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Medical professionals here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. They put in about 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles general medical school and in fact various podiatry programs lie inside these schools. Upon securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for another 1 to 3 years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have acquired substantial medical instruction with a concentration on concerns involving the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are qualified to address complications extending from basic problems such as ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are even more complex for example clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have substantial surgical training which furnish them the skill required to perform surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait abnormalities makes it easy for a Podiatric physician to design footwear and orthotics which can offer pain relief and protect against a large number of complications which the feet frequently experience.