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By Archie the Foot | 4 min read The Doctor Question Hi, Archie the Foot here. Here’s a puzzle a lot of people face: Your foot hurts. Who do you actually go see? A general doctor? An orthopedist? A podiatrist? A physical therapist? The internet? Archie is going to clear this up, because choosing the right door the first time saves you weeks of wrong answers. What a Foot and Ankle Specialist Is A foot and ankle specialist is a

By Archie the Foot | 5 min read A Scary Name for a Real Problem Hi, Archie the Foot here. There are medical terms that sound scary because they are scary, and “avascular necrosis” is one of them. Let Archie translate before we go any further. Avascular = without blood supply. Necrosis = tissue death. So avascular necrosis — sometimes called AVN or osteonecrosis — means a piece of bone is dying because it lost its blood supply. In the

By Archie the Foot | 5 min read The Category Everyone Talks About and Nobody Defines Hi, Archie the Foot here. “Regenerative medicine” is one of those phrases that gets used so broadly it starts to mean almost nothing. One person says it and means PRP. Another means stem cells. Another means an amniotic tissue product. Another means a fancy injection they saw on Instagram. So today, Archie is going to do something useful: define the whole category, plainly, so