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Physicians at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in about 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and actually various podiatry programmes are located inside these institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
Upon the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have acquired wide-ranging medical education with an emphasis on complications pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to treat concerns stretching from regular ailments such as fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more sophisticated like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which provide them the experience vital to perform surgery on those complications that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute likewise have a comprehensive 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 problems permits a Podiatric doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and reduce the chances of countless issues which the feet frequently encounter.