Chiropody?

[Guest smellyfeet]

Hi everyone:

 

I was wondering if anyone has any info on being a chiropodist and the types of salaries they make. Does anyone know a chiropodist? Are they in demand?

 

I'm thinking about becoming a Chiropodist, since I was rejected from med school but I don't know if one can make a good living doing it.

 

Thank you

[Guest Not Impressed]

Good one. Unfortunately, many people do think like this.

[Guest smelly feet]

Sorry No offense to anyone,

 

 

I just wanted to look into back up careers that I could use my science background for. What is wrong with that?

 

 

If anybody has any info on chiropody, it would be really appreciated

[Guest Heather]

Try looking into chiropractic college - canadian memorial in toronto is supposed to be really good. I applied there and got in, but I also got into meds - so ...

[Guest UWOMED2005]

Don't take any offense at all! There's nothing wrong with looking at the allied health professions. . . unless you're a neurologist, that is (if I remember correctly, the Canadian association of neurologists just recently released a letter/study condemning unexperienced chiropractors. . .)

 

Unfortunately, I know zilch about getting into chiropody.

 

Hey. . . if you are looking into chiropody, do you mind providing those of us who are med students with some information about chiropody? I don't think it is covered in our curriculums. It isn't the same as chiropractry, right?

[Guest Ian Wong]

Chiropractic is manipulation of the spinal column to correct medical pathology.

 

Chiropody is something completely different. Here's what I was able to find here: www.drfeet.net/FAQ.shtml<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote>Quote:<hr> What is a Chiropodist?

A Chiropodist is someone who is trained in the treatment of minor foot disorders.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->I think the bottom line with any backup plan is that you take a long look at what that profession really entails. I've only ever worked with a podiatrist in the context of foot-care and treatment of foot ulcers in chronic diabetic patients (their diabetes destroys the nerve endings, particularly in distal extremities like the feet, and this combined with vascular damage in the periphery makes chronic diabetics EXTREMELY vulnerable to foot ulcers and wounds), but at least in this particular context, the work wasn't too interesting to me.

 

Try to do some shadowing and see if the career fits your personality and goals.

 

Ian

UBC, Med 3

[Guest Smelly Feet]

Hello and thanks for the input.

 

UWOMEDS2005: Chiropody is quite different from Chiropractics. It in involves the assessment of foot disorders. Actually I did some research on the field , and I think I will bow out persuing it for a few reasons. Apperently Chiropodists are having a really difficult time making ends meet because their services aren't covered by OHIP so patients can basically get the services from MD's, pysiotherapists or Podiatrists (US trained Cdn's). On top of this hospitals offer free Chirpody clinics so patients rather wait 3 months for the free hospital appt. rather than paying $15 to see a Chiropodist in private practice right away.

 

Chiropractic, I would never consider in light of all of the conclusive findings against it. In fact patients are leaving the practices so rapidly that Chiropractors have the highest student loan default rate of 14%.

 

 

I am actually going to head off and do a Masters and I'll apply to Med school again next year. My GPA was 3.8, so I will work on other things (and mature a bit) with the hopes to show the schools that I do have the "right stuff"

 

Thanks alot

[Guest UWOMED2005]

Thanks. I kind of suspected that's what it was, but I wasn't sure. . . I'd heard the term "podiatrist" bandied about thinking that was the term for a foot specialist.