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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Calgary Downtown provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our podiatrists invest an average of a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and actually many podiatry training programs are located inside these institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
Upon the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have acquired extensive health care education with a main focus on complications regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are qualified to manage complications extending from conventional ailments for instance, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more perplexing for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which provide them the skill required to execute surgical treatment on those issues that are best remedied through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait deviations makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and defend against numerous problems which the feet normally encounter.