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Podiatrists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. They put in around ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to traditional medical school and in reality several podiatry programmes are located within these schools. Upon achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 to 3 years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have received significant health care instruction with a focus on concerns concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to deal with difficulties extending from familiar afflictions such as ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are more obscure like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical instruction which provide them the experience crucial to carry out surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities facilitates a Podiatrist to create footwear and orthotics which can give pain relief and protect against countless conditions which the feet typically encounter.