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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists put in about ten years in learning, the first four years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and in reality various podiatry programs lie inside these schools. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have acquired wide-ranging medical instruction with an attention to on problems regarding the feet and ankles. They are instructed to manage issues stretching from typical ailments for instance, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are a lot more sophisticated for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have substantial surgical instruction which supply them the skill needed to execute surgical treatment on those conditions that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet receive as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Having knowledge of biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to create footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and minimize the risk of many complications which the feet normally encounter.