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Dr.’s here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. They invest approximately a decade in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to get a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles usual medical school and in point of fact numerous podiatry programmes lie within 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 fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Doctors have received thorough health care training with an importance on problems regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are trained to care for difficulties extending from regular problems such as fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are more obscure such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical education which provide them the experience essential to conduct surgical treatment on those concerns that are best managed through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute furthermore have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet undergo as we walk, run or carry out other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait deviations permits a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can offer pain relief and prevent many conditions which the feet routinely encounter.