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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest approximately 10 years in learning, the first four years in undergrad studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and in fact quite a number podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. After attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Doctors have received extensive medical training with an attention to on conditions pertaining to the ankles and feet. They are skilled to deal with complications stretching from standard ailments for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more obscure for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which furnish them the practical experience necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those problems that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have a comprehensive 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 tasks. Realizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities enables a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics that can deliver pain relief and avoid numerous troubles which the feet usually experience.