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Doctors here at The Foot Institute – Red Deer specialise in the surgical and medical treatment of the foot and ankle. Foot Institute Doctors invest about 10 years in higher education, the first four years in undergrad studies to receive a Bachelors Degree, and the second 4 years in Medical School to get a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to general medical school and in fact many podiatry programmes lie inside these institutions. Upon obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians 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 Doctors have gained encompassing medical education with an attention to on difficulties regarding the feet and ankles. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to handle concerns extending from regular disorders for instance, ingrown and fungal toenails, to those which are even more complicated for example, clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have considerable surgical education which furnish them the experience crucial to perform surgery on those concerns that are best managed through surgical intervention.
Our Doctors also 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 activities. Learning about biomechanics and gait irregularities empowers a Podiatrist to create footwear and orthotics which can give pain relief and help prevent many issues which the feet regularly encounter.