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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists spend about 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles regular medical school and in fact several podiatry programmes are contained inside these institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Doctors have acquired wide-ranging medical training with a focus on difficulties regarding the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are educated to handle conditions extending from commonplace problems for instance, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more puzzling like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have considerable surgical education which supply them the prior experience necessary to conduct surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally remedied through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors likewise have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait peculiarities facilitates a Foot doctor to create footwear and orthotics which can give pain relief and avoid many conditions which the feet normally encounter.