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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. They put in about ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to usual medical school and in fact quite a number podiatry training programs lie inside these academic institutions. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 - 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have received wide-ranging medical education with a stress on difficulties regarding the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to handle concerns extending from general ailments for instance fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are even more obscure for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have significant surgical instruction which give them the prior experience vital to execute surgical treatment on those concerns that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait irregularities makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and avoid countless complications which the feet generally experience.