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Doctors here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors devote about ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd 4 years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to traditional medical school and in reality numerous podiatry programmes lie within these schools. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have acquired substantial healthcare instruction with an attention to on conditions concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to handle concerns stretching from common ailments for instance, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more complicated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have extensive surgical education which supply them the expertise needed to conduct surgical treatment on those conditions that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet withstand as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Understanding biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it possible for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and defend against a large number of problems which the feet generally encounter.