TOLL FREE: 1-877-444-3668
Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in about a decade in learning, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles usual medical school and in reality many podiatry training programs are contained within these institutions. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have received extensive healthcare education with an attention to on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to treat complications stretching from standard ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are far more perplexing including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical training which give them the expertise vital to perform surgery on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait peculiarities empowers a Podiatric physician to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and avoid many conditions which the feet routinely encounter.