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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. They spend around 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to typical medical school and actually numerous podiatry training programs lie inside these institutions. Upon getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the completion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have acquired wide-ranging medical training with a main focus on issues regarding the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are trained to address issues ranging from familiar disorders for instance, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more puzzling such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have extensive surgical education which supply them the expertise essential to perform surgery on those problems that are ideally handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also 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 carry out other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait problems makes it possible for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and defend against numerous troubles which the feet frequently encounter.