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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the medical and surgical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Podiatrists invest an average of 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the next four years in Medical School to acquire a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School is similar to conventional medical school and in fact various podiatry programmes are located within these academic institutions. After receiving a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for an additional 1 - 3 years.
Upon the conclusion of the internship or residency, our Podiatric physicians have gained extensive medical instruction with a main focus on problems concerning the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to manage problems extending from conventional disorders for instance ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more puzzling like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have substantial surgical instruction which furnish them the experience crucial to execute surgical treatment on those troubles that are best treated through surgical treatment.
Our Doctors also have a thorough expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs endure as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Podiatric physician to design footwear and orthotics that can give pain relief and protect against many complications which the feet normally encounter.