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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors spend approximately a decade in learning, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and in reality several podiatry programmes lie within these institutions. Upon acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or post degree residency, our Foot doctors have gained substantial health care education with a main focus on issues pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to manage problems stretching from normal ailments for instance ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more sophisticated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have comprehensive surgical education which furnish them the expertise essential to perform surgical treatment on those conditions that are best remedied through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also have an extensive practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics that can give pain relief and prevent numerous complications which the feet routinely encounter.