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Medical professionals here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our doctors invest an average of 10 years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to standard medical school and in point of fact various podiatry training programs lie within these schools. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have acquired substantial healthcare education with an emphasis on problems pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to care for complications stretching from general problems like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more sophisticated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have thorough surgical education which furnish them the prior experience essential to carry out surgery on those concerns that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait irregularities makes it possible for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and minimize the risk of countless complications which the feet regularly encounter.