I have just started looking into podiatry and am specifically interested in Sports Medicine. Lets say an athelete breaks his ankle. Would that be something a podiatrist cast/operates/puts screws in etc.? Or would that be something that a orthopedic would be more involved in. Also any other interesting sports medicine work that youi guys know of or have web links too, that DPM's do would handle would be great. Thanks!
broken bones is usually considered trauma and it depends what state and hospital for who gets the foot and ankle cases between the pods and orthos.
sports med pods typically help the athletes compete better by evaluating gait and biomechanical abnormalities and prescribing orthotics and other devices to splint/help fix the deformity/abnormality.
Sports med pods also deal with sports injuries and helping the athletes return to activity.
If your goal is to be the pod for a professional team, you should make sure that you will like being a pod that is not affiliated with a team as well because it is very rare to be the team pod for a professional team. it happens but it is not the norm.
Also, non-professional athletes (runners...) like to go to pods that are also runners/marathoners... so that is something to consider also.