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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our podiatrists put in an average of a decade in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to usual medical school and actually several podiatry programmes are contained inside these schools. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have acquired encompassing medical instruction with an importance on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to care for complications extending from regular ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are more complex for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which give them the experience crucial to conduct surgery on those complications that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs submit to as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait irregularities enables a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and avoid numerous troubles which the feet frequently experience.