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Podiatrists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. They put in an average of 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and quite a number podiatry programs are contained within these institutions. After receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have gained wide-ranging medical education with a stress on concerns concerning the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are trained to treat conditions extending from regular problems for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are a lot more challenging such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical instruction which provide them the expertise needed to perform surgery on those concerns that are best managed through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have an extensive expertise 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. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations enables a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of countless issues which the feet routinely encounter.