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Podiatrists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our doctors spend around 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles typical medical school and in point of fact several podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute undertake a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have gained considerable health care education with an attention to on complications involving the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to care for difficulties ranging from simple problems for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more complicated for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which provide them the skill crucial to carry out surgical treatment on those complications that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs experience as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Recognizing biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to develop shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and reduce the chances of countless issues which the feet commonly encounter.