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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Calgary Sunpark provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. They spend approximately 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to typical medical school and various podiatry programs lie inside these institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric physicians have acquired considerable medical training with a concentration on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are qualified to address problems stretching from common ailments for instance fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are even more sophisticated like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which furnish them the prior experience vital to execute surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have an extensive practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet experience as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it easy for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can deliver pain relief and minimize the risk of a large number of issues which the feet commonly encounter.