Podiatrists may prescribe therapies and perform diagnostic procedures such as ultrasound, MRI, CAT scans, Dopplers, and lab tests.

Podiatrists may prescribe or fit patients with inserts called orthotics that correct walking patterns.

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