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Physicians at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our podiatrists invest approximately 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to traditional medical school and actually quite a number podiatry training programs lie within these institutions. Upon getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Doctors have acquired extensive medical education with a main focus on problems concerning the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are skilled to treat issues stretching from regular afflictions like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more intricate for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have thorough surgical training which furnish them the prior experience necessary to execute surgery on those problems that are ideally remedied through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors also have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait irregularities allows a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and avoid countless conditions which the feet frequently experience.