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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Edmonton provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in approximately ten years in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to general medical school and actually several podiatry programmes lie within these institutions. Upon procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have acquired thorough medical training with a focus on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to deal with problems ranging from standard conditions such as ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are a lot more complicated for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical education which supply them the prior experience required to perform surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have an extensive 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. Comprehending biomechanics and gait abnormalities allows a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and help prevent many problems which the feet commonly encounter.