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Physicians at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. They put in about 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to conventional medical school and actually numerous podiatry programmes are located inside these institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
Upon the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have received considerable medical instruction with a main focus on issues concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to manage difficulties stretching from typical afflictions for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are a lot more obscure like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical instruction which furnish them the experience needed to execute surgical treatment on those conditions that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait abnormalities permits a Podiatrist to design footwear and orthotics which can offer pain relief and defend against many complications which the feet routinely encounter.