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Dr.’s at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the foot and ankle. Our doctors put in an average of 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to secure a Bachelors Degree, and the second four years in Medical School to secure a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programs are located within these schools. After attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Doctors have acquired encompassing health care training with an importance on issues regarding the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are educated to manage conditions varying from normal conditions for instance fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are even more obscure for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have extensive surgical instruction which supply them the skill crucial to execute surgery on those complications that are best handled through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors additionally have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet receive as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait deviations permits a Podiatrist to design shoes and orthotics which can provide pain relief and defend against many conditions which the feet routinely experience.