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Medical doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors put in an average of ten years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to acquire a Bachelors Degree, and the next 4 years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School resembles conventional medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programs are located inside these academic institutions. Upon securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Doctors at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or post degree residency for yet another one to three years.
At the finalization of the internship or residency, our Podiatric doctors have gained encompassing healthcare education with a stress on issues concerning the feet and ankles. Our Doctors are trained to treat conditions stretching from typical conditions for example, fungal and ingrown toe nails, to those which are more sophisticated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at the Foot Institute have thorough surgical education which furnish them the experience required to conduct surgery on those problems that are ideally managed through surgical treatment.
Foot Institute Doctors likewise have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet submit to as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Learning about biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Foot doctor to create shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and minimize the risk of numerous troubles which the feet normally experience.