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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. They devote around 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and in fact several podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. Upon securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained significant medical training with an importance on problems pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to deal with problems varying from commonplace problems for instance ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more complicated for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical education which give them the expertise essential to execute surgical treatment on those complications that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough 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 peculiarities makes it possible for a Foot doctor to develop footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of many issues which the feet commonly experience.