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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Camrose provide services for the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists spend an average of 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and in point of fact numerous podiatry training programs lie inside these schools. Upon procuring a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have obtained encompassing medical education with a stress on problems involving the ankles and feet. They are skilled to address difficulties varying from typical afflictions such as fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are far more perplexing for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which furnish them the experience crucial to execute surgical treatment on those concerns that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Knowing biomechanics and gait peculiarities enables a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and help prevent a large number of troubles which the feet generally encounter.