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Podiatrists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. They spend about 10 years in education, the first four years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the following 4 years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to conventional medical school and in fact many podiatry programs lie within these schools. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or post degree residency, our Foot doctors have acquired thorough healthcare training with a stress on conditions concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to care for problems varying from basic ailments such as fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more perplexing like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have thorough surgical education which furnish them the experience necessary to execute surgery on those complications that are ideally treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have an extensive knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs receive as we walk, run or perform other activities. Comprehending biomechanics and gait irregularities facilitates a Foot doctor to create shoes and orthotics which can provide pain relief and reduce the chances of many conditions which the feet regularly encounter.