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Physicians at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our doctors invest around 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain 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 actually a number of podiatry training programs are located within these institutions. After attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have gained extensive medical training with an emphasis on problems concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to treat conditions varying from conventional ailments for instance ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are even more puzzling including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which supply them the skill crucial to perform surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to develop footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of countless troubles which the feet frequently encounter.