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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our doctors invest an average of 10 years in learning, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles usual medical school and as a matter of fact a number of podiatry programs are contained within these academic institutions. After acquiring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have gained thorough health care instruction with an importance on complications regarding the ankles and feet. They are instructed to care for difficulties varying from conventional problems like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more sophisticated including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which give them the expertise crucial to perform surgical treatment on those complications 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. Realizing biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Podiatric doctor to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and help prevent countless issues which the feet regularly encounter.