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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists put in around ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and in reality several podiatry programmes lie within these institutions. Upon getting a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric doctors have acquired wide-ranging healthcare education with a focus on problems pertaining to the ankles and feet. They are educated to manage conditions varying from commonplace ailments like ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are a lot more complicated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our physicians have considerable surgical instruction which furnish them the experience needed to perform surgery on those issues that are ideally treated through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs submit to as we walk, run or perform other activities. Realizing biomechanics and gait peculiarities empowers a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and help prevent many conditions which the feet regularly encounter.