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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors devote approximately 10 years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Doctors have obtained substantial medical training with an attention to on problems regarding the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are instructed to treat concerns ranging from usual disorders for instance ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more obscure for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have thorough surgical instruction which supply them the prior experience necessary to conduct surgery on those problems that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations makes it easy for a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics that can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of many problems which the feet usually encounter.