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Medical professionals here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our doctors spend an average of a decade in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and several podiatry programmes are located inside these institutions. Upon getting 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 completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have obtained considerable medical training with an emphasis on problems involving the ankles and feet. They are skilled to care for complications ranging from regular afflictions for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are much more complex for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical instruction which furnish them the practical experience essential to conduct surgery on those conditions that are ideally handled through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait irregularities enables a Podiatrist to develop footwear and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and protect against countless conditions which the feet regularly experience.