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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists put in an average of 10 years in learning, the first four years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to general medical school and in reality numerous podiatry programmes lie inside these academic institutions. Upon attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 - 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have acquired extensive health care education with an attention to on conditions involving the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are taught to deal with complications ranging from regular ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are more puzzling such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical education which furnish them the experience essential to perform surgery on those issues that are best handled through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors additionally have a thorough practical 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. Learning about biomechanics and gait deviations makes it possible for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can offer pain relief and protect against numerous troubles which the feet regularly encounter.