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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in an average of ten years in learning, the first four years in undergrad studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to standard medical school and in fact quite a number podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have obtained thorough healthcare training with an importance on issues pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to treat issues extending from usual afflictions for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are much more sophisticated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical training which provide them the skill crucial to execute surgery on those conditions that are best handled through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have an extensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities empowers a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and prevent a large number of troubles which the feet usually encounter.