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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our doctors spend around 10 years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and numerous podiatry training programs lie inside these schools. Upon receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have gained comprehensive health care instruction with a stress on conditions concerning the ankles and feet. They are trained to address issues stretching from familiar problems for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more intricate like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which furnish them the expertise necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait peculiarities empowers a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and avoid many troubles which the feet normally experience.