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Physicians here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. They spend about ten years in higher education, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to attain a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to receive a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to standard medical school and in fact numerous podiatry programs lie inside these institutions. After achieving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for an additional 1 - 3 years.
Upon the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatrists have gained extensive healthcare training with an emphasis on difficulties regarding the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are qualified to address difficulties extending from general ailments such as ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are much more perplexing like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical education which supply them the experience vital to perform surgery on those concerns that are ideally managed through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute likewise have a comprehensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Recognizing biomechanics and gait abnormalities empowers a Podiatric physician to create shoes and orthotics which can give pain relief and defend against numerous troubles which the feet regularly encounter.