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Health professionals at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest around ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to general medical school and in point of fact several podiatry programs are located inside these academic institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have received comprehensive health care training with an attention to on complications pertaining to the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to care for complications varying from usual conditions for example, fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more puzzling for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have substantial surgical education which supply them the practical experience necessary to carry out surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait abnormalities permits a Podiatric physician to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and reduce the chances of numerous conditions which the feet generally encounter.