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Podiatrists here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the surgical and medical treatment of the ankle and foot. They put in an average of ten years in higher education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to obtain a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to obtain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to typical medical school and several podiatry programmes lie within these schools. Upon attaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another one to three years.
At the fulfillment of the internship or residency, our Foot doctors have obtained substantial health care training with an emphasis on conditions regarding the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are skilled to treat concerns extending from conventional problems for instance, ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are a lot more complicated for instance, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have significant surgical education which provide them the skill crucial to conduct surgical treatment on those complications that are ideally managed through surgical intervention.
Doctors at the Foot Institute also have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet experience as we walk, run or perform other activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait peculiarities makes it easy for a Podiatric doctor to develop shoes and orthotics which can deliver pain relief and protect against many complications which the feet commonly encounter.