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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists spend an average of 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and in point of fact quite a number podiatry training programs are located inside these academic institutions. Upon attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have obtained considerable medical instruction with an attention to on difficulties involving the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to treat problems stretching from familiar afflictions for example, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are even more obscure for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have comprehensive surgical training which provide them the expertise crucial to perform surgery on those problems that are best handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a comprehensive 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 tasks. Realizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities empowers a Foot doctor to create shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and defend against a large number of complications which the feet regularly experience.