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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our doctors spend an average of 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to usual medical school and in point of fact numerous podiatry training programs are located inside these institutions. After receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute carry out a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional 1 to 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained wide-ranging medical education with an emphasis on complications involving the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are trained to care for complications stretching from conventional disorders such as ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more obscure for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have considerable surgical instruction which supply them the practical experience vital to perform surgical treatment on those troubles that are ideally remedied through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations permits a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and help prevent a large number of conditions which the feet typically experience.