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Podiatrists here at The Foot Institute – Camrose provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists devote approximately 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles standard medical school and in point of fact various podiatry programmes are contained inside these academic institutions. After procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric physicians have gained wide-ranging healthcare training with a focus on concerns concerning the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are trained to address concerns stretching from regular ailments like fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more intricate for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have considerable surgical training which provide them the expertise vital to perform surgical treatment on those concerns that are best managed through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait deviations permits a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can provide pain relief and avoid numerous issues which the feet normally encounter.