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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists spend approximately ten years in learning, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles general medical school and actually numerous podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute carry out a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric physicians have obtained extensive health care training with an attention to on issues concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to deal with complications extending from standard ailments for instance ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are far more puzzling for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical instruction which furnish them the expertise essential to conduct surgery on those problems that are best managed through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs experience as we walk, run or perform other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait deviations facilitates a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of numerous troubles which the feet generally encounter.