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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. They spend around ten years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to general medical school and in fact quite a number podiatry programmes are located within these institutions. Upon acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another 1 - 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have gained significant medical education with a stress on problems involving the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to treat problems extending from normal problems like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more complex for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have thorough surgical training which furnish them the experience crucial to perform surgery on those troubles that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute likewise have a comprehensive 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. Recognizing biomechanics and gait deviations permits a Podiatric doctor to create shoes and orthotics that can offer pain relief and help prevent a large number of problems which the feet usually experience.