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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Camrose concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Our doctors invest approximately 10 years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and in fact various podiatry programs are contained inside these academic institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Doctors have gained encompassing healthcare instruction with a concentration on complications pertaining to the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are taught to manage problems extending from conventional afflictions for instance, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are far more challenging like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical education which supply them the skill essential to perform surgical treatment on those troubles that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet withstand as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait peculiarities makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and defend against countless complications which the feet regularly experience.