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Doctors at The Foot Institute – Red Deer provide services for the surgical and medical therapy of the ankle and foot. Our podiatrists put in around ten years in education, the first four years in undergraduate studies to achieve a Bachelors Degree, and the 2nd 4 years in Medical School to attain a Podiatric Medical Degree. Podiatric Medical School corresponds to traditional medical school and in reality quite a number podiatry programmes are located within these schools. After obtaining a Podiatric Medial Degree, Physicians at the Foot Institute finish a hospital "internship" or residency for another 1 to 3 years.
At the completion of the internship or residency, our Podiatrists have received extensive medical training with a concentration on complications concerning the ankles and feet. Foot Institute Doctors are studied to address conditions extending from typical conditions like fungal and ingrown toenails, to those which are more perplexing like clubfoot, bunions, or reconstructive surgery of the foot. Doctors at The Foot Institute have comprehensive surgical training which give them the experience crucial to perform surgery on those conditions that are best remedied through surgical treatment.
Doctors at the Foot Institute additionally have an extensive expertise and understanding of biomechanics, which is the study of the forces which the legs and feet endure as we walk, run or perform other tasks. Comprehending biomechanics and gait problems empowers a Foot doctor to design shoes and orthotics which can bestow pain relief and defend against many conditions which the feet routinely experience.