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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our doctors put in an average of ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and as a matter of fact quite a number podiatry training programs are located within these academic institutions. Upon acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
Upon the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have acquired considerable healthcare training with an emphasis on issues pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to treat problems stretching from conventional disorders like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more perplexing including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which give them the experience needed to perform surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and prevent a large number of conditions which the feet routinely experience.