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Medical professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors devote approximately a decade in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and actually several podiatry programmes are contained inside these institutions. Upon receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have acquired encompassing health care instruction with an emphasis on concerns concerning the feet and ankles. They are studied to deal with issues ranging from commonplace ailments like ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are far more obscure like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical instruction which give them the skill required to conduct surgical treatment on those conditions that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait abnormalities facilitates a Podiatric physician to design footwear and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and avoid a large number of conditions which the feet frequently encounter.