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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors devote about ten years in education, the first four years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles traditional medical school and quite a number podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. After receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute perform a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have gained substantial medical training with an attention to on complications concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are trained to manage concerns ranging from general afflictions like ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are a lot more sophisticated including clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have extensive surgical instruction which supply them the experience crucial to carry out surgical treatment on those concerns that are best treated through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors additionally have a thorough knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet receive as we walk, run or carry out other tasks. Learning about biomechanics and gait peculiarities allows a Podiatrist to create shoes and orthotics which can provide pain relief and help prevent many problems which the feet usually encounter.