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Specialists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists spend approximately a decade in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and in reality various podiatry programmes lie within these academic institutions. After getting 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 Podiatric physicians have obtained extensive healthcare instruction with an emphasis on problems concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to manage issues ranging from general conditions such as fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are a lot more puzzling such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have extensive surgical education which supply them the practical experience crucial to conduct surgery on those complications that are ideally remedied through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs go through as we walk, run or perform other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait problems makes it easy for a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and defend against a large number of conditions which the feet usually experience.