Orthopaedic surgery has become an increasingly sub-specialized field, with many of us focusing on one particular anatomical region. My area of specialty is the foot and ankle. I sometimes joke with my colleagues who operate on the upper extremity that "the hand is only good for scratching your foot."
Well, as it turns out, I might be on to something. A recent study proved that scratching your ankle was more pleasurable than scratching your back or arm.
Read about it here:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/27/145994266/scratching-an-ankle-is-hard-to-beat
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