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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in around ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to regular medical school and in fact several podiatry programs are located within these academic institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute undertake a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 - 3 years.
At the finalization of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric physicians have obtained significant health care education with an emphasis on difficulties regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are qualified to deal with issues extending from regular disorders for instance ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more complex like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical instruction which supply them the prior experience required to carry out surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors also have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet experience as we walk, run or perform other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait peculiarities permits a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and defend against many troubles which the feet regularly encounter.