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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists spend an average of a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to typical medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programmes lie inside these academic institutions. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
Upon the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric doctors have received substantial health care instruction with a stress on complications involving the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to treat issues varying from regular ailments like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are far more complex for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have extensive surgical education which furnish them the expertise vital to execute surgical treatment on those issues that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors furthermore have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics that can provide pain relief and help prevent countless issues which the feet regularly experience.