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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our doctors invest an average of 10 years in education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to general medical school and actually several podiatry programmes are contained inside these academic institutions. Upon acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 - 3 years.
Upon the completion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have gained extensive healthcare training with an emphasis on conditions regarding the ankles and feet. They are skilled to deal with issues stretching from usual ailments like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more perplexing like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which supply them the practical experience essential to carry out surgery on those problems that are ideally remedied through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait irregularities permits a Foot doctor to design footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and protect against many complications which the feet regularly encounter.