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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our doctors invest an average of a decade in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and various podiatry programs are located inside these institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
Upon the completion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have acquired extensive health care instruction with a focus on problems pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to care for conditions stretching from standard disorders like ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more puzzling for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have extensive surgical education which provide them the prior experience required to perform surgical treatment on those troubles that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet endure as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Understanding biomechanics and gait peculiarities makes it easy for a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and defend against countless conditions which the feet typically experience.