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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists devote an average of ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles general medical school and as a matter of fact several podiatry programmes are located inside these schools. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another 1 to 3 years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Doctors have acquired significant healthcare instruction with a main focus on conditions involving the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are instructed to manage problems stretching from standard problems such as ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are more obscure for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical training which give them the prior experience needed to carry out surgery on those conditions that are ideally managed through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it easy for a Podiatrist to develop footwear and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and help prevent many problems which the feet normally encounter.