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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest around a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and actually several podiatry programs lie within these schools. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric physicians have obtained wide-ranging medical education with an importance on conditions concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to handle issues extending from usual conditions for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are far more intricate for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which supply them the experience needed to perform surgery on those issues that are ideally handled through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs experience as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Recognizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities allows a Foot doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and protect against a large number of complications which the feet usually encounter.