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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors put in approximately 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles typical medical school and as a matter of fact many podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. Upon getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 to 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have acquired substantial healthcare education with an importance on concerns involving the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to handle concerns ranging from common problems for instance ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more sophisticated including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical instruction which provide them the expertise vital to perform surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally handled through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a comprehensive practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait abnormalities empowers a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and prevent numerous troubles which the feet usually encounter.