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The Foot Institute – Drayton Valley

Smith Clinic

5203-50 Street
Drayton Valley, AB,
T7A 1S8, Canada

Phone: 780-514-3212
Toll Free: 1-877-444-3668
www.footinstitute.com

Drayton Valley Podiatrist & Foot Clinic

Podiatrists here at The Foot Institute – Drayton Valley specialise in the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists devote approximately ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to regular medical school and in fact a number of podiatry programs are located inside these academic institutions. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.

Upon the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have received extensive health care training with a stress on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are educated to manage conditions extending from familiar afflictions like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more sophisticated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical education which give them the expertise vital to perform surgical treatment on those conditions that are best treated through surgical intervention.

Doctors at the Foot Institute likewise have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs submit to as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Learning about biomechanics and gait irregularities allows a Podiatric physician to design shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and avoid many complications which the feet normally encounter.