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Physicians at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors spend around ten years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and actually numerous podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have acquired extensive healthcare education with an attention to on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are educated to address problems extending from regular afflictions such as ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are even more complex like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have significant surgical instruction which supply them the expertise essential to carry out surgery on those complications that are ideally remedied 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 carry out other tasks. Learning about biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and protect against countless problems which the feet routinely experience.