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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest an average of 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and in fact various podiatry programmes are located within these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
Upon the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained extensive medical training with an attention to on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to treat conditions extending from standard ailments for example, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are far more complicated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical instruction which provide them the skill crucial to perform surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet experience as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait peculiarities permits a Podiatric doctor to design footwear and orthotics that can give pain relief and minimize the risk of numerous conditions which the feet usually encounter.