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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. They devote an average of a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to conventional medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programmes lie within these schools. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute carry out a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have acquired comprehensive health care training with a stress on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to address concerns extending from basic problems for example, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are a lot more intricate like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical instruction which supply them the practical experience needed to conduct surgical treatment on those issues that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute likewise have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Foot doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and defend against many conditions which the feet typically encounter.