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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical therapy of the foot and ankle. They devote around ten 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 acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to regular medical school and as a matter of fact various podiatry programs are located within these academic institutions. After procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Doctors have received thorough health care instruction with a main focus on issues pertaining to the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are studied to handle conditions extending from common conditions like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are much more obscure such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have thorough surgical education which furnish them the prior experience essential to perform surgery on those complications that are best remedied through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have an extensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait problems enables a Foot doctor to develop footwear and orthotics that can offer pain relief and help prevent a large number of problems which the feet usually encounter.