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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors devote an average of a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to typical medical school and actually numerous podiatry training programs are located within these institutions. After getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 to 3 years.
Upon the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have received encompassing medical instruction with a stress on problems concerning the feet and ankles. They are instructed to address difficulties ranging from common conditions for example, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more obscure including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have substantial surgical education which supply them the experience necessary to perform surgical treatment on those troubles that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs experience as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Knowing biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it easy for a Foot doctor to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and help prevent countless conditions which the feet routinely encounter.