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Podiatrists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists put in about 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to regular medical school and a number of podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 to 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have gained wide-ranging health care education with an importance on difficulties pertaining to the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are skilled to address problems ranging from familiar ailments for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are much more perplexing including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical training which furnish them the practical experience necessary to perform surgical treatment on those issues that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors also have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait peculiarities permits a Foot doctor to design footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and avoid many problems which the feet usually encounter.