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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists put in around a decade in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd four years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and in point of fact quite a number podiatry programmes are contained within these schools. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 - 3 years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have gained wide-ranging medical training with an emphasis on concerns concerning the feet and ankles. They are skilled to treat problems extending from conventional ailments for example, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are even more complex including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have extensive surgical education which provide them the experience necessary to carry out surgery on those complications that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait deviations enables a Foot doctor to design footwear and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and prevent numerous troubles which the feet usually encounter.