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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. They devote approximately ten years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to standard medical school and in reality various podiatry programmes lie within these schools. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute undertake a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have gained thorough medical education with an attention to on concerns involving the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to treat problems extending from simple ailments like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are even more complicated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which furnish them the experience vital to perform surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally remedied through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait problems enables a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and defend against many conditions which the feet frequently experience.