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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our podiatrists put in around a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to general medical school and as a matter of fact various podiatry programs lie inside these institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 - 3 years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have gained extensive healthcare instruction with a stress on problems concerning the feet and ankles. They are qualified to care for difficulties extending from common conditions like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are more complex including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have significant surgical instruction which supply them the practical experience essential to conduct surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally handled through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait abnormalities empowers a Podiatric doctor to design footwear and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and avoid countless complications which the feet normally encounter.