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Podiatrists at The Foot Institute – Red Deer concentrate on the medical and surgical treatment of the ankle and foot. Foot Institute Doctors invest approximately a decade in higher education, the first 4 years in undergrad studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the following four years in Medical School to have a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to typical medical school and actually various podiatry programmes lie inside these schools. After securing a Podiatric Medial Degree, Podiatrists at the Foot Institute complete a hospital "internship" or residency for yet another 1 - 3 years.
At the conclusion of the internship or post degree residency, our Podiatric doctors have obtained extensive healthcare instruction with an emphasis on problems concerning the ankles and feet. Our Doctors are qualified to manage complications extending from common ailments for instance ingrown and fungal toe nails, to those which are much more sophisticated such as clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Our Doctors have considerable surgical education which furnish them the practical experience crucial to carry out surgical treatment on those troubles that are best managed through surgical intervention.
Foot Institute Doctors furthermore have a thorough practical knowledge and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the feet and legs withstand as we walk, run or perform other activities. Understanding biomechanics and gait abnormalities enables a Podiatric doctor to create shoes and orthotics that can give pain relief and protect against countless problems which the feet routinely encounter.