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Specialists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer focus on the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. They invest an average of 10 years in learning, the first 4 years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to typical medical school and in reality several podiatry programmes are located within these institutions. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Doctors have gained substantial healthcare education with a focus on concerns concerning the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are skilled to handle complications ranging from standard disorders for instance, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are much more obscure like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have substantial surgical instruction which supply them the expertise needed to conduct surgical treatment on those problems that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have an extensive practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs undergo as we walk, run or perform other activities. Knowing biomechanics and gait irregularities permits a Podiatric doctor to design shoes and orthotics that can give pain relief and defend against a large number of conditions which the feet normally experience.