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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. They put in an average of ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles general medical school and in fact many podiatry training programs are contained inside these institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another 1 - 3 years.
Upon the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatric physicians have acquired comprehensive medical instruction with a stress on complications pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to handle difficulties stretching from conventional disorders like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more complicated for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have thorough surgical training which supply them the practical experience required to execute surgery on those conditions that are best managed through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs endure as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Learning about biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and prevent many troubles which the feet normally experience.